Salmon Burgers

Dress the burgers with lettuce, tomato, and your favorite condiments. Serve on toasted focaccia or hamburger buns with a simple fruit salad.

Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 burger)

Ingredients

• 1  cup  finely chopped red onion
• 1/4  cup  thinly sliced fresh basil
• 1/4  teaspoon  salt
• 1/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1  (1-pound) salmon fillet, skinned and chopped
• 1  tablespoon  hot pepper sauce
• 1  large egg white
• Cooking spray
• 8  (3/4-ounce) slices focaccia, toasted

Preparation

Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Combine hot pepper sauce and egg white in a small bowl; add egg white mixture to salmon mixture, stirring well to combine.

Divide the mixture into 4 equal portions, shaping each into a 1/2-inch-thick patty. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add salmon patties, and cook 3 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness. Serve patties on toasted focaccia.

Nutritional Information

Calories:

190 (42% from fat)

Fat:

8.8g (sat 2.1g,mono 3.8g,poly 2.1g)

Protein:

25.2g

Carbohydrate:

1.1g

Fiber:

0.3g

Cholesterol:

58mg

Iron:

0.6mg

Sodium:

236mg

Calcium:

21mg

Kirsten Dixon, Kirsten Dixon, The Winterlake Lodge Cookbook and The Riversong Lodge Cookbook, Cooking Light, JULY 2006