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Last Updated on April 30, 2025
Made with canned salmon, coconut flour, lemon pepper and dill, this Keto Salmon cakes recipe is hit! Spritz with lemon or top with your favorite tartar sauce and enjoy!
When I moved to the Pacific Northwest, I had no idea what Salmon was.
It’s just pure kismet that this Keto Salmon Cakes turned out as delicious as they are considering the recipe is simple as can be.
I was such a stranger to the fish that I couldn’t even pronounce it and called it “Sal Mond” until a kind friend told me what was up.
Of course, it seems like every time I turn around there are a host of words with pronunciations that make no sense in Oregon.
Take the word “Couch”. Yeah, I know you’re thinking I’m talking about a sofa but in Portland there is a street that bears this name and it’s pronounced “coo uch”.
I am not into fish and Salmon has one of the strongest flavors but I somehow managed to fall in love with my paleo salmon Cakes that uses coconut flour as the binder.
Not only is this recipe delicious – but salmon has some pretty amazing health benefits:
- It’s rich ins Omega-3 Fatty Acids and considered one of the best sources!
- It’s high in B vitamins
- Loaded with Selenium and Potassium
- May help reduce the risk of heart disease and keep your waist slim.
Now that I’m done with my little nutrition essay, read on how to make this easy whole30 recipe.
What you’ll need for this Keto Salmon Cakes recipe
- Boneless and Skinless Salmon, drained
- Onion
- Coconut Flour
- Eggs
- Celery
- Dried dill
- Lemon pepper
- Sea Salt
- Coconut oil
How to make Keto Salmon Cakes
In a bowl break the salmon up with a fork and add the diced onion, celery and spices.
Mix in the coconut flour and combine thoroughly.
Next add in the eggs and mix for roughly one minute.
Set your burner to medium high and add your coconut oil to a large skillet.
Shape the mixture in to 5 patties, roughly 2″ wide.
Add the patties to your pan and cook until the sides are golden brown, roughly 5 – 8 minutes on each side. DO NOT flip the salmon cakes until they are golden brown or they will fall apart. You need the side to completely brown so it will hold together.
If you like this Keto recipe, you’ll love:
Ginger Chicken (Whole30, Keto)
Coconut Chicken (Whole30, Keto)
Now let’s chat about some common questions from people who make this recipe
Are salmon cakes the same as salmon patties?
Yes, they are.
Can I substitute Tuna for the Salmon?
Yes, this is great substitution.
Can I substitute black pepper for lemon pepper?
Yes, you won’t notice the difference.
I don’t have coconut flour, what flour can I use to replace it?
You can use tapioca flour. However, this will increase the carbs and calories of the recipe.
Did you make and love this recipe? Give your review below and make sure you share your creations by tagging me on Instagram!
Ingredients
- One 6 oz Can of Boneless and Skinless Salmon drained
- 1/2 onion peeled and diced
- 1 1/2 Tablespoon Coconut Flour
- 2 large eggs
- 1 rib of celery diced
- 1 Tablespoon dried dill
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon Sea Salt
- 3 Tablespoons coconut oil
Instructions
- In a bowl break the salmon up with a fork and add the diced onion, celery and spices.
- Mix in the coconut flour and combine thoroughly.
- Next add in the eggs and mix for roughly one minute.
- Set your burner to medium high and add your coconut oil to a large skillet.
- Shape the mixture in to 5 patties, roughly 2″ wide.
- Add the patties to your pan and cook until the sides are golden brown, roughly 5 – 8 minutes on each side. DO NOT flip the salmon cakes until they are golden brown or they will fall apart. You need the side to completely brown so it will hold together.
- Enjoy!
I dont think I’ve ever seen canned salmon before (though I am not a fish person so I can’t say I’ve looked really hard for it either). 😉 This looks like something my husband would LOVE though!
Thanks so much for linking up! =)
**Full Time Mama, Costco is selling it right now, canned wild alaskan salmon! You can also find it at Trader Joes if you live near one.
Thanks for the recipe, I just found your site and this is what’s for dinner tonight!!
I hope you enjoyed it Patty!
I made these last night! We loved them!!
The only difference: subbed parsley for dill (we had some growing outside so it was handy), AND I cooked on a cookie sheet in the oven at 350 degrees for about 35 minutes – flipping midway through – so I didn’t have to monitor them in the frying pan (used the time to make a salad)…I also think oven cooking takes less oil (just spray the cookie sheet).
Having again for lunch! Love them!!!
I’m so glad you liked them! Parsley sounds like a great substitution too. I’ll have to try that when I whip some up this week.
Coconut oil is really good for you. Ingesting a couple tbsp a day will help with hair, skin, digestion, cavities, plaque and cholesterol.
Don’t think of coconut oil as a bad thing, it’s actually a truly guiltless indulgence.
They sell Organic Refined Oil sold as superfood at Costco in one gallon buckets.
I only mention “Refined” , because there is NO Flavor. I love coconut, but not on all my food. This diet would be quite borring if all tastes like coconut. I love this recipe, my family also likes to chop up dried Mango, pineapple or passion fruit (lilikoi), dried works best with very small pieces.
Omg salmon patties are great
Love your recipes. 🙂
Thank you Vicki!
Yum, I’ll definitely be trying this recipe.
I would love to try to make these!
I love salmon cakes and have been eating them for as long as I can remember. So yummy!
We haven’t had these in forever. Gotta try your recipe!
I want to try these!
My husband loves salmon cakes, but I don’t like the smell of them.
These look awesome! I am allergic to shellfish so I can never eat crabcakes – this would be an awesome alternative!
These look yummy!
Looks very delicious!
I’ve never used canned salmon before. Might have to try it though since it makes this recipe easier and quicker
We love salmon cakes. In fact, I made them just last week!
Interesting. I love salmon but have never tried this.
Made these tonight, with the 14.5 oz can from Aldi’s. Doubled all other ingredients, and wow! Very pleased. Thanks for the recipe.
Thanks Margie 🙂
I catch and can my own salmon all summer so I have CASES of it! I have ALWAYS made salmon patties, but I used to make them with bread crumbs. I just recently started eating grain, sugar and dairy free and so happy to get some inspiration to recreate my beloved salmon patty recipe! 🙂
Thanks
You’re welcome Janet!
I make these a lot, when I’m doing low carb I use coconut flour. Sometimes I use instant mashed potatoes to bind. I through anything in, mayo, eggs, green onions, cayenne pepper. Can’t really mess them up.
Huge success!! We were out of celery so I added some green onion and tripled it for a hungry family of 6 also added spome cracked pepper! Everyone loved it! Thanks for the great recipe!
Thank you Carisa! I’m so glad that you liked it 😛
These…. were….fabulous! I doubled the recipe and made 10 salmon patties. Our non-paleo teenagers had no idea this was a special recipe until afterwards. They gobbled them up and begged for more. This is definitely a keeper! Thank you so very much. 🙂
Thank so much Kelly! I’m so happy that you liked it!
These were excellent! My kids and I could have easily gobbled up another batch. It’s a keeper!
Aw, thank you Melanie!!
Can I substitute with something else other than coconut flour?
Linda, I do not eat grains. You need something to help thicken the recipe, which the coconut flour does. If you eat grains you could do any flour and it should work.
Perhaps Almond flour would be ok. Just getting on the Paleo bandwagon & this recipe looks awesome!!!! Thank you!!!
Hi Kathy! You need something to “glue” the ingredients together. You could use arrowroot or tapioca flour but I would use 2 to 3 tablespoons.
hi! do you think almond flour would work ok instead of coconut? i’m not a fan of coconut flour, although i know it’s super healthy and i wish i was 🙂
hmm. . I think it would work fine. You just need something to help absorb the eggs 🙂
we make crab cakes so I’m sure I could do salmon cakes.
This is a nice spin on Salmon, yum!
One six ounce can or one 16 ounce can? Friend just made them and had trouble getting them to stick together
One six ounce can hun. I just changed the recipe to write out the one.
Made these tonight, just delicious! Increased salt to 1/2 teaspoon, exactly the same otherwise. Delicate, needed two pancakes flippers to flip, worked beautifully. Will definitely make these again! Thank you for sharing.
I grew up eating canned salmon or mackerel “patties”. We mushed it up with a sleeve of saltine crackers, egg and seasonings, fried in a skillet and I dipped mine in Heinz 57, A1 or ketchup. Served with creamed peas and fried potato slices
Been paleo for a year and can’t wait to try this tonight! Some comfort food!
I hope you enjoy it hun!
I tried these tonight! I used a 14 oz. can of salmon and doubled the other ingredients. I liked the texture and how the cakes held together after they were cooked, but there was way too much dill weed for me. I think I’ll try these again at some point with at least half as much dill.
I hope you enjoyed them Phil 🙂
This came out delicious! Made a few adjustments: didn’t have celery on hand or lemon pepper seasoning so added parsley and squeezed half a lemon into the mixture. Came out great. Thanks for the recipe!
So glad it worked for you Monica!
I know this was posted years ago, but glad to find it. Looks like a super easy and affordable recipe!
I hope you enjoy it Timil
can you freeze this?
Yes 🙂
I made these following the recipe, but they were so liquidy, I had to triple the flour. Maybe my eggs were too big?
Hrmm. .. perhaps but good job on making adjustments and adding flour.
Did you drain the salmon? I had this problem the first time I made them.
Yes, you drain it Bobbie. I will update the recipe!
I just made these. They were deeelish!!! I didn’t use celery. And added a bit of rosemary. I also made spicy mayo to dip in with some paprika and cayenne pepper. Soon good!!
Love the idea of spicy mayo!
I’ve made this 4 times now and man is it delicious. Even my celery hating husband likes it! It works with both canned and freshly cooked salmon andi like substituting does dill for fresh. This is one of my new favorites!!
Yes, I really am not a huge fan of salmon myself and I love this recipe! So glad you both enjoy it!
am I the only one, two eggs would have been rediculously runny! I made it with one egg and it formed perfect patties for 6 oz. of salmon, what am I missing?
Hrmm…. perhaps the brand of coconut flour you are using is affecting this. I’m glad that the one egg works well for you hun!
I just wanted to say how much I LOVE these salmon patties! I grew up on these, but my mom made them from scratch. Since going paleo, I’ve tried a couple different recipes and this one is replacing all of them. My first bite tasted like home, so thank you again.
Yeah! So glad you enjoyed them Allita!
so yummy thank you!
I get my canned salmon at Costco too. I live in Alaska, so I know good salmon and the Costco wild Alaska Sockeye is really great. Don’t get any crappy Starkist kind!
Yep!
Fish cakes were always my favorite thing growing up in a Scottish family. I’m so happy to find this delicious recipe. Thank-you!! 🙂 I ate half of it at once, it was hard to stop. 🙂
A picture showed, but no recipe. .?????
I’m seeing the recipe Linda so I’m not sure what the issue is hun.
Can you bake these in the oven????
I’ve never tried but I don’t see why not. You do have to flip them though.
I don’t know you but I love you I can relate to how you write and what you’re all about LOL we are trying out your chicken and dumplings recipe it smells very good in here. Also going to make the salmon cakes
Enjoy hun!
Love the flavor of the patties! For some reason, they were dry. I used wild caught fresh salmon and cooked it in olive oil. I will make these again and again. Thanks
So glad you enjoyed it hun.
Can you bake these in the oven? I’m terrible at keeping the patties together otherwise! If so, what temperature, and how long? Can’t wait to try these!! Thank you!
Yes, you could bake them hon.
These are my new favorite EVERYTHING!!! I used leftover salmon, onion (didn’t have celery), Penzey’s Sunny Spain seasoning (best brand, best seasonings), and followed everything else to a “t”. The batter was so horribly wet and messy-I fully expected a disaster. Plus they came out charred n ugly on the outside and nothing like your pictures, but the beauty was the taste inside! Mixed up some drops of compliant hot sauce with mayo to drizzle over the cakes in a lettuce shell. Last bits not necessary as these are totally perfection eaten as is while standing in the kitchen and telling your family and pets to leave you alone.
So glad you enjoyed them and thanks for sharing your story!
Hi the flavour is nice but unfortunately I didn’t read enough comments before making these. I read the amount of salmon as a 16 oz can of salmon ( I live in Australia and the measurements are in grams) so I used a large can 455 grams. I added the juice of a fresh lime as per another recipe. They actually held together considering! But lacking some flavour ( of course :). I will make again altho I always use the skin and bones and mash them in…why skinless and boneless? Thank you.
I hope they work out better for you the second time Gwyn!
Hi! Looking forward to making these for dinner tonight! Is the serving size 3 patties? Thanks in advance.
It makes 5 or 6 salmon patties and serving size is 1
Okay, I never leave comments on recipes. But this was so good I just had to. I was really shocked at how good these were and am so happy to have this recipe! This is such a help for me with all the things I can’t eat, you’ve given me something delicious that I can eat and enjoy so much. THANK YOU!!!
So glad you enjoyed it Emmy!