Salmon cooked in just 8 minutes and tasted better after I added 1 flavourful ingredient (Image: Angela Patrone)
Smoked salmon has always been a firm favourite of mine for breakfast or lunch; however, I could never really get on board with the type of salmon you cook.
When salmon, I always found it tasted bland, even after adding many different types of seasonings.
However, that is until I tried marinating it with one particular ingredient – smoked paprika.
Smoked paprika really enhances salmon and brings a delicious smoky flavour to the fish. I highly recommend using smoked paprika for this rather than sweet paprika.
Instead of popping it in the oven, my go-to is the – it cooks the salmon in only eight minutes.
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Smoked paprika really enhances salmon and brings a delicious smoky flavour to the fish (Image: Angela Patrone)
Ingredients
Two salmon fillets
Half a tablespoon of olive oil
Half a teaspoon of salt
One teaspoon of smoked paprika
Half a teaspoon of garlic powder
Method
I started by combining all of the seasoning ingredients listed in a small bowl.
Next, I coated the salmon fillets in the marinade, ensuring every inch was well-seasoned. I even added it to the bottom to ensure the bottom of the salmon didn’t stick to the air fryer basket.
Choosing fillets of similar size and weight is crucial for even and thorough cooking.
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I coated the salmon fillets in the marinade, ensuring every inch was well-seasoned (Image: Angela Patrone)
Then, it was time to place the salmon skin-side down in the air fryer basket and let it cook at 190 degrees for eight minutes.
If you’ve got a meat thermometer handy, you can check if your fish is cooked by ensuring it hits an internal temperature of 63 degrees.
Bear in mind that depending on your air fryer’s brand and model, you might need to adjust the cooking time slightly.
I cooked the salmon while cooking the roast potatoes (Image: Angela Patrone)
The salmon came out perfectly flaky, flavourful and not dry in the slightest (Image: Angela Patrone)
Plus, if you’re working with frozen salmon, there’s no need to defrost. Just add an extra two minutes to the cooking time.
The salmon came out perfectly flaky, flavourful and not dry in the slightest, unlike oven-baked versions.
I served these salmon fillets with some roast potatoes I had cooking in the air fryer at the same time.