18 Quick Salmon Recipes to Make Any Night of the Week (2024)

Updated January 12, 2023

• Easy Grilled Salmon

  

  Choose from a teriyaki, soy sauce, or yakatori marinade, and grill these fillets for a couple of minutes per side. Oiling the grill grates helps ensure that the fillets don’t stick. Serve with Broccoli Stir Fry with Ginger and Sesame.

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• Quick and Easy Jerk Salmon

  

  Pacific salmon works well in this recipe because of its firmer texture. Look for wild caught if at all possible. Mix up a spicy jerk seasoning and broil the salmon for a quick and flavorful meal. Broiling happens quickly so don’t walk away from the oven. The salmon is cooked once the seasoning is a little crusty and the fillet flakes when lightly touched. Serve with Coconut Rice and Beans.

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• Easy Baked Salmon

  

  Instead of buying individual fillets, pick up a whole side of salmon from the fishmongers at the market or seafood counter. A flavorful honey lemon butter sauce is poured over the fish before wrapping it in foil and baking in the oven. The foil keeps the moisture in and helps ensure the salmon doesn’t dry out.

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• Easy Salmon Foil Packets with Vegetables

  

  For smaller gatherings, make individually wrapped foil packets and include quick cooking vegetables such as snap peas and tomatoes. Harissa paste amps up the flavor and keeps prep work to a minimum. These would be great cooked over a fire, too.

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• Poached Salmon

  

  When it's too hot to turn on the oven, make poached salmon instead. White wine, dill, and onions make a flavorful poaching liquid for the salmon to cook in. Plus, it’s on the table in 15 minutes!

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• Grilled Salmon with Cucumber Mango Salsa

  

  Put a tropical twist on grilled salmon with this easy salsa. Make the salsa before grilling because it only takes 8 minutes for these to cook on the grill! Look for Pacific salmon such as King, Sockeye, or Coho for the best results.

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• Panko-Crusted Baked Salmon

  

  A Panko topping adds a crunchy element to salmon and a seasoned honey mustard ties the dish together. Feel free to use Dijon mustard if that is all you have on hand. Serve alongside a Summer Vegetable Risotto.

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• Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad

  

  Smoked salmon is sold ready to eat and makes a tasty addition to this pasta salad. Look for hot smoked salmon instead of cold smoked (such as lox). Hot smoked salmon is flaky and comes in a variety of flavors. This pasta salad would also be a great way to use up any leftover salmon.

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• Fresh Salmon Cakes with Spicy Mayo

  

  Fresh salmon makes light and tender fish cakes. It’s a great way to try salmon for those unsure if they like it or not. Salmon cakes are also a great way to use up leftover salmon. Sauteed in a skillet, these patties are on the table in about 30 minutes.

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• Salmon With Fennel Baked in Parchment

  

  Salmon with fennel baked in parchment is a classic French dish—saumon au fenouil en papillotte. But just because it's French doesn't mean the recipe is complex. Simply add individual servings of salmon and sliced fennel to parchment with some butter, lemon, and seasonings, fold the parchments into packets, and bake.

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• Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze

  

  With this quick and easy salmon recipe, dinner is ready in 25 minutes. A simple glaze of dijon, honey, and brown sugar with a slight kick from red pepper flakes tops salmon before it goes in the oven. The result is a simple, delicious, healthy main dish for dinner.

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• Air Fryer Dijon Salmon with Charred Green Beans

  

  Need dinner for two quickly? This should be your go-to recipe. The garlicky green beans cook first in the air fryer, then the salmon goes in. Combined, the two take less than 30 minutes to cook.

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• Honey Mustard Baked Salmon

  

  Six ingredients and 20 minutes are all you need to make this delicious honey mustard baked salmon. While the salmon is cooking, throw together a salad, and dinner is done!

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• Salmon With Lemon Cream Sauce

  

  A fresh lemon cream sauce comes together in 10 minutes on the stovetop. It tops salmon that you've pan fried in 10 minutes or less. Easy, quick, and delicious.

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• Sheet Pan Harissa Salmon

  

  The beauty of sheet pan cooking is that most of the meal is cooked on one pan, meaning easy cleanup. Here, you rub salmon with harissa spice and bake it with green beans and bell peppers. A quick tomato salad served on the side completes the meal.

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• Angel Hair Pasta with Salmon, Arugula, and Creamy Lemon-Parmesan Sauce

  

  While the pasta cooks, sear salmon on the stovetop. After the salmon cooks, make a simple lemon-Parmesan sauce in the same pan then add spicy arugula until it wilts. Combine the pasta, salmon, and sauce in one pot and serve.

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• Dukkah-Spiced Salmon with Lemony Couscous

  

  Salmon is a blank slate that you can prepare many ways. Here, it's seasoned withdukkah, an earthy and rich spice blend with nuts giving it a slightly crunchy crust.Cook couscous with a mint yogurt sauce simultaneously, and dinner is done in about 25 minutes.

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• Pan Seared Salmon with Avocado Remoulade

  

  Two easy steps get this salmon dish on the table quickly. First, make an avocado remoulade in the blender, no cooking required. Then, sear seasoned salmon in a pan on the stovetop. Place the salmon on top of the remoulade. Enjoy.

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