canned salmon
Canned salmon is a very handy food to have in your kitchen as you can make several easy to fix meals with it from ingrediants commonly found in your kitchen.
Instructions
1. If you can afford to, purchase the best quality salmon that you can. Either red or pink salmon can be used, and both are delicious.
Drain the can of salmon, and remove the bones and skin, before preparing the salmon recipes.
(Thrifty Note: Feed the bones and skin to your cat or something, don't throw them away, the bones are soft from being cooked so your pet won't choke. The liquid from the can is good poured over dry cat food, or dog food, too. Most pets love it!)
2. Remember that canned salmon can be substituted for canned tuna in most recipes, so experiment with using salmon in your tuna recipes.
3. You can add chunks of canned salmon, drained of course, to an omelette for a delicious treat. (Use about as much salmon as you would chunks of ham in a ham omelette for example).
Season with salt and pepper, and whatever other seasonings appeal to you.
4. Salmon patties are easy to make, and very delicious too.
Just add an egg, some finely chopped onion, and maybe some finely chopped green pepper, and/or celery, to the canned salmon in a mixing bowl, then add enough cubed, or cut up, slices of bread so that the patties will stick together.
Shape the mixture into patties, or drop by spoonfuls, into the hot oil.
Fry in hot oil, brown on both sides, and serve.
Salmon patties can be eaten alone or served on a heated hamburger bun, as salmon burgers.
Just spread some mayonnaise or tartar sauce on your bun, add your salmon patty, and garnish your salmon "burger" with chopped onions (or thinly sliced onion), thinly sliced tomatoes, pickles, shredded lettuce or shredded cabbage.
5. Try making a salmon loaf. Like meatloaf, only using salmon instead of ground beef. This is delicious too. The recipe for salmon loaf is very similar to the above recipe for salmon patties, but instead of frying as patties, you would put the mix into a loaf pan and bake it in the oven.
Serve salmon loaf with garnishes of parsley or slices of hard cooked eggs.
When cold, slices of salmon loaf can be used in sandwiches just like you'd make meatloaf sandwiches from ground beef.
6. Make a creamed salmon over toast meal.
Make a gravy by melting 2 tablespoons of butter in a saucepan, then stir in 2 tablespoons of flour. Stir in 1 cup of milk, slowly, a little at a time. Continue to stir until it thickens.
Add the drained salmon (remember to remove the bones and the skin too), and heat through.
You can also add a few fresh peas for variety to your creamed salmon dish.
Serve creamed salmon over toast, or perhaps you'd prefer it over mashed potatoes, hot noodles, or hot fluffy rice.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Note: You can substitute 1 can of cream of mushroom, or other lightly flavored cream soup, for the gravy if you want.
Garnish with a few chopped chives and some hard boiled egg slices, if desired.
7. Other uses for canned salmon include putting some chunks of canned, drained, salmon in your green salads for a touch of protein,
using canned salmon to make salmon sandwiches (make just like tuna salad, but using canned salmon instead of the tuna),
and making salmon noodle casserole.
I've even heard of people making salmon pizza from canned salmon. Apparently you omit the tomato sauce, and cover the pizza dough with olive oil and garlic instead.
Then add chunks of drained canned salmon to the pizza.
Cover the pizza with grated mozzarella cheese and bake.
Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve with some lemon wedges, to squeeze lemon juice over the cooked salmon pizza, if desired.
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