Air Fryer Salmon

- Hey guys, I'm Justin from cooking with Coit. I specialize in clean comfort cooking. And today I'm gonna show you how to make this incredibly beautiful, super delicious and very easy air fryer salmon. (upbeat music) And if you love this recipe make sure you hit those like, and subscribe buttons. Let's get started. You may have heard of an air fryer before but perhaps you don't really know why they're so special, so let me tell you. An air fryer gives you this super crispy texture to your food, just like a deep fryer would, but without all of the oils. So it's way healthier. My wife and son absolutely love this recipe. I serve it family style with a side of brown rice and a healthy green vegetable. I got this piece of Atlantic salmon from the grocery store and the guy at the fish counter has already removed all the bones for me, but I am kind of always nervous about bones. So this is what I do. I feel around here. And I just press my fingers in. And if there's any bones in there you'd immediately feel it. No bones, so I'm good to go. First thing we're going to do with the salmon is drizzle a little olive oil all over it. Now you can use olive oil, you can use grape seed oil or even avocado oil, if you have it. I'm going to rub in the oil all over. And of course, I've just oiled my hands, so I'm going to wash up real quick. Now I'm going to do just a little bit of salt and pepper all over. This is completely to taste. It's about a teaspoon each. Now I'm going to add my pepper. Same as a salt, just about a teaspoon. And now we're going to add a little bit of smoked paprika. The amount doesn't really matter here. Just make sure you're putting enough that it coats the entire top of the fish. This paprika gives the salmon this really beautiful red color. After it's done cooking. Now I'm going to pop the salmon in the air fryer but first let me tell you why I love cooking salmon in the air fryer so much. Air fryer does this really cool thing where it generates a ton of heat, and then it has a big fan in it that pushes the heat all around the food. So what that's gonna do for the salmon is give it this really incredible crispy exterior but keeping the inside really tender. So all you have to do is pop open the basket of the air fryer, and place the salmon right in this basket right here. I'm gonna keep it nice and centered. The other amazing thing about an air fryer is that you don't have to add any more oil. Just the little bit of oil that I put on top of this fish is more than enough. Now we just pop it in the air fryer. I'm going to set it to cook at 370 degrees for about six minutes. But keep in mind, if you have a bigger piece of fish let's say a pound and a half, you're going to want to cook that at 370 degrees for about eight minutes. (air fryer beeping) This salmon recipe has been such a time-saver for my family and I. We work really long hours during the week. And the last thing we want to do after all of that is cook these really time-intensive complicated meals. That's why I love this salmon. I just toss it in the air fryer, only takes about eight minutes. And after that I've got a perfectly healthy and super delicious dinner. All right, the six minutes are up. Let's see how we did. (tray pops) Whoa, and okay, and get a shot of this. Look at how beautiful that salmon is. Now, let me show you guys how I plate it. One thing I'm going to add here, look at this crispy crust. I know you can't hear this little tap, but let me tell you it's so crispy on the outside. I love to garnish my salmon with a squeeze of lemon and just little bit of dill. (upbeat music) Before I give this salmon a taste, if you loved this recipe and you want to see more, check out my air fryers recipe playlist. All right, let's get into it. (upbeat music) Oh, this salmon is so good. You are going to love how crisp it is on the outside but it's cooked perfectly in the inside. Thanks to this air fryer and the whole meal is so, so healthy. I know you guys are gonna love it. I'll see in the next video.

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Id: cyRi_-TgFl8

Length: 3min 57sec (237 seconds)

Published: Wed May 05 2021