Salmon cakes with a yogurt lime sauce

This is one my favorite meals. It's super easy to make, and it is so delicious. I've made this with canned salmon, several times, and it always turns out yummy. However, when I make this with fresh salmon, as I did tonight, it is over the top amazing!! If you want to make this with fresh salmon, it will add about 10-15 minutes to your cooking time. But it's worth it! This recipe is gluten free, I use coconut flour, but feel free to use any flour that you'd like.

Here's what you need:

1lb of fresh Salmon, or 16 ounces of canned wild caught Salmon, drained completely.
2 Tbsp of fresh cilantro
2 Tbsp of fresh parsley

2 eggs

1/2 cup of sliced green onions/ or 1/2 of one small onion chopped finely

2-4 cloves garlic, minced I used 4...we love garlic

1 tsp sea salt 

1/4 tsp red pepper flakes

1/2 tsp ground cumin

3-5 TBS coconut flour This is a grain-free flour. You could also use 1/4-1/2 cup bread crumbs.

Olive oil/ butter/ safflower oil for browning the cakes

For the yogurt sauce you need
1 6 ounce cup of plain yogurt.  You can substitute with creme fraiche, or sour cream. 

1 large clove garlic, minced

2 Tbsp chopped fresh cilantro

juice of 1 lime

1/4 tsp coarse salt

Directions:

Lightly season the salmon fillet and bake in the oven @ 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes. It doesn't have to be completely cooked through because you're going to brown it on the stove later. Remove from oven and let cool until you can handle it without burning your self.

While your Salmon is cooling, in a small bowl add yogurt, chopped cilantro, lime juice, and minced garlic clove. Mix together, and refrigerate until, your ready to use it:

Once cooled, remove the skin from the Salmon and flake:

Add cumin, cilantro, parsley, garlic, onion, red pepper flakes, and salt to the salmon:

In a separate bowl beat eggs, then add them to the Salmon and herbs:

Mix well, then add coconut flour one tablespoon at a time. You may not need all 5 tablespoons, just depends on how moist your eggs are, so stop once the mixture comes together. If your using canned Salmon you will probably only need 4 tablespoons. If your mixture is too wet to form patties, then add more flour. should look like this:

Now your ready to form patties:

Heat your skillet and add oil. Place cakes into skillet and let brown, about 3-4 minutes on each side.

Remove from skillet and serve with a nice dollop of the yogurt sauce and enjoy!

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