Have you ever been totally winging a recipe, only for it to turn out being fire?! It doesn’t happen often to me, but there are times when I am either lazy or strapped for time and so I whip together an “everything but the kitchen sink” meal using whatever ingredients are on hand.
I was scrolling through my Instagram feed and saw a recipe posted for tuna cakes. It was getting close to dinner time, and although I didn’t have tuna on hand, I did have canned wild Alaskan salmon, and I was craving seafood.
Using this Insta recipe as inspiration, I began to see what was available in the house that I could use for a low-carb, high fat, moderate protein dinner. And I mean very low carb. There’s not even any almond or coconut flour in this version because I decided to grind up some baked pork skins from Epic and use those as the “filler” for the most amazing keto salmon cakes!
These are the core ingredients, missing cilantro and lime juice
I had never thought to use pork rinds in salmon cakes as a flour substitute but it worked so well that I may use this method all the time. I started by doing this first, grinding them up using a food processor. I used about 20 pieces and it turned out to be just the right amount.
Next, I drained the salmon and mixed it together in a bowl with the eggs, mayo, herbs, spices, pork rinds and lime juice.
This is what the consistency should look like once mixed:
While I was mixing my ingredients, I also heated up the skillet, adding some ghee while it warmed up. Once at a medium-high heat, spoon the mixture into the pan, making patties about the size of your fist. Should get 7-8 cakes total.
Let cook for 3-4 minutes then flip and cook the other side for 3-4 minutes, or until light/medium brown on both sides!
Let cool and enjoy! The full recipe and directions are below as well as nutrition info. I’m still dreaming about these weeks after first making them.
This recipe makes 7-8 cakes, depending on the size.
I threw together a quick salad bed of romaine lettuce, carrots, avocado, snap peas and hemp seeds and drizzled some avocado oil on top! Mmm!
This makes about two servings. Below is the nutrition information for one serving (3-4 cakes).
they look tempting 🙂
They’re totally worth it!
am sure !
These look yummy ????
Thank you! They’re pretty delicious ????