Air Fryer Salmon
A delicious air fryer salmon dish cooked with the skin on and covered with a simple garlic butter sauce with no breading. It can be cooked from fresh and frozen.
Ingredients
- 2 6-ounce boneless, skin-on salmon fillets (preferably wild-caught)
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 teaspoon garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon fresh Italian parsley chopped (or 1/4 teaspoon dried)
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the air fryer to 360 degrees.
- Season the fresh salmon with salt and pepper then mix together the melted butter, garlic, and parsley in a bowl.
- Baste the salmon fillets with the garlic butter mixture and carefully place the salmon inside the air fryer side-by-side with the skin side down.
- Cook for approximately 10 minutes until salmon flakes easily with a knife or fork.
- Eat immediately or store up to 3 days using the reheating directions below.
Notes
How to cook air fryer frozen salmon fillet:
Cook frozen salmon fillets in a preheated air fryer at 390 degrees for about 4 minutes, skin side down to thaw. Then follow the recipe above as if the fish fillets were fresh.
How to reheat salmon in an air fryer:
Cook salmon in a preheated air fryer set at 370 degrees for approximately 4 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 338kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 25gFat: 26gSaturated Fat: 10gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 102mgSodium: 309mg
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