Let’s face it: everything tastes better with bacon! For example:
- Loaded cauliflower with bacon
- Crustless broccoli quiche with bacon
- Bacon chicken bites (a family favorite!)
- Bacon lime sweet potato salad
- Even chocolate-covered bacon!
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See what I mean? These bacon wrapped salmon patties are a fast recipe and an easy way to make canned salmon “gourmet.” The kids even like these and ate them up even cold for lunch the next day.
How to Make Salmon Patties
To make these salmon cakes or salmon patties, you have the choice between using fresh or canned salmon. I usually use boneless, skinless, and canned from Thrive Market or Vital Choice. All their products are sustainable and organic and really high quality.
I like using the canned salmon because the cooking step is eliminated. Fewer pans and less time! You can absolutely use fresh salmon instead of canned if you’d like, but you’ll obviously need to cook it first.
Whichever you choose, it’s pretty important that you drain the fish well before making these salmon patties. Excess water will make them fall apart and keep the bacon from getting crispy. I like to put it in a mesh strainer and press the liquid out with the back of a spoon.
Salmon Cakes Are Better With Bacon!
Once the salmon is all ready to go, add some finely minced onion, bell pepper, garlic, egg, Dijon mustard, and spices, and mix it all together.
Use ¼ cup of the mixture for each salmon patty. Form it into a ball. Wrap each ball in half a slice of bacon and place it, seam side down, on a baking sheet. Then just cook them in the oven until the bacon is cooked. Sometimes I put them under the broiler for the last couple minutes to make them a little crispier.
Tip: The mixture is supposed to be a little crumbly, but not so much that it falls apart. If it isn’t holding together well, try adding an extra egg or a couple tablespoons of mayo. (I’ve also used chipotle mayo or sriracha mayo.)

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What is your favorite salmon recipe? Let me know below!
I have used a salmon burger recipe from you in the past but couldn’t find it now. I used this recipe for burgers tonight but I think there was a difference. Is that recipe still available?
Thank you for making such yummy recipes available!
Hey Sarah! It must have been another site—we’ve never had a salmon burger on site 🙂
I just made these again last night with bacon this time and they are just SO yummy! My kids LOVED them. I was wondering if anyone had had any success either freezing them before they were cooked or after they had been cooked and how would be the best way to cook/reheat them after doing that? They would just make such a great “quick” fix for the kids at lunch time if I could freeze them. TIA
These were really good and super easy to make. I didn’t have any bacon on hand but I really wanted them so I made them into patties and they were still delish! I know they will be even better when I make them with the bacon.
Can’t wait to make this tonight! Years ago I used to eat salmon burgers and loved them.. Since then and learning more about health I haven’t known what to do with canned salmon. Thank you!
I made them last night and they are very yummy! I would highly recommend them, even though they are a bit time consuming in preparation. They would also work great as an appetizer, if you are having guests over.
Thanks for sharing!:)
K. Wright