These Greek Salmon Burger with Lemon Tzatziki are packed with delicious Greek flavors. The salmon burger is filled with spinach, feta cheese and spices and are really easy to make.
- 1 lbs (450 g) salmon, skin removed
- 1 small shallot
- 1 cup loosely packed baby spinach leaves
- ¼ cup (50g) feta cheese
- 2 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 Cup greek yoghurt
- ⅓ Cup cucumber, grated
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- Serve with your favorite burger buns, sliced sun-dried tomatoes, mix of lettuce and a little extra crumbled feta cheese
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Start with squeezing the grated cucumber in your hand to remove as much liquid as possible. Mix all the ingredients in a bowl, cover and let rest in the fridge while you prepare the Salmon burgers.
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In a food processor, pulse the shallot until finely chopped. Add the spinach and pulse until finely chopped. Add the salmon, the herbs and salt and pepper and pulse a few times until it has finely chopped texture. Be carful not over process, you still want to see chunks. Crumble in the feta cheese and pulse once just to combed.
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Melt the butter in a large frying pan over medium heat. Make 4 Salmon burgers using your hands form into a patty and place carefully in the pan. Cook for about 4 minutes or until golden brown and white edges appear. Flip the burger carefully and cook for about 3-4 minutes more. Do not overcook the burgers.