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- Oh my God.
Like the best thing I made.
Hey health nuts, welcome back to my channel.
Today we're in the kitchen
and we're gonna start things off for the summertime
with a fresh salmon burger with a spicy pineapple salsa.
I've really been liking this combination,
and it's a fun way to kind of turn boring canned salmon
into something really light and fresh and flavorful
just by adding a few extra ingredients.
And then the spicy pineapple salsa
just kind of brings everything to life
and adds a lot of flavor to your burger,
especially if you're not gonna put it on a bun
with all the toppings.
It's just fun to have it on the lettuce wrap,
top it off with the salsa,
and eat it with a fork and knife.
So we're first gonna start off
with the spicy pineapple salsa.
Okay, so I have here a nice, ripe pineapple.
You want to make sure it's nice and yellow.
You can even smell it to see
if you can actually smell the pineapple.
Yeah, like, if you can smell the juices through the skin,
that means it's perfect,
and I'm gonna cut this one up.
Now pineapple can be a little bit intimidating,
I feel like, to cut up,
which is why I have this handy-dandy tool,
which is a lifesaver,
and this is one of those kitchen gadgets
that you actually should invest in.
So I will link it down below.
It's amazing.
I use it all the time in the summertime
when I'm cutting up pineapple.
So you're just going to cut off
the top of the crown of the pineapple.
So you're going to center this tool
right in the middle with the core,
and then use your muscles and start turning.
And now you have little ringlets of pineapple.
This tool is really cool,
'cause you just press these two buttons here
and it comes right off.
And you have little rings.
And then just dice these up into little segments.
I'm gonna add my pineapple to a bowl.
We're gonna add in our peppers and tomato,
chopped red onion, cilantro,
jalapeno, and some lime juice.
I'm gonna use, I think, about one full lime.
Season it with a bit of salt and pepper
and mix it all up.
So I'm gonna set this aside in the refrigerator
to just kind of marinate
while we work on the salmon burgers.
Okay, so in a large bowl,
you're gonna start adding in your ingredients.
Now I have two cans here of some wild pink salmon.
I guess that's the only color salmon is, is pink.
I'm gonna add that to a bowl.
And you want to make sure you're getting
good quality canned salmon.
I actually got this one from Costco,
and it's just, like, nice and flaked
and it actually looks like real salmon
as opposed to some of the other brands.
I don't know, some brands look really weird.
And just kind of break it up so you can see all the flakes,
and it'll be easier to kind of mix it in
with the other ingredients.
I'm gonna crack two eggs.
Add some rice bread crumbs, garlic,
fresh basil, lemon juice,
Dijon mustard, one chopped shallot.
Then for spices I'm adding sea salt,
black pepper, smoked paprika, and garlic powder.
And then mix everything up.
Okay, so now that that's all combined,
I'm just gonna grab a cookies sheet
so we can start forming our salmon patties.
I have a cookie sheet here
and I'm gonna line it with some parchment paper.
I'm gonna take my ice cream scoop
and we're just gonna form some patties.
You can make them any size that you like,
and you just want to kind of form them
into what a patty would look like.
I'm gonna grab my burner and my grill pan
and start frying these up.
I'm gonna drizzle a little avocado oil
and let it heat up.
So I'm just gonna kind of spread the oil all around.
I like using avocado oil 'cause it has a high smoke point,
so it doesn't burn on high heat.
'Kay, and we're just gonna let that heat up a little bit.
Okay, so let's test one out and see
if our grill is hot enough.
Ooh, hear that sizzle?
My burgers are now all cooked
and I'm just gonna transfer them to a cooling rack.
So now that we have our salmon burgers done
and our pineapple salsa ready,
I'm actually just going to cut up a little bit of avocado.
I also went ahead and washed some butter lettuce,
'cause these are gonna be the replacement
for the bread or the bun,
and it's just a really,
if you're never had butter lettuce or Boston lettuce before,
it's super buttery and has a nice, like,
subtle crunch, I guess,
and it works really well with salmon.
So I'm going to cut this avocado up,
gonna slice it in half first,
and this, I can tell,
this one's, like, perfectly ripe.
Isn't that, you know it's gonna be a good day
when your avocado is nice and ripe.
Look guys.
Ho, perfect.
And I'm gonna do some really pretty little slices
so we can just lay them on top of our salmon burgers.
And now it's time to assemble.
So this is the final product.
Don't they look so cute and summer ready
for your next barbecue?
I think they're adorable.
They taste really good too,
and I'm gonna actually finish making one here,
'cause these are two pretty to eat and I gotta take photos.
So put a little salsa on here,
and I mean, you could eat these with a fork and knife
or you could just try to do them like a hand wrap,
like I'm gonna do.
Cheers to the summer.
Oh my God.
This is the best salmon burger I've ever made.
This is so good.
Oh my God, the fresh pineapple
with the salmon and avocado, mm.
So good.
Chloe, you're gonna love these.
So Chloe and I are gonna go eat these for lunch.
Definitely make this repice.
I will link the full recipe down below
with all the measurements and you can print it out there.
It's over on my blog.
And if you guys want to see
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and I will see you guys in my next video.
Bye!
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