29 Recipes for Canned Salmon That Come to the Pantry Meal Rescue
This canned salmon pasta recipe is fast, fresh, light, and uses a handful of everyday ingredients. It's ready in about 20 minutes!
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Pasta
Having a fully-stocked pantry is always handy, especially when you're stuck at home and can't go to the supermarket, or when you simply need to save money and don't want to eat out or order takeout.
Apart from having dried grains such as rice, quinoa, beans and flour, canned foods are highly convenient. And pantry meals are often a budget-friendly solution to the "what's for dinner question" and much easier to make!
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One of our favorite canned foods to have on hand is canned salmon. Rich in Omega 3s, full of flavor and so incredibly versatile, canned salmon has definitely become more and more popular lately, especially when you don't have fresh salmon available, but still want to make salmon recipes.
Plus with the rise of the tinned fish trend, everyone is looking to other canned fish to use in seafood meals like canned salmon, mussels, scallops and more—that go beyond tuna.
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What To Do With Canned Salmon
Canned Salmon can be used in quick pasta suppers, tossed in light salmon salads, made into salmon cakes or patties and obviously used to make Emily Mariko's TikTok Salmon Rice Bowl gone viral.
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Best Canned Salmon Recipes
Before you go passing up canned salmon for fresh, or its counterpart (canned tuna), consider all of the easy, nutritious, delicious meals you can make with a tin of canned salmon.
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From salads such as salmon and dill salad and canned salmon potato salad to appetizers such as smoked salmon mousse and stuffed salmon avocados, to mains like salmon burgers with garlic yogurt and canned salmon pasta, there's plenty of inspiration in this list of 29 best canned salmon recipes.
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Used canned salmon instead of fresh and make this wildly viral TikTok salmon rice bowl!
Get the recipe: Tik Tok Salmon Rice Bowl
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Ben Rayl
These salmon patties are amazing. Something about the crispiness of the patties and the zesty tartar sauce—yum.
Get the recipe: Perfectly Delicious Salmon Patties
Metemgee
Salmon sautéed with fresh herbs and veggies is a delicious way to reinvent canned salmon.
Get the recipe: Sautéed Canned Salmon
Melissa d'Arabian
These savory salmon cakes are healthy, easy and delicious.
Get the recipe: Easy Salmon Cakes
Christina Sachin
With this kale, salmon and egg power breakfast, you might have your most productive morning ever.
Get the recipe: Egg and Salmon Breakfast Scramble
Muy Bueno Cookbook
Transform affordable canned salmon into an exotic, zesty, flavorful salmon ceviche salad by adding fresh lime juice and diced cucumber, tomato, jalapeño and cilantro. This recipe is so delicious and healthy!
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Salad (Ceviche Style)
The Defined Dish
A simply delicious easy salmon and dill salad that is perfect for grab-and-go lunches and takes about five minutes to make.
Get the recipe: Easy Salmon and Dill Salad
Walder Wellness
This easy eggs benedict recipe is made with canned salmon and a lighter homemade herby hollandaise sauce. It’s a delicious and healthy brunch option, rich in protein, heart-healthy omega-3s and lots of greens.
Get the recipe: Eggs Benedict with Canned Salmon and Herby Hollandaise
4 Sons R Us
Salmon salad spread is a versatile alternative to tuna salad. This yummy spread is the perfect, budget-friendly filling for sandwiches, spread for bagels or appetizer dip!
Get the recipe: Salmon Salad Spread
Walder Wellness
This healthy canned salmon potato salad recipe is made with canned salmon, hard-boiled eggs, and Greek yogurt instead of mayo, this side dish is high in protein and essential nutrients. Gluten-free and ready in 30 minutes!
Get the recipe: Healthy Canned Salmon Potato Salad
Fit Foodie Finds
These stuffed avocado boats are packed with a salmon salad that is made with canned salmon, fresh herbs, lemon juice, and other fresh ingredients. It’s a perfect high-protein snack or lunch!
Get the recipe: Stuffed Salmon Avocados
Fusion Craftiness
A super quick 3-minute salmon pate recipe that will surely delight your guests and as a special treat for you too! Just a handful of ingredients mixed into a bowl and you are done!
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Pate
Simply Recipes
Salmon macaroni salad with canned salmon, ready in 30 min! A quick and easy pantry dinner or lunch that's great for making ahead too.
Get the recipe: Salmon Macaroni Salad
Goodness Avenue
Epic, healthy, gluten-free spinach feta salmon burgers ready in 20 minutes. These are the easiest and tastiest healthy salmon burgers made with canned salmon and cooked on the stovetop.
Get the recipe: Spinach Feta Salmon Burgers
Recommended.Tips
These keto salmon patties are beyond incredible and are true to their word of being quick and easy thanks to canned salmon.
Get the recipe: Keto Salmon Patties
These Old Cookbooks
Salmon quiche is a new version of a classic quiche using canned salmon, mozzarella cheese, eggs and heavy cream. It's fancy enough for a party, yet down to earth and quick to prepare.
Get the recipe: Salmon Quiche
South Your Mouth
This easy, smokey salmon spread is perfect with crackers or cruditées.
Get the recipe: Salmon Spread
Healthy Recipes
An easy 20-minute recipe for smoked salmon mousse made with cream cheese and served on cucumber slices.
Get the recipe: Smoked Salmon Mousse
Mom's Dish
This 15-minute canned salmon dip recipe is so creamy, flavorful and full of texture. Perfect as a spread on bagels or as a dip for your favorite crackers!
Get the recipe: 15-Minute Canned Salmon Dip
Lord Byron's Kitchen
Served warm or hot, salmon and asparagus pasta salad is a complete meal with so much flavor and texture!
Get the recipe: Salmon and Asparagus Pasta Salad
A Taste for Travel
This unbelievably easy recipe for canned salmon impossible pie is healthy, economical and takes just 10 minutes to put together!
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Impossible Pie
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The Cook Report
These salmon burgers are so quick to make! Use canned or leftover salmon and you'll have this amazing dinner on the table in 15 minutes.
Get the recipe: 15-Minute Salmon Burgers with Garlic Yogurt
These salmon cakes made with leftover mashed potatoes and canned salmon are cheap and cheerful.
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Cakes
Salt and Lavender
This salmon salad is made with canned salmon and comes together quickly! It's similar to tuna salad, so it's great in sandwiches for easy lunches.
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Salad
Sweet Peas and Saffron
Golden and crispy, these air fryer salmon patties cut down on the oil and deliver a big flavor! Made with canned salmon, they are a great way to cook from your pantry.
Get the recipe: Air Fryer Salmon Patties
African Bites
Salmon Croquettes are pan-fried, protein-packed, breadcrumbed rolls made with salmon and aromatic herbs. Crispy on the outside with a soft and tender center. They make a quick and tasty appetizer, breakfast or dinner fix.
Get the recipe: Salmon Croquettes
Salmon loaf is one of those classic retro recipes that's still just as delicious today as it was when our Grandma made them! Try this instead of salmon cakes—it's easier than frying up individual cakes and bakes up great!
Get the recipe: Salmon Loaf
Salt and Lavender
This salmon patties recipe is an inexpensive pantry meal that's ready in just 30 minutes! They're ultra crispy on the outside, flaky and moist inside and supremely flavorful with fresh herbs.
Get the recipe: Salmon Patties
Salt and Lavender
This canned salmon pasta recipe is fast, fresh, light and uses a handful of everyday ingredients. It's ready in about 20 minutes!
Get the recipe: Canned Salmon Pasta
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