Salmon Balls

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Baked Salmon Balls made with salmon fillet, spring onions, dill, panko breadcrumbs, egg and seasoning, some healthy and delicious appetizers or snacks that are quick and easy to make in under 20 minutes from scratch. They are incredibly moist and beautifully baked, and are a family-favourite recipe for every occasion.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Appetizer, Lunch, Snack

Cuisine: International

Servings: balls

Calories: 44kcal

Author: Daniela Apostol

Ingredients

2 salmon fillets
1 small egg
¼ cup panko breadcrumbs (15 g)
1 spring onion
½ tablespoon fresh dill
¼ teaspoon sea salt
⅛ tsp ground black pepper
cooking oil spray for spray over the salmon balls

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (350 Fahrenheit, fan oven 160 degrees Celsius).
Remove the skin off the salmon fillets, cut them into chunks and add them to a blender.
Blitz to get a paste.
Add the egg, panko breadcrumbs, chopped spring onion and dill, salt and pepper.
Blitz again.
With wet hands, shape balls out of the mixture.
Arrange the salmon balls onto a baking tray and spray with the cooking oil spray.
Bake for 15 minutes.

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Notes

The egg acts as a binding agent, and it also keeps the salmon balls moist and juicy in the oven. Without the egg, the balls will be on the tougher side, so I highly recommend adding it to the recipe.
The salmon meatballs can also be cooked in an air fryer at the same temperature, just keep an eye on them after 10-12 minutes, as they might cook faster, and shake the air fryer drawer half the way through the cooking time.
If you don't have cooking oil spray, just drizzle some regular or olive oil over the salmon bites, it helps give them a good colour while baking.
If you do not have a blender, use a shark knife to chop the salmon fillets really finely, even if there are some small bits, the egg will bind everything together well.

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