Making Salmon Croquettes

Posted on 24. Apr, 2010 by Deb in The Girl

Earlier this week when I was visiting my parents. My dad is doing an amazing job taking care of my mom. Between my parent’s friends, my sister and I, we are trying to keep them stocked in food so that my father can spend his time with my mom. She was the person who cooked most often.

We sat in the living room chatting and suddenly my mother said “I want salmon croquettes. No purchased, but the ones like I used to make. My mother’s recipe. Except, she can’t make it for me. because she’s dead.” Who can resist such a sad need? I offered to make them this weekend.

To discover that converting a recipe from the 1940′s to 2010 isn’t exactly a piece of cake. The most challenging part? There are no unsweetened bran flakes on the market that do not have raisins in them. So I did what any good daughter would do: I picked out the raisins.

Directions:

Open 4 cans of boneless, skinless salmon (it comes with skin in larger cans, however, I don’t want to pick out the skin and bones). Add two eggs, a 1/4 of a chopped onion, salt, pepper, and flour. Form patties. Roll in crushed bran flakes (minus the raisins!). Place in a skillet of HOT oil and fry 3 minutes on each side.