Easy and delicious Asian-inspired Air Fryer Salmon is the perfect well-balanced meal!
Salmon filets are the most common cut of a salmon for enjoying Asian Air Fryer Salmon. The reason is the bones are easy to remove and the filet can be cooked in so many ways. In this MPOF meal prep recipe, we’ll use the air fryer, which is rapidly becoming one of the most effective and versatile cooking methods around.
Most people still would never guess that making salmon in an air fryer could create tender, juicy salmon filets. This Asian meal prep idea might just become your new favorite way to prepare your meal prep recipes - whether it’s sockeye salmon or anything else. When you use an air fryer, everything turns out crispier, juicier and perfectly cooked in a shorter amount of time. Plus, there's no preheating and minimal clean up, so you have more time to enjoy your meal.
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This quick marinating air fryer salmon cooks up crisp on the outside with a moist, flaky center that’s foolproof and ready in 12 minutes!
How to store Air Fryer Salmon?
Asian Air Fryer Salmon can be refrigerated for three days. If you need more time before packing your meal, consider freezing the filets. Be sure to cook your thawed salmon within two days of being in the fridge.
Can Asian Air Fryer Salmon be frozen?
Absolutely. Air-fried salmon will taste great after being frozen for up to four to six months. Your Asian Air Fryer Salmon will be ready for you when you are ready. Same goes for your green beans - freeze them or prepare them before you portion the meal.
How do you make Asian Air Fryer Salmon?
With an air-fryer to support your meal prepping, cooking is easy, quick, and clean!
First, let the salmon marinate in a well-mixed combination of coconut aminos, honey, sesame oil, garlic, and ginger. Place the salmon in the marinade with its skin side up. Cover and let it be in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, heat a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat with a bit of olive oil. Sauté the green beans until they are lightly charred. This should take about 15 minutes. Season the green beans with sea salt.
Prepare the air fryer by heating it to 400ºF and lightly grease the surface with avocado oil. Fry the salmon in the air fryer basket for 12 minutes.
Asian Air Fryer Salmon Ingredients:
For Salmon
- ¼ teaspoon avocado oil for greasing
- 4 salmon filets
- ¼ cup coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- ¼ cup chopped green onion
- 1 ½ cups dry jasmine rice, cooked according to package directions
For Green Beans
- 4 cups fresh green beans, ends trimmed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
How to portion Asian Air Fryer Salmon?
Your meal prep recipe brings together 1 salmon filet and 1 cup of jasmine rice in the large compartment of the teal MPOF Dual Compartment Meal Prep Containers. Garnish the salmon with green onions and divide your green beans evenly between the small compartments in the four containers.
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Other tips for making Asian Air Fryer Salmon:
Choose salmon filets that have the same thickness so no salmon gets undercooked or overcooked. With Asian Air Fryer Salmon, the goal is for everything to be perfectly cooked.
Leave your salmon out of the fridge for about 60 minutes to take the chill off.
Make some space between your salmon filets in the air fryer to allow heat to circulate evenly. Don’t crowd things too much and you’ll have evenly cooked salmon.
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
For Salmon
- ¼ teaspoon avocado oil for greasing
- 4 salmon filets 1 pound
- ¼ cup coconut aminos
- 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- ¼ cup chopped green onion
- 1 cup dry jasmine rice cooked according to package directions
For Green Beans
- 4 cups fresh green beans ends trimmed
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
Instructions
- Combine coconut aminos, honey, sesame oil, garlic and ginger in a shallow dish. Stir well to mix. Place salmon in marinade skin side up and cover. Marinate in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
- While salmon marinates, heat olive oil in a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add green beans and sauté, stirring occasionally until green beans are lightly charred, about 15 minutes. Season with sea salt.
- Heat air fryer to 400ºF and lightly grease with avocado oil. Place salmon in air fryer basket leaving room between each one for air to flow. Fry for 12 minutes.
- Place 1 salmon filet over 1 cup of jasmine rice in the large compartment of 4 teal MPOF containers. Garnish with green onion. Divide green beans between 4 small compartments.
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Jo says
Hi! This looks delicious. Can you use frozen salmon?
Carrie Havranek says
Yes, you can. If you want to use frozen salmon and not defrost it, start it in the air fryer at around 360 F for several minutes and then turn it higher for the remainder of the cooking. Keep it mind it will take a bit longer; how much longer is tough to say because filets vary in thickness. Keep an eye on it. Thanks for your question!