Easy Salmon Cakes

Name: Easy Salmon Cakes
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons plus 3/4 cup, panko bread crumbs; 2 tablespoons minced, fresh parsley; 2 tablespoons, mayonnaise; 4 teaspoons, lemon juice; 1 , scallion, sliced thin; 1 , small shallot, minced; 1 teaspoon, Dijon mustard; 3/4 teaspoon, salt; 1/4 teaspoon, pepper; pinch, cayenne pepper; 1 (1 1/4 pound), skinless salmon fillet, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1/2 cup, vegetable oil

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2011, America's Test Kitchen TV

What's a nice fresh fillet doing mixed up in a fried cake? Three good reasons: a crispy exterior, a moist interior, and a super-simple cooking technique.

SERVES4

TIME30 minutes

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We wanted our salmon cakes recipe to be simple to prepare, so we broke out our food processor. Pulsing small pieces of salmon allowed for more even chopping and resulted in small, discrete pieces of fish. We also found a way to ditch the eg...

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