Air Fryer Salmon

This is a really hands-off recipe once you add the seasoning on top of the salmon that you can cook while making sides for this main course or in any other endeavor around the house.

Cooking the salmon in an air fryer brings out a most tasty, tender and succulent piece of fish that you can think of coming from any salmon! It is a low carbs, low calories that takes under 15 minutes to be ready to serve with just about any side dish.

The air fryer does wonders to the salmon, by browning it beautifully and resulting in a top-notch restaurant quality seafood meal!

Why Cook Salmon In Air Fryer?

We answer some of people's questions in our Frequently Asked Questions section below, but this is one that stands out as air frying is a relatively new cooking method. Therefore, many people might wonder why not make it the traditional ways...

Even though the traditional tried and tested cooking methods to make salmon are great, there are also some very good reasons to cook salmon in an air fryer, and we explain them below.

1. Perfect salmon EVERY TIME – Because the air fryer works in a small space with a fan, the heat temperature will always be consistent. This means that the salmon always will be cooked at just the temperature that you want it and come out just the way you intended it to.
2. Mostly hands-off cooking – You can season your salmon, place it in the air fryer, and flip them when the halfway timer goes off. There is no need to watch it. This comes in handy when you’re going back and forth between the kitchen and the dining room to take care of things.
3. The stove/grill doesn’t have to be available. You could enjoy grilling AMAZING salmon, but the grill might not always be available. Also, you could be making many other things at the same time in your stove top.

Ingredients

As you'd expect from a healthy salmon recipe, this one includes very basic but proven ingredients that go with the salmon and they're really all about seasoning it.

There are obviously some substitutions that you can make, but here are the ingredients that we recommend for this air fryer salmon recipe. However, feel free to play around with them!

• Salmon fillets – Obviously! Just make sure they're wildly caught to avoid the health issues that come with farmed salmon.
• Avocado oil – For cooking at high temperatures, we usually prefer avocado oil over olive oil, given its high smoke point.
• Garlic powder – Combined with the other seasoning ingredients, this is one not to be missed!
• Paprika – Make sure is a high quality one and that you don't miss it. We don't want you to miss any of this recipe's deliciousness!
• Sea salt – We prefer sea salt over table salt given the fact that it’s much less processed.
• Black ground pepper – Along with the salt, a seasoning ingredient that must not be missed. Make sure it's a high quality one.
• Lemon – To be used at serving time for your guests to sprinkle the salmon with.

You'll find specific portions of these ingredients in the recipe card below. Be sure to also check out our Recipe Notes and Frequently Asked Questions for information that we believe will be useful for you about this recipe.

Preparation

VERY easy!

As you would expect, the preparation basically consists of just preparing the seasoning, putting it on the salmon and air frying in it.

However, there are some details about the cooking time, salmon doneness that you should be aware of for absolute best results.

For the complete details please proceed below to the Instructions section inside of the recipe card to find out how to properly make it. We also recommend that you take a look at the full recipe details before you begin preparing your air fryer salmon.

Jump straight to the full recipe below!