Chipotle Salmon Burgers

Continuing along the line of making good burgers for summer, my roommate and I made salmon burgers. This was a variation of a recipe from Cooking Light; we mostly changed the recipe because we were missing a few ingredients. They came out good with a nice spice to them.

Mayonnaise Ingredients:

• 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
• 3 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 tablespoon of pineapple
• 1/8 teaspoon of lemon juice

Burger Ingredients:

• 1-1.5 pounds of salmon fillet
• 2 teaspoons of lemon juice
• 1/4 cup of cilantro, chopped
• 1/4 cup of chopped green onions tops
• 2 chipotle peppers in adobo sauce
• Cholula hot sauce
• black pepper
• an egg might be necessary as a binder

We first mixed up the mayo in the food processor...the next time I make this, I would consider adding a teaspoon or so of the green onions and a little of the adobo sauce. We didn't bother cleaning out the food processor since the mayo wouldn't be bad in the burgers.

For the burgers, we added the cilantro, peppers, green onion, and lemon juice into the food processor and chopped then up. We transferred this to a separate bowl. We chopped the salmon up into about 1-inch sized cubes, and then chopped these in the food processor. We added these to the bowl and mixed to combine. We added a few dashes of hot sauce and a few grinds of black pepper. We were out of eggs so we didn't add one as a binder...the patties stayed together pretty well without it, but it sure would have helped.

We had these on multigrain english muffins...my 1-cup measuring scoop was pretty much the perfect diameter. We packed it a little more than half full to form the perfect sized patties. I grilled these on the charcoal grill...I oiled the grate first and let the patties cook almost entirely through before flipping...using this procedure I had no problems with the burgers falling apart.

Top with the mayo and some greens (we had spinach) on a toasted bun. These were really tasty. They had a nice little bite to them and a great cilantro flavor. These were way better than any salmon burgers I've ever purchased.