Best Easy Salmon Recipes

EASY, NO-MESS BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lay salmon fillet skin-side down on a wide piece of aluminum foil.
• Drizzle olive oil and balsamic vinegar over salmon. Sprinkle lemon pepper, lemon juice, and salt on top. Fold foil up and over the fillet, tenting it at the top. Roll top down to seal salmon in foil. Transfer to a baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until salmon flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes.

SO EASY SALMON PATTIES

Steps:

• Saute onions in 1 TBS olive oil until cooked through but not brown.
• Drain liquid from the salmon.
• Combine salmon, sauteed onion, breadcrumbs (parsley if you use plain breadcrumbs), eggs, salt, and pepper.
• Form mixture into patties.
• Melt butter and oil in a pan.
• Brown salmon patties on both sides (about 4-5 minutes per side).
• Place cooked patties on a paper towl to absorb excess oil.

EASY SMOKED SALMON PASTA

Steps:

• Fill a large pot with lightly-salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Stir the linguine into the water and return to a boil. Cook uncovered until the pasta has cooked through but is still firm to the bite, about 11 minutes; drain, reserving 2 tablespoons of the water.
• Melt the butter with the olive oil in a saucepan over medium-low heat; when the mixture begins to bubble, add the shallots and cook until softened. Stir the salmon, cream cheese, and milk into the shallot mixture. Mix the reserved water from the pasta into the mixture. Transfer to a large bowl and toss with the pasta to serve.

EASY SALMON CAKES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, place 1 1/2 cups bread crumbs. Set aside remaining 1/2 cup. Add eggs, parsley, green onions, dill weed, lemon juice and black pepper. Mix well.
• Add salmon and mix with hands, breaking up salmon into small pieces. Form into 8 patties; each about 1/2 inch thick.
• Place remaining 1/2 cup bread crumbs on a plate and dip both sides of the salmon cakes into crumbs.
• In a large skillet, melt butter. Fry salmon cakes over medium heat for about 3 minutes or until golden brown and crisp. Turn, adding more butter if necessary, and fry about 3 minutes on other side.

EASY GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with foil; grease the foil. Set aside. In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, pineapple juice and soy sauce. Place salmon skin side down on prepared pan. Spoon sauce mixture over fish., Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork, basting frequently with pan juices.

EASY SMOKED SALMON

Steps:

• Place salmon, skin side down, in an 11x7-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with brown sugar, salt and pepper. Drizzle with liquid smoke. Cover and refrigerate for 4-8 hours., Drain salmon, discarding liquid. Bake, uncovered, at 350° until fish flakes easily with a fork, 35-45 minutes. Cool to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate for 8 hours or overnight. If desired, serve with capers and lemon slices.

EASY POACHED SALMON

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the first 8 ingredients. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 30 minutes. Strain, discarding vegetables and spices., Cut three 20x3-in. strips of heavy-duty foil; crisscross so they resemble spokes of a wheel. Place strips on bottom and up sides of a 7-qt. oval slow cooker. Pour poaching liquid into slow cooker. Carefully add salmon., Cook, covered, on high 60-70 minutes or just until fish flakes easily with a fork (a thermometer inserted in fish should read at least 145°). Using foil strips as handles, remove salmon from cooking liquid. Serve warm or cold, with lemon and dill.

EASY FRIED SALMON

Steps:

• Season salmon with salt and black pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-low heat. Place salmon skin-side up in the skillet.
• Cook until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Turn with a spatula and cook until salmon feels firm to the touch and skin is crisp, about 3 minutes more.

EASY SALMON PATTIES

Steps:

• Mix salmon, onion, and egg together in a bowl; stir in flour. Stir baking powder and 2 tablespoons reserved salmon liquid together in a separate bowl; stir into salmon mixture until mixture holds together when shaped. Add more flour if mixture is too soft. Add more reserved salmon liquid if mixture is too firm. Shape salmon mixture into small patties.
• Heat shortening in a skillet over medium heat.
• Spread cornmeal into a shallow bowl and press patties into cornmeal until evenly coated on both sides.
• Fry patties in the hot shortening until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer patties to a paper towel-lined plate using a slotted spoon.

EASY APRICOT-GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Mix apricot preserves with mustard.
• Place salmon fillets on the prepared baking sheet. Brush 1/2 of the apricot mixture over top.
• Bake on the top rack of the preheated oven for 16 minutes. Pull from the oven and brush with remaining apricot mixture. Cook until salmon flakes easily with a fork, about 2 more minutes.

EASY SALMON DINNER RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400˚F (200˚C)
• Add potatoes to a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
• Season with olive oil, thyme, salt, and pepper.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• To prepare salmon marinade, combine lemon juice, garlic, onion powder, paprika, thyme, parsley, and honey, and stir until evenly combined.
• On the same baking tray, push the potatoes to one side of the tray and add salmon and asparagus.
• Season the salmon and asparagus with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Brush the marinade on the salmon.
• Top salmon with lemon slices and thyme springs.
• Bake for 12-14 minutes or until salmon is cooked.
• Enjoy!

EASY PISTACHIO-CRUSTED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Stir mustard, maple syrup, salt, and pepper together in a bowl. Place salmon fillets skin-side down onto the prepared baking sheet and spread mustard mixture on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes. Sprinkle pistachios on top of the salmon. Bake until salmon flakes easily with a fork, about 10 more minutes.

EASY SKILLET-POACHED SALMON

Steps:

• Generously season fish with salt and pepper. Transfer to a straight-sided skillet, saucepan, or shallow pot slightly larger than fish, skin-side down. Scatter leek, celery, bay leaf, lemon rounds, and peppercorns around fish. Add wine and enough water to submerge fish by 1 inch. Attach a deep-fry thermometer to skillet.
• Heat over medium until liquid reaches 150 degrees. Reduce heat to low to maintain temperature (remove skillet from heat briefly if it climbs above 150 degrees). Cook until fish turns opaque and is just cooked through, 6 to 10 minutes, depending on thickness. With a fish spatula, transfer to a plate, skin-side up. Let cool slightly; remove skin. Serve warm, room temperature, or chilled, with lemon wedges.

EASY MISO SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a shallow baking dish with cooking spray.
• Whisk brown sugar, soy sauce, hot water, and miso together in a large glass or ceramic bowl until thoroughly combined. Add salmon and turn several times to coat. Marinate for 10 minutes, occasionally spooning the mixture over the fish to make sure its covered.
• Transfer salmon to the prepared baking dish and cover with foil. Leave extra marinade in the bowl.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes. Uncover, spoon remaining marinade evenly onto the salmon, and bake until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 3 more minutes.

EASY AND DELICIOUS BAKED SALMON STEAKS (LOW CARB)

Steps:

• Rinse the salmon steaks and pat dry.
• In a small bowl whisk together the lemon juice, melted butter, Worcestershire sauce, seasoned salt and black pepper to taste; pour into a shallow glass 8-inch baking dish.
• Add in salmon steaks; turn to coat.
• Cover and chill for 30 minutes.
• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Bake for 10 minutes; remove from oven and spoon the sauce over the steaks.
• Return to oven and continue to bake for another 10 minutes longer or until the fish flakes and is opaque.
• Remove the fish to plates and drizzle with sauce if desired.
• Sprinkle with fresh chopped parsley.
• Delicious!

EASY POACHED SALMON

Steps:

• In a small pan, arrange fillets in a single layer. Cover with water until fillets are just submerged. Remove fillets and set aside. Add garlic, carrot, herbs, peppercorns, and wine. Bring to a boil, season with salt, then turn off heat; add fillets skin-side down, and cook, covered, until slightly underdone in the center, about 10 minutes per inch of thickness. Reserve the poaching liquid and, once cool, combine with fillets.

EASY SALMON LOAF

Steps:

• To make Salmon Loaf: Add milk and breadcrumbs to a bowl; stir to combine; set aside.
• In another bowl beat the egg yolks until thick and the color of lemons.
• Add in the breadcrumb mixture, lemon juice, salts, and pepper; stir to combine.
• Add in salmon; stir to combine; set aside.
• In yet, another bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff but not dry; add to the salmon mixture; fold in gently.
• Spoon mixture into a greased 7 1/2 x 3 x 2 inch loaf pan.
• Bake at 400°F for 35 minutes.
• In the meantime, make white sauce: let the butter melt in a saucepan over low heat.
• Add in the flour and stir until smooth.
• Cook for 1 minute while stirring constantly.
• Gradually pour in the milk; cook over medium heat and stir constantly until mixture is thickened and bubbly.
• Add in salt and pepper to taste.
• Cut salmon loaf into slices and serve with white sauce on top.

SMOKED SALMON & EASY BLINIS

Steps:

• For the blini mix, tip the flour into a bowl, then season. Make a well in the middle, then add the egg yolk and half the milk. Whisk until smooth, gradually add the rest of the milk, then the butter and chives. Whisk the egg whites until starting to stiffen, then fold into the batter. To cook, lightly grease a frying pan, then sizzle spoonfuls for 2-3 mins on each side until golden, flipping them over when bubbling. Set aside and keep warm.
• Make a dressing in a large bowl with the mustard, vinegar and olive oil. Add the leaves, then toss. Serve the salad, salmon and blinis with some beetroot on the side.

EXTRA EASY SALMON STEW

Steps:

• 1. In a small stew pot or dutch oven, melt your butter over medium low heat.
• 2. While your butter is melting, quarter the medium onion and chop it in a mini chopper so that it is chopped fine but not mushy.
• 3. Add the chopped onion to the butter and saute on med. heat until clear and soft.
• 4. Stir in the deboned and skinned salmon, mix well.
• 5. Slowly pour the milk in and the reserved broth if you want more of the salmon flavor, & reduce your heat to low so as not to scald it. Stir every few minutes until it is steaming and the stew is heated well.
• 6. Add salt and pepper to taste and serve while steaming hot.

EASY POACHED SALMON WITH DILL

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• Remove any visible bones and cut off the head and tail (if it hasn't already been done for you) If using a poacher place the tray in the poacher, add 1/4 cup water and place your salmon in the tray skin side down.
• If you do not have a fish poacher (how many of us do?) you can use any oven safe pan large enough to hold your fish.
• Just crumple and crinkle a medium sized sheet of tin foil and place your fish on the foil skin side down.
• Add enough water to just come to the edge of the foil without spilling onto the fish (approx 1/3 cup).
• On top of the fish sprinkle all ingredients.
• Cover with lid or tin foil.
• Cook for 12-20 min's.
• For RARE fish, cook just until white liquid emerges from fish (this is the cooked fish oil).
• It will be pinky white on the outside and peachy pink inside.
• For more well done fish, cook until fish is a pinky white color all the way through.
• Place on a platter to serve.
• Leave onions, capers and dill on the fish.
• Slice lemons on the side for those who like fresh lemon juice.
• This salmon is great served with rice and steamed veggies or a salad.