Southern Salmon Patties are quick and easy to make from canned salmon and just a few other ingredients you are likely to have on hand. Serve them with tartar sauce and a few southern sides, over mixed greens with a little balsamic vinaigrette, or make a sandwich out of them.
Drain salmon. Place in a medium bowl.Note: You can remove the skin and small pieces of bone but it is not necessary to.
Add onion, mayonnaise, seasoning, lemon zest, and 10 crushed Saltine crackers to bowl. Stir well. Taste for seasoning and add desired amount of salt and pepper.
Mix in egg.
Place the remaining Saltine cracker crumbs on a plate.
Form salmon mixture into 6 patties.
Dredge both sides of salmon patties in cracker crumbs.(If you can, refrigerate them for 30 minutes and they will hold together better.)