Air Fryer Salmon Bites
Salmon cut into cubes and crisped in the air fryer — lemon and garlic salmon bites, hot honey salmon bites, salmon meatballs — for fast weeknight dinners.
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lunchLemon and garlic salmon bites meal prep
Perfect for a delicious meal throughout the week!!! I’m OBSESSED
Victoria TschoppIngredients
- 1 lb Boneless skinless salmon
- 1 tbsp Cajun seasoning
- 1 cup Parsley chopped
- 1 tbsp Olive oil
- 2 tbsp Butter
- 1 tsp Minced garlic
- 12 oz Asparagus
- 1/2 Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1.5 cups Jasmine rice (cooked)
Instructions
- 1Cut up your salmon into bite size pieces. Place in a bowl with olive oil + Cajun seasoning and mix well
- 2Place on tray to go into air fryer at 400 for 10 minutes. (Bake at 375 for 12 mins)
- 3For garlic and lemon sauce- add butter, garlic, and lemon into a small sauce pan to combine all ingredients.
- 4Lay out your asparagus on a tray with salt + pepper + a dash of oil and air fry at 400 for 8 minutes. Alternatively bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until roasted to your desire!!
- 5Once all components are finished cooking get out your containers (3) and place 1/2 cup jasmine rice cooked, salmon bites, and asparagus. Drizzle the lemon garlic sauce over the top of the salmon and rice
- 6*note- i will keep salmon in the fridge for at most 5 days but i prefer to prep 3 At a time (like this recipe) to maintain freshness.
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Open in Pepper →Salmon Cooks Faster In Small Pieces
A whole filet can feel like a project on a Tuesday. Cut that same salmon into one-inch cubes and it cooks through in under 10 minutes, with crisp edges on every side instead of just the top.
Cooks on Pepper reach for these when dinner has to happen fast but still needs to feel like real food — over rice, in bowls, stacked into tortillas, or packed up for lunches later in the week.
Every recipe here keeps it simple: lemon and garlic salmon bites for meal prep, hot honey salmon bites with lemon pepper seasoning, soy and sriracha air fryer salmon bites, crispy salmon bites with garlic and herb seasoning, and air fryer salmon meatballs made with canned smoked salmon.
Quick Tips
- 1
Cut even one-inch cubes
Uniform pieces finish at the same time. Anything much smaller than an inch dries out before the outside browns.
- 2
Pat the salmon dry
Blot each piece with a paper towel before oiling and seasoning so the surface crisps instead of steaming.
- 3
Preheat the air fryer
Run it at 400°F for 3 to 5 minutes first so the bites sizzle the moment they hit the basket.
- 4
Leave space in the basket
Cook in a single layer with a little room around each piece, usually 7 to 9 minutes, shaking once halfway.
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