My Salmon Patties

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (14 3/4 ounce) can pink salmon
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1/2 cup frozen grated hash brown potatoes
• 1 sliced green onion
• 1/2 cup crushed ritz cracker (or other buttery flavored crackers)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1 dash tabasco sauce
• 1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1 tablespoon oil

Recipe

• 1 place salmon into a bowl. gently flake, removing the bones & skin.
• 2 toss with eggs, potatoes, onion, crackers, baking powder, lemon pepper and tabasco.
• 3 using your hands, form into 4 loosely packed patties & gently coat both sides & edges with cornmeal.
• 4 add oil to frying pan & heat to medium high.
• 5 brown patties 2-3 minutes on each side, trying to turn them only once.
• 6 **note 1: i use the frozen hash browns for convenience only. (1) small to medium potato, peeled and grated, could be substituted for them.
• 7 *** note 2: sometimes i "raise the spice bar" & add chopped parsley or diced jalapenos or whatever else appeals to my palate at the moment of mixing.