# What to do with leftover salmon? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697 "2011-09-26T20:41:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/1 "2011-09-26T20:41:58Z")
I have about 0.5 lb of leftover cooked salmon that I want to use for dinner tonight. Thoughts: -a salmon chowder with corn and other veggies? -some sort of salmon pasta? But what? (Also, peas are out, as mr hunter does not eat them.) -salmon stir-fry? Any other thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/2 "2011-09-26T20:45:22Z")
Salmon cakes. Prepare just as you would crab cakes. ---
**Author:** ![Lightlystarched](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Lightlystarched](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightlystarched)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/3 "2011-09-26T21:18:02Z")
I like salmon, mixed with some cooked diced potato, butter & dill, wrapped in a pastry crust and baked. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/4 "2011-09-26T22:26:32Z")
> [@Lamar\_Mundane](#): > > Salmon cakes. Prepare just as you would crab cakes. That’s my standard. Yumbly mumbly! ---
**Author:** ![3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/47e85d/32.png) [@3\_20\_59\_or\_bust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3_20_59_or_bust)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/5 "2011-09-26T22:33:18Z")
Throw it in a cream sauce, with a little onion and diced potato, maybe some thyme and red pepper flakes and garlic. Over the top of some pasta. Serve with a nice bread, maybe a como. Yum! ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/6 "2011-09-26T22:39:53Z")
You’ve heard of tuna salad? Chicken salad? Like that, only using salmon. Whatever recipe you like. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/7 "2011-09-27T00:23:34Z")
Make a white sauce, rich in butter, add dill and a little nutmeg, add in the salmon in pieces. Serve on pasta. ---
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/8 "2011-09-27T00:32:22Z")
It’s great flaked and cooked into scrambled eggs for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![Athena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/35a633/32.png) [@Athena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athena)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/9 "2011-09-27T00:37:09Z")
[Band Name!](http://www.leftoversalmon.com/) ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/10 "2011-09-27T00:39:53Z")
Salmon pot pie is also really good. At one of my first jobs we used it in a wrap with sort of an Asian slaw. Works well in salads with an acidic dressing. And to carry on with what Broomstick said, you can use it in Tuna Noodle Casserole. Or stuff it into some manicotti or large pasta shells. If you do make salmon cakes, save one for breakfast, and have it with a poached egg and hollandaise sauce. > [@raspberry\_hunter](#): > > Any other thoughts? I think you need more left over salmon. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/11 "2011-09-27T00:46:13Z")
You can’t ever have too much salmon, leftover or otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/12 "2011-09-27T00:47:12Z")
Salmon mousse! Food of the gods. ---
**Author:** ![emacknight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ec8ea/32.png) [@emacknight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emacknight)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/13 "2011-09-27T02:23:31Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Salmon mousse! Food of the gods. Wow, that takes me back to school, didn’t know it existed in the real world… Will that mousse be wrapped in crispy salmon skin??? ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/14 "2011-09-27T03:02:28Z")
[Ochazuke](http://cookingwithchopsticks.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/shake-no-ochazuke/) is great with salmon mixed in. All you really need to make it good is rice, green tea, and arare crackers if you can get 'em. ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/15 "2011-09-27T05:11:32Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > [Band Name!](http://www.leftoversalmon.com/) this… is leftover salmon! 😉 Mark Vann…RIP (he is playing the banjo) [Leftover Salmon](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIRS8NOZYTg) ---
**Author:** ![raspberry\_hunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@raspberry\_hunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raspberry_hunter)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/16 "2011-09-27T05:42:01Z")
Thanks! Went with the salmon in cream sauce pasta, kind of a mix between 3:20 and chefguy, but I have definitely noted down all these suggestions… we have salmon a lot, because I love it 🙂 (That pastry crust thing sounds really delicious…) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-do-with-leftover-salmon/597697/17 "2011-09-27T17:57:49Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Salmon mousse! Food of the gods. [Or perhaps some _other_ anthropomorphic representations…](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoBTsMJ4jNk)