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Make lemon garlic butter salmon bites in your air fryer with this easy Air Fryer Salmon Bites recipe. It uses fresh salmon chunks, simple seasonings and my 5-minute homemade garlic butter as a sauce. Enjoy these as a high-protein, low-carb main dish with my creamed spinach, cauliflower pilaf or air fryer spaghetti squash. Ready in less than 10 minutes.
Why Make Air Fryer Salmon Bites
- Quick and easy: these salmon bites take less than 10 minutes to make.
- Versatile: You can top these salmon bites with so many sauce options. For example, you can use my lemon garlic butter sauce, keto sweet chili sauce, bang bang sauce, alfredo sauce and even the Hennessy BBQ sauce that I used on my Hennessy Wings.
Ingredients Needed
- Salmon Filets: I used center-cut fresh (or thawed frozen salmon filets) with the bottom skin removed. I prefer Atlantic Salmon and cut it into about 12 bites-sized pieces.
- Herb Sprinkle Seasoning: I love herb blends because they pack a lot of flavor without requiring you to buy a lot of spices. If you don’t have the blend I use, you can make air fryer salmon bites with salt-free Garlic and Herb, Original Blend Mrs. Dash, Herbs de Provence, or Italian seasoning.
- Natural Ancient Sea Salt
- Black Pepper
- Smoked Paprika
- Olive Oil
- Sauce: I’m using lemon garlic butter sauce, but you can use keto sweet chili, bang bang sauce, alfredo sauce, and more.
How to Make Air Fryer Salmon Bites
Making air fryer salmon bites is similar to the process of making my popular air fryer salmon.
- Prepare the fish: I dry my salmon filets with a paper towel, and ensure there aren’t any bones. Then, I cut the fish into bite-sized pieces.
- Season the fish: Add the fish bites to a bowl, drizzle the olive oil and spices on the fish, and gently toss the fish in the olive and spices to coat
- Add the salmon bites to the air fryer: make sure they are in an even layer.
- Air Fry the salmon bites: Add the fish to the air fryer basket and cook at 390 degrees. Once they are air fried, you toss the salmon bites in lemon garlic butter sauce or another sauce that you enjoy.
Top Cooking Tips & FAQs
- No need to flip: salmon cooks well without flipping it in the air fryer. So, you only need to check on the fish to check for doneness.
- Add different sauces to switch things up: I’m using lemon butter garlic sauce, but you can easily vary this recipe by adding other sauces. Some of my personal favorites are: keto sweet chili sauce, keto teriyaki sauce, bang bang sauce, Alfredo sauce and the Hennessy BBQ sauce that I used on my Hennessy Wings
It takes about 15 minutes to cook. I personally use fresh salmon in this recipe because frozen salmon can turn out tasteless and tough.
I choose to cook my salmon at 390 degrees. But, 375 and 380 also work, just be sure to adjust the cook time with a lower temperature.
Yes. I recommend thawing your frozen salmon out before cooking it in an air fryer.
It should flake easily with a fork. You can also look at the sides. Cooked salmon is opaque throughout the sides.
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Air Fryer Salmon Bites
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Ingredients
- 16 oz Salmon Filets , I used center-cut fresh, or thawed salmon filets with the bottom skin removed. I prefer Atlantic Salmon, cut into about 12 bites-sized pieces.
- 1 tsp 24 Herbs Sprinkle Seasoning (Salt-free), Salt-free Herb Blend like Mrs. Dash, Herbs de Provence, or Italian Seasoning
- 1/4 tsp Natural Ancient Sea Salt, fine
- 1/4 tsp Black Pepper
- 1/4 tsp Smoked Paprika
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 2 tbsp garlic butter, click for recipe
- 2 tsp Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Dry your filets with a paper towel and run the surface gently to ensure that there are no bones. Cut the salmon into bite sized pieces.
- Add the fish bites to a bowl with the olive oil and spices. Gently toss the fish in the olive and spices to coat.
- Turn your air fryer to 390 degrees and cook for 5-7 minutes. I recommend starting with 5 minutes, checking the fish, and increasing the time by 1 additional minute until the salmon bites are translucent pink is solid in color and it flakes easily with a fork.
- Melt the seasoned butter in the microwave for 15-30 seconds, mix in the lemon juice, and pour it over the fish.
Recipe Notes
- No need to flip: salmon cooks well without flipping it in the air fryer. So, you only need to check on the fish to check for doneness.
- Add different sauces to switch things up: I’m using lemon butter garlic sauce, but you can easily vary this recipe by adding other sauces. Some of my personal favorites are: keto sweet chili sauce, keto teriyaki sauce, bang bang sauce, Alfredo sauce and the Hennessy BBQ sauce that I used on my Hennessy Wings
Nutrition Details
The nutrition facts come from entering the recipe ingredients into Spoonacular API, a database of food ingredients. They may vary for any recipe based on the exact product used. The keto sweeteners I use have 0g net carbs & are not included because sugar alcohols do not impact most people. This is provided as a courtesy, but you can do your own calculations if you wish!
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