These Thai Peanut Salmon Burgers are a fun change from meat-based burgers. Make them for dinner and pack the leftovers for lunch. Serve them on a bun, over a salad or in a lettuce wrap!
*Originally published March 2014. Recipe, post and photos updated March 2018*
Hi Friends!
It’s been over 4 years since I originally published these Thai Peanut Salmon Burgers and I thought it was about time to revisit the recipe. I had actually forgotten about how much I love these burgers until a couple weeks ago when I remade them for the first time in a while.
I’m not a huge burger fan in general…but I do love burger-type things made with seafood. I order crab cakes pretty much any time they’re on the menu and regularly make salmon burgers and salmon cakes (is there really a difference?) at home.
These are great on a bun but I actually like them even more on salads or in a big bowl with roasted veggies. They’re great the night you make them but they’re even better later in the week, making them perfect for food prep. Plus you can eat them warm or cold so they’re great for packed lunches. I make them with fresh or thawed-from-frozen salmon but you could also use canned salmon.
I top them with a simple mixture of peanut butter and sweet chili sauce, thinned out with veggie broth to reach desired consistency. They’re also great topped with guacamole!
Here’s what you need:
Print{Refreshed} Thai Peanut Salmon Burgers
An twist on the traditional burger, packed with delicious asian flavors.
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 18 min
- Total Time: 48 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 1 lb fresh salmon
- 1/2 c sliced green onion, optional
- 2 Tbsp low sodium teryaki or soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp sweet chili sauce
- 1 Tbsp natural peanut butter
- 1 tsp fresh ground ginger
- 1/4 c lightly salted peanuts, roughly chopped
- 1/3 c panko breadcrumbs
Instructions
- Cook salmon in a hot pan until cooked through. Flake with a fork and let cool slightly.
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine all ingredients and stir until well-mixed.
- Form into four patties, squeezing tightly to form and place in the freezer for 30 minutes.
- Place on a well-greased baking sheet (or try a silpat or parchment paper).
- Bake at 400 degrees for 18 minutes, flipping once.
Notes
Top with a homemade peanut sauce if desired!
That’s it! I love the flavors and it’s fun to change it up from a traditional burger.
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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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Can I just say how awesome it is your ‘refreshing’ these recipes? So many gems I’ve missed- keep refreshing.
yay! will do 🙂
i’ve never made salmon burgers before!!! i love the sound of thai peanut salmon burgers though!!
Mmmmm those would be wonderful! I love salmon, and I love thai peanut dressing so I am in! My thai peanut stir fry from a few weeks ago was especially tasty thanks to the sauce, and I bet salmon would be made even tastier! Thanks for the recipe! A definite add to my Beautiful Burgers Board on Pinterest 🙂
Thanks for pinning!
Wow can’t believe I missed this one – looks DELICIOUS!
Salmon is my fave fish, so these burgers look perfect! Some fancy burger places have salmon burgers, but it’s so much cheaper and healthier to make it at home
i agree! DIY for the win!
I can see making these for Sunday food prep and having them handy for weekday lunches-so yummy!
yes! that’d be perfect!
These salmon burgers look wonderful and sound so flavorful! I know you didn’t use canned salmon here, but just out of curiosity, do you have a recommendation for a good brand of canned salmon to buy? I’ve always been hesitant about buying it because I wasn’t sure what’s good or what I should look for.
I like Wild Planet but it can be expensive. I usually just look for wild and low in sodium, canned in water.
Oh geez. Just saw this, so it answers my question I just posted about making this with canned salmon.
MMMMM this look amazing!!!
These sound great! And perfect because I was wondering what to make for dinner tonight.
I think I’ll pick up some slider-sized pretzel buns to put them on because those make everything better. 🙂 I can have one of those and rest on a salad.
This looks delicious!
Looks delish! I keep trying to tweet my pins but seems to have changed – on my end only allowing FB shares & not a tweet from my pin.. weird.
Yum! These sound great…and great idea “refreshing” old recipes…I think I am going to have to revisit some old favorites too!
These look awesome! And they sound pretty easy to make – I love that you can make them with canned salmon too! I’ll definitely have to add this to my food menu soon 🙂
I’ve never made a salmon burger before, but Thai flavors? Count me in! I’m thinking mini burgers wrapped in lettuce would be delicious, and w/ gluten-green brad crumbs and tamari for me 🙂
Love the refresh! It’s great to be reminded of oldies but goodies, and these sound delicious.
I’m having issues printing all of your recipes. Am I doing something wrong? (Pressing “Print” button) Only the last few characters show up in the window that pops up.
The print function is currently broken. I’m working on fixing it but until then you could try printing the page or emailing it to yourself and printing the email? Sorry!
Looks delicious! Could I use canned Red pacific salmon for these? Thanks so much!
This was a fantastic meal!!! I didn’t have sweet chili sauce so I subbed for a mix of hoisin, rice vinegar, honey and soy sauce. So delicious!!!! Served them over salad for me and my hubby, as a burger for my daughter, and the patty alone for our 18 month old.
Thank you for this! Will be making again and again.
★★★★★