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Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes

April 28, 2017 by Lindsay 17 Comments

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These Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes are made with just a few simple ingredients and are great for a quick, healthy dinner. Enjoy the leftovers over a salad for lunch!

These Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes are made with just a few simple ingredients and are great for a quick, healthy dinner. Enjoy the leftovers over a salad for lunch!

This post was originally published in February 2011. Photos and text updated April 2017.

Hi Friends!

I originally shared this recipe six years ago (WHAT?!) on the blog! It’s been a favorite of mine ever since and I continue to make them a couple times a year. It’s one of my go-to recipes when I have nothing to make because I always seem to have salmon in the freezer and cornmeal in the pantry.

The first time I made them, I was experimenting with whether the cakes would stick together if I used yogurt and left out the egg (because I was out of them). Turns out they did! Since then I’ve made them with hummus instead of yogurt as well and that works equally well.

I bake these in the oven because it’s hands off and easy…just put them on parchment paper and flip them once during baking. I most recently made these earlier this week and served them over cauliflower rice. I bought the pre-made kind you can just pop in the microwave and mixed it with a little butter, some garlic powder and some peas.

These Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes are made with just a few simple ingredients and are great for a quick, healthy dinner. Enjoy the leftovers over a salad for lunch!

These salmon cakes are great for food prep because they actually taste better the second day. You could also cook the salmon ahead of time and make the cakes the night of. They’re good hot or cold and I love topping them with salsa or guacamole. Here’s how you make them:

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Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes

These Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes are made with just a few simple ingredients and are great for a quick, healthy dinner. Enjoy the leftovers over a salad for lunch!
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  • Author: Lindsay
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 16 minutes
  • Total Time: 21 minutes
  • Yield: makes 8-10 cakes 1x

Ingredients

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  • 1 pound salmon fillets, cooked
  • 1/4 cup red pepper, diced
  • 1/4 cup onion, diced
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp Old Bay seasoning
  • 2–3 tsp sriracha (optional)
  • 1/3 cup cornmeal
  • 1/3 cup plain yogurt or hummus

Instructions

Place salmon in a large bowl and flake into pieces. Add peppers, onions, garlic, Old Bay and sriracha and stir to combine.

Add peppers, onions, garlic, Old Bay and sriracha and stir to combine.

Add cornmeal and stir well.

Add yogurt or hummus and mix until well combined.

Form into 8-10 small cakes, squeezing firmly to ensure they stick together.

Bake at 400 degrees for 16 minutes, flipping once.

Notes

Serve with a dipping sauce like yogurt mixed with thai chili sauce, guacamole or salsa.

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I’ve noticed that the hummus makes these slightly drier than the yogurt, but I always top them with a dipping sauce that takes care of that. Be sure to squeeze these together very tightly when forming the cakes and don’t make them too big or they’ll be hard to flip.

These Spicy Salmon Cornmeal Cakes are made with just a few simple ingredients and are great for a quick, healthy dinner. Enjoy the leftovers over a salad for lunch!

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Enjoy!
–Lindsay–

 

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Filed Under: Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: Bell Pepper, Cornmeal, Garlic, Onion, Salmon, Yogurt

About Lindsay

Lindsay Livingston is a Registered Dietitian and new mom from Columbus, Ohio. On her blog, she shares simple, healthy recipes, nutrition tips, workouts and snapshots of her life. Follow her on Twitter @LeanGrnBeanBlog and Instagram @TheLeanGreenBean and be sure to subscribe via RSS or email so you never miss a post!

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Comments

  1. Kristina says

    February 22, 2011 at 7:58 AM

    I’ll have to try this out for the next house party!

    Reply
  2. Alicia at AliGirl Cooks says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:23 AM

    Although I’m not a “fish eater” I do love crabcakes! There’s a hole in the wall bar near my house that has the best crab cake sandwich. I definitely want to try to make them on my own!

    Reply
  3. Rachel @ The Avid Appetite says

    February 22, 2011 at 9:56 AM

    Gotta love the power of Greek yogurt! It really is a miracle ingredient.

    Reply
  4. sarah (sarah learns) says

    February 22, 2011 at 10:16 AM

    i love ANY kind of seafood! 🙂 i’ve only had crabcakes in a restaurant once that i can remember though – momo’s in st. louis for my birthday this year! mmm, so good!

    Reply
  5. Nicole Jackson says

    February 22, 2011 at 6:16 PM

    So, I have a bunch of left over smoked salmon that I do not want to go bad because well, it is delicious. Do you think this recipe could work with that? It would probably be a little drier…maybe…any suggestions?

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 22, 2011 at 6:18 PM

      hmm!! i don’t have much experience with smoked salmon but i would think it’d be fine. you might need to all more yogurt, or even an egg to help it stick together and stay moist. you could also use paprika in place of the old bay if you wanted to compliment the smokey taste more. i say give it a try! let me know how it turns out 🙂

      Reply
  6. Erica says

    February 22, 2011 at 8:41 PM

    How fabulous! And I was actually planning on making over my crab cakes with some extra kick next week! Great minds think alike 😉 Love the addition of cornmeal and chobani- just fabulous

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM

      thanks!!! enjoy your crab cakes!

      Reply
  7. Meri says

    February 22, 2011 at 11:29 PM

    I love that purple flower- I’m just a-waitin’ for springtime 🙂

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 23, 2011 at 8:28 AM

      pretty isn’t it?! i miss spring 🙁

      Reply
  8. Janet says

    February 25, 2011 at 5:31 PM

    If I made more than we can eat. Would you suggest to freeze the patties uncook or cook them then freeze? Thank you!

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      February 25, 2011 at 6:01 PM

      Hi Janet- Since the salmon is already cooked when you form it into patties, I would just freeze the extra patties and then when you want to cook them, put them in the pan for a little bit and then finish warming them up in the oven!

      Reply
  9. Yvonne says

    April 21, 2011 at 7:20 AM

    This looks wonderful…………..looking forward to giving it a try. Thanks!

    Reply
  10. abbie gellman says

    April 28, 2017 at 9:27 AM

    Love this!

    Reply
  11. John says

    April 28, 2017 at 1:05 PM

    What a yummy treat … will have to try it out this weekend!

    Reply
  12. dixya @food, pleasure, and health says

    April 28, 2017 at 2:17 PM

    always looking for new ways to eat more salmon..and these look delish!

    Reply
  13. Maria | Hälsa Nutrition says

    April 28, 2017 at 3:34 PM

    These look fantastic! I love anything salmon…and anything that’s easy to make!

    Reply

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