Atlantic Salmon and Crab Cakes

Makes 18 cakes (6-9 servings)

Ingredients:

• 1 pound boneless, skinless fresh Atlantic salmon fillets, ground in food processor
• 3 of 6-oz can lump crab meat, drained
• 5 cups of panko bread crumbs
• Roughly 12 fluid ounces of mayonnaise
• 2 large eggs, roughly beaten
• 1 red bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 yellow bell pepper, finely chopped
• 1 big handful of cilantro leaves, chopped
• 1 bunch of green onions, chopped
• salt and pepper
• 0.5 cup peanut oil
• 1 lime

Directions:

1. Reserve about 1 cup of bread crumbs in a shallow bowl
2. Place salmon, crab meat, remaining 4 cups of bread crumbs, mayonnaise, eggs, peppers, cilantro, and green onions into a large mixing bowl. Add salt and pepper to taste, wash your hands, and mix the ingredients together.
3. Shape mixture into 2 or 3 inch patties and lightly coat both sides with reserved bread crumbs
4. Preheat oven to 350°F
5. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Cook salmon cakes in batches in the oil, 2 minutes per side until golden brown. After each batch is done, transfer to a baking pan and put in oven.
6. Once all the frying is done, bake 2-5 minutes more and remove cakes from oven. Serve with sliced lime

Prep time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

recipe adapted from Cooking in Style the Costco Way, edited by Tim Talevich (ISBN:0972216464), page 131

Notes:

Next time I'm going to use less mayo and fewer bread crumbs