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Air fried salmon on plate with the skin up.
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Air Fryer Salmon with Crispy Skin

Air fryer salmon is one of the most delicious and easy things to cook! This salmon comes out perfectly cooked and flaky. This recipe is easy to customize, but gives you the guidelines and tips for cooking a delicious piece of salmon in the air fryer.
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time15 minutes
Course: Main Course, Seafood
Cuisine: American
Keyword: air fryer, salmon
Servings: 1
Calories: 277kcal
Author: Aimee

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 6 ounce salmon fillet
  • 1 teaspoon olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper

Instructions

  • Preheat your air fryer at 5 minutes to 400 degrees F.
  • Pat your salmon fillet dry with paper towels.
  • Drizzle the olive oil over the salmon, and brush all over so that oil lightly coats the salmon.
  • Sprinkle the salmon with salt and pepper. At this point, you can also add any additional dried herbs or spices you desire.
  • Place salmon in the air fryer basket, skin side up. Cook for 7-10 minutes until salmon is done and flakes easily.
  • Remove from air fryer and serve. Season with additional salt and pepper as needed.

Notes

Cooking tips:
  • Cooking time will depend on both your air fryer and how thick your piece of salmon is. While this recipe provides good guidelines for making salmon in your air fryer, you may need to adjust cooking time. I recommend a meat thermometer. Salmon should be cooked 125 to 130 degrees Fahrenheit in the center for medium cooked salmon.
  • You can also judge the doneness of salmon by seeing when it easily flakes.
  • If cooking multiple pieces of salmon, try to make sure all are the same thickness so that they all cook properly.
  • Salmon skin is usually very easy to remove after cooking. If you don't want to remove the skin before cooking, but don't want skin on your salmon, just remove it after cooking.

Nutrition

Calories: 277kcal | Protein: 34g | Fat: 15g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 75mg | Potassium: 834mg | Vitamin A: 68IU | Calcium: 20mg | Iron: 1mg