Grain-Free Salmon Nuggets
Want to get more essential fatty acids into your kids' meal to help give them proper brain development? Try making these delicious, grain-free salmon nuggets. Tell them it's "chicken" nuggets and they'll eat every last one!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 14.75 oz can wild salmon
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- ½ cup + 1 1/4 cup almond flour
- ½ tsp sea salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 6 pastured eggs
- 2 tsp onion powder
- 2 tsp garlic powder
- Dash cayenne powder
- Coconut oil for frying
Instructions
- Heat 1/2 cup coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- In a food processor, combine coconut and 1/2 cup almond flour.
- Process until it resembles panko bread crumbs, for a nice fine “breading.”
- In a large bowl combine the additional 1 1/4 cup almond flour, salmon, salt & pepper, eggs, onion & garlic powder, and cayenne.
- Stir until well combined.
- Form into balls using about 1.5 Tbsp of the mixture.
- Roll them in the breading.
- Place them in the skillet and fry until golden on one side, flip and fry the other side.
- Drain on a paper towel covered place.
- Repeat until all of the salmon is cooked, adding coconut oil to the pan as needed.
- Enjoy with homemade tartar sauce. These can also be frozen.
Notes
If you really want to spice this recipe up, you can include some smoked salmon too. I found some really great smoked salmon online HERE.