27 Quick & Easy Salmon Dinner Recipes
Get ready to make salmon for dinner, so many different ways! Pastas, bowls, stuffed salmon, parcels, grilled and smoked – it’s all here.
Salmon is one of the tastiest fish. It’s also very nutritious, being a great source of omega-3 fatty acids and high-quality protein. There are plenty of ways to make it, so you never get bored.

And it’s easy to prepare. No matter how you cook it, it never takes much time. Most of these recipes come in under 30 minutes, making them great choices for weeknight dinners!
Salmon Dinner Recipes
Thai Curry Salmon Gluten Free Ramen
This recipe is actually pieces of smoked salmon, wrapped around a cream cheese mixture featuring crème fresh lemon juice and zest, chives, dill and black pepper. If you like smoked salmon, this is a must-try.
Easy Baked Salmon Cakes Recipe
This recipe for baked salmon cakes is easier to make than the fried version. The taste is the same, but the texture is softer on the inside and still crispy on the outside. Best of all, you don't have to stand there flipping them or clean a skillet at the end.
Roasted Salmon Quinoa Bowls
By just pairing salmon with quinoa, you get this wonderful nutty flavor and some extra protein. Add to that a lime chili dressing, and you've got a delicious entree.
Red Sockeye Salmon Salad Recipe
This Salmon Salad is so easy to make, and so healthy. Canned salmon has a ton of those good omega 3 oils, at a fraction of the cost of salmon steaks.
Easy Salmon Casserole
This salmon casserole is almost as easy to make as a box casserole, and the taste is terrific. It's a quick one-dish meal that's got all your basic nutrition. Just add a salad!
Smoked Salmon Crepes
This recipe makes a perfect breakfast-for-dinner recipe. It's smoked salmon and scrambled eggs with shallots in crêpes, all covered in a white wine béchamel sauce.
Sweet Balsamic Salmon Kabobs
Enjoy your salmon on a skewer with mushrooms and asparagus. It's all covered in a balsamic, honey glaze and grilled and it doesn't take long to make.
Quick and Easy Easy Air Fryer Salmon
Salmon cooks very well in an air fryer. This recipe only takes 15 minutes, and includes a lemon garlic herb butter sauce for flavor.
Salmon Terrine - A Smoked Salmon Starter
Terrines are always impressive because they're so hard to make and they look amazing. But this recipe isn't nearly as hard to prepare as most. It uses smoked salmon and crème fraîche with gelatin and seasonings.
Pan Fried Salmon Cake Recipe
These salmon cakes make a nutritious meal that's affordable and doesn't take long to cook. With eggs, peppers, breadcrumbs and more, these are filling enough to eat by themselves or on a burger.
Bang Bang Salmon
Bang bang salmon has a sweet and spicy sauce drizzle that's just so good. Takes less than thirty minutes to make this one, and it's really tasty.
Easy Salmon En Croute With Dill Cream Sauce
Puff pastry meets salmon with a dill cream sauce. This recipe promises, a non-soggy version of salmon en croûte.
Smoky Bourbon Salmon
Salmon is so good with a brown sugar bourbon glaze, and this recipe is so easy. You wrap the fish in foil, grill it, and glaze it.
Easy Salmon Collars
The salmon collar is an under-utilized part of the fish. It's full of good meat that's absolutely delicious.
This recipe shows you how to boil it with garlic and lemon.
Easy Baked Pesto & Butter Salmon Recipe
If you love the flavor of pesto, and the flavor of salmon, you can't go wrong with this recipe. It's salmon baked with a pesto. Better mixture "“ absolutely delicious!
Creamy Crab Stuffed Salmon
If you love some crab along with your salmon, this is the recipe for you. It's Cajun seasoned with plenty of crab meat, all tender and juicy. All you need is a quick veggie side dish, and you've got an amazing meal.
Crispy Pan Seared Salmon with Fried Caper Vinaigrette
Pan searing is one of my favorite ways to cook salmon. It always comes out, tender and moist on the inside, and a little bit crispy on the outside. This recipe combines that cooking technique with a fried caper vinaigrette dressing.
Smoked Salmon, Avocado and Pesto Pizza
Pizza isn't anyone's first thought when it comes to salmon, but maybe it should be. This pizza recipe has an herb pesto, smoked salmon, and avocado on a crispy crust.
Spicy Salmon Bowl
In this recipe, you marinate and bake salmon and then you put it in a bowl with brown rice and several veggies. It also includes instructions for a sweet and spicy sriracha mayo.
Blackened Salmon Tacos With Pineapple Pico de Gallo
Salmon is also great on tacos. This recipe uses blackened salmon with pineapple pico de gallo, and it only takes about 30 minutes to make.
Smoked Salmon Pasta Salad
This is so easy to make. It's a pasta salad with smoked salmon, some fresh vegetables and a delicious yogurt dressing. It makes a great light dinner or lunch.
Smoked Salmon Parcels
This recipe is actually pieces of smoked salmon, wrapped around a cream cheese mixture featuring crème fresh lemon juice and zest, chives, dill and black pepper. If you like smoked salmon, this is a must-try.
Lemon Pepper Salmon (Oven Baked Recipe)
This is probably one of the simplest ways to make salmon, but it never goes wrong. Lemon pepper and dill are perfect for this fish and it's so easy to make.
Creme Fraiche Salmon Pasta
This recipe only takes 30 minutes to make, and most of that is the time it takes the salmon to cook. It's a pasta salad recipe with shallots, crème fraîche, capers, lemon juice and zest, and other seasonings.
Mediterranean Salmon
This sheet pan recipe for baked salmon includes all the Mediterranean flavors. Garlic, lemon, capers, Kalamata olives, Rosemary, oregano, and more.
Foolproof Oven Baked Teriyaki Salmon
You can't go wrong with this recipe for baking salmon in the oven with a teriyaki glaze. It's sweet, savory and sticky. And for extra umami, you serve it with sesame noodles and watercress.
If you can't find watercress, arugula is a close match in flavor.
Air Fryer Honey Garlic Salmon
Try this honey garlic recipe for air fryer salmon, and you'll get amazing flavor with a quick cook time.
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