If you are looking for a quick and easy way to cook your salmon, you have come to the right place. This air fryer salmon has a crispy skin and is delicious.
Salmon is versatile; you can serve it with vegetables, pasta, potatoes or other side dishes.
Crispy Air Fryer Salmon Recipe With Skin
This recipe is healthy and family-friendly. The fish comes out crispy on the outside, around the edges, tender and moist, and perfectly cooked on the inside. It is a convenient and easy way to make a perfectly healthy dinner. You only require 15 minutes from start to finish.
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Ingredients
What you will need to make this delicious healthy fish dinner recipe.
Salmon fillets with skin: you can use one without skin if you prefer
Olive oil: substitute with oil of choice
Smoked paprika: substitute with sweet paprika
Garlic granules: substitute with freshly minced garlic cloves
Mixed herbs (optional)
Onion powder
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper
See the recipe card for quantities.
How to Make Salmon in the Air Fryer
Step by step
- Preheat the air fryer at 200C/400F for 2 minutes
- Pat dry salmon with a kitchen paper towel. Drizzle the olive oil on the fillets.
- Mix the fish seasoning in a small bowl, add smoked paprika, garlic granules, mixed herbs, onions granules, salt, and black pepper and stir to combine.
- Rub the fish seasoning on each of the fillets.
- Spray the air fryer basket using a cooking spray.
- Carefully place the salmon in the air fryer basket and cook at 200C/400F for 8 to 10 minutes or until the internal temperature reads 120F/50C.
- Remove fish from the air fryer, serve and enjoy!
Variations
- Spicy - add chilli pepper flakes to the fish seasoning to give it some heat.
How to Store
Fridge: leave the salmon to cool and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days in an airtight container.
Freezer: you can freeze the salmon for up to 3 months in an airtight container or a Ziploc freezer bag.
Top tip
Air fryer temperature varies depending on size, make, and model. My delicious cravings recipe time is subject to a preheated air fryer. If you are trying this recipe for the first time, deduct 2 minutes from the cooking time and increase it if needed to allow the food to cook evenly.
Recipe
Air Fryer Salmon
Equipment
- Air fryer
Ingredients
- 2 Salmon fillets
- 1 Tablespoon Olive oil substitute with oil of choice
- 1 teaspoon Smoked paprika substitute with sweet paprika
- ½ teaspoon Garlic granules substitute with freshly minced garlic cloves
- ¼ teaspoon Mixed herbs optional
- ¼ teaspoon Onion powder
- Salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer at 200C/400F for 2 minutes.
- Mix the fish seasoning in a small bowl, add smoked paprika, garlic granules, mixed herbs, onions granules, salt, and black pepper and stir to combine.
- Pat dry salmon with a kitchen paper towel. Drizzle the olive oil on the fillets.
- Rub the fish seasoning on each of the fillets.
- Spray the air fryer basket using a cooking spray.
- Carefully place the salmon in the air fryer basket and cook at 200C/400F for 8 to 10 minutes or until the internal temperature registers 120F/50C.
- Remove fish from the air fryer, serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Watch how to make it
TIPS
- For tender and moist salmon, cook with the skin on and peel off once done.
- Use similar sized salmon so that it can cook evenly.
- You can customise your fish seasoning.
- The internal temperature of cook salmon when checked with a meat thermometer should read 125F/51C.
- If using frozen fish, cook for 10 to 12 minutes depending on the size and thickness or until it’s done to your preference.
- There’s no need to flip the fish halfway through the cooking.
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