Salmon Burger

Dinner is such a hassle these days. With the kids home all day, I get very little time to plan out our dinners, prep and cook. I usually think about dinner at around 5pm when the hubby is almost back home from work and I somehow scrape something together. Today I thought of trying a salmon burger. After all the weekend cookouts, we had a lot of left over chicken and sausages, using that in another dish would have been a better idea. But I was kind of tired of eating all this meat and that's why I thought to take the seafood route for dinner. I tried Paula Deen's Salmon Burger recipe from www.foodnetwork.com. But I did tweak it to my taste.

Ingredients

Salmon-1 lb(cleaned and cut into small chunks)

Garlic-1 cloves minced

Peppers-1/2 cup (diced-red/yellow/orange)

Panko-1/2 cup (Japanese bread crumbs)

Lemon juice- 1/2 tsp

Soy sauce- 1/2 tbsp

Salt-1/4 tsp(Lawry's Garlic salt)

Egg-1/2 (beaten)

Directions

1.Combine the salmon, garlic, peppers and panko in a medium bowl.

2.Next add the beaten egg, soy sauce, lemon juice and salt and fold this into the salmon mixture. I also added some black pepper.

3.Form into 4 patties and refrigerate for at least an hour.

4.Heat the grill to 400 degrees and  grill for 5-6 minutes or till it's done to your liking.

5. Toast some buns on the grill in the last minute of cooking and serve with lettuce and tomato and seasoned mayo. 

6.To make the mayo-I added soy sauce,oyster sauce and toasted caraway seeds and mixed well. Spread an even layer on each half of the bun. 

7.For some heat I garnished with jalapenos too! Served it with a side of potato chips and a pickle. A cold beer would be good too. :) Happy Grilling!!!