Piccata Keto Fish Cakes

Jump to Recipe

Piccata Keto Fish Cakes Recipe

This super simple recipe for Piccata Keto Fish Cakes is a perfect lunch when you’re cooped up at home.

All the flavors of Chicken Piccata but with a Pescatarian twist. This healthy meal is both nutritious and satisfying served over a bed of field greens.

Raiding your Pantry can be fun.

I’ve been playing chopped at home long before the food network unknowingly stole my idea.

I could go into any pantry whether it was mine or my family’s and come out with ingredients to prepare a tasty meal.

Lately I know a lot of us have been at home trying to be more creative with the ingredients we already have.

These Piccata Keto Fish Cakes are a fantastic use of ingredients you probably have in your pantry already.

Even if you’re missing a few of these ingredients you can substitute some of the items you do have and make it work!

Ingredient List

Keto Fish Cakes

• Canned Tuna
• Sardines packed in Olive Oil
• Mayonnaise
• Egg
• Italian Pork King Good Breadcrumbs
• Chopped Capers
• Lemon Juice
• Chopped Parsley
• Calabrian Chili Powder

Lemon Caper Aioli

• Mayonnaise
• Chopped Capers w/ Brine
• Lemon Juice
• Red Wine Vinegar
• Italian Seasoning
• Fresh Chopped Parsley
• Minced Garlic
• Calabrian Chili Powder

Additional Ingredients

• Italian Pork King Good Breadcrumbs
• Ghee or Avocado Oil

Cooking Instructions

1. To prepare the Keto Fish cakes drain tuna and shred in a bowl, then add sardines with oil to the bowl and shred as well. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
2. To fry the Fish Cakes portion each cake into a 3 oz balls, then coat with Italian pork king good crumbs and fry over medium heat in a cast iron skillet with ghee. Cook for about 3 minutes per side. for crispier fish cakes flatten the cakes to make them thinner by pressing down on the cakes with a spatula as the first side is cooking.
3. To prepare the Aioli combine all ingredients in a bowl or mason jar and pulse with a stick blender to combine. for a chunky dressing simply whisk ingredients. Store in fridge for up to 3 weeks
4. Serve Keto Fish Cakes over Field Greens or lettuce with aioli

Nutritional Info for Keto Fish Cakes

Piccata Keto Fish Cakes??? 

On the surface I know this recipe may sound a bit strange but it actually exceeded my expectations.

I was just going to make tuna salad for lunch. Then I saw I had a lemon and a jar of capers. That’s when the light went off…Picatta!!!

I love the citrus tartness combined with briny capers in the classic Italian dish. So why not take those same flavors and present them in a new way.

Instead of making a lemon capers sauce with white wine and butter I made an aioli (fancy word for mayonnaise).

I used capers, garlic, lemon and Calabrian chili powder to make the sauce.

Substitution Ideas

• Tuna or sardines can be substituted with canned salmon or chicken.
• Calabrian chili powder can be substituted with cayenne or smoked paprika
• Lemon juice can be substituted with lime juice or orange juice.
• Pork King Good Breadcrumbs can be substituted with crushed pork rinds, almond flour or nutritional yeast.
• Capers can be substituted with chopped green olives.

More Keto Seafood Recipes

• Keto Seafood Imperial
• Chesapeake Crab Dip
• Crispy Mahi Tenders
• Smoked Whole Red Snapper

---