Southerners of a certain age remember growing up eating salmon patties as a fairly common meal. Whether you need an easy weekday dinner, an inexpensive meal idea or just for nostalgic reasons, let’s make salmon patties a regular item on the home menu again.

Old-Fashioned Salmon Patties

Old-Fashioned Salmon Patties. (Stacey Little / Southern Bite)

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Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 10 minutes

Resting time: 25 minutes

Serves: 8 patties

Ingredients

• 1 (14.75-ounce) can pink salmon
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 10 saltine crackers (crushed)
• 1 teaspoon yellow mustard
• 1 large egg (well beaten)
• 1 tablespoon buttermilk
• ¼ cup finely diced onion
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter

Instructions

• Drain the salmon.
• If desired, remove the skin and bones. (Most of the bones are very soft and nearly unnoticeable in the patties.)
• Add the salmon to a large bowl.
• Add the flour, crushed crackers, mustard, beaten egg, buttermilk, onion, salt and pepper and stir to combine.
• Allow the mixture to rest for about five minutes.
• Scoop about ¼ cup of the mixture into your hands and form into a patty. You should get about eight patties.
• Place the patties in the fridge for 15 to 20 minutes to allow them to firm up.
• Heat the oil and butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Work in batches to brown the patties on both sides – four to five minutes on each side.
• Drain on paper towels and serve warm.

Recipe notes

You may have to add a little more flour or buttermilk to get the mixture to the right consistency to form the patties.

Nutritional information: calories 161 kilocalories, carbohydrates 4 grams, protein 12 grams, fat 11 grams, saturated fat 3 grams, polyunsaturated fat 4 grams, monounsaturated fat 3 grams, trans fat 0.2 grams, cholesterol 60 milligrams, sodium 149 milligrams, potassium 284 milligrams, fiber 0.3 grams, sugar 0.4 grams, vitamin A 146 IU, vitamin C 0.4 milligrams, calcium 15 milligrams, iron 1 milligram.

This recipe originally appeared on SouthernBite.com. For more great recipes, visit the website or check out “The Southern Bite Cookbook.”