Name: Air fryer frozen salmon
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 16 min
Ingredients: 2 frozen salmon fillets (Approximately 110g each); Dressing (garlic butter); Spray oil

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Batch cooking is something that I love to do. It saves time, effort and sometimes money too. I avoid ordering a takeaway by keeping simple items on hand to use, such as frozen salmon, for air fryer frozen salmon, that I can cook in minutes and in just 10 minutes.

What I love about cooking frozen salmon is that there is no prep required. There is no need for me to remember to defrost anything and it takes just over 15 minutes to get this out the freezer and have a cooked meal that is healthy and packed full of flavour.

I feel that the air fryer cooks fish beautifully as it keeps it nice and moist, and flaky, while having a nice crisp outer edge too.

Salmon is really versatile, as it goes great with so many side dishes. I love to serve mine with zucchini noodle salad, couscous or rice. My Ninja Foodi white rice is delicious, fluffy, light and quick too.

Making a marinade for salmon is very simple, and I have a variety of different ones that I use on a regular basis. I love to use garlic butter the most, as I have this in my freezer most of the time, and it is cheap, simple and full of flavour.

I'll share some other dressing ideas below, so be sure to take a look! These work great for fresh salmon or frozen salmon.

If you're looking for some other delicious salmon recipes then check out this smoked salmon and cream cheese.

Air fryer frozen salmon, dressed with garlic butter, on a white and mushroom coloured plate with a salad consisting of multi coloured tomatoes, cucumber chunks and a leafy green salad.

Ingredients for air fryer frozen salmon:

2 frozen salmon fillets (Approximately 110g each)

Dressing of choice - I used garlic butter

Spray oil (olive oil)

Method for air fryer frozen salmon:

Set the air fryer to 200C (390F).

Place your frozen salmon in the air fryer basket. You can use a layer of foil (if it's temperature safe) on the bottom of the air fryer basket, although I don't bother with this and instead just use a little spray oil to lubricate the basket.

Air fry for 8 minutes.

Spread the butter or marinade of your choice over the top of the salmon.

Air fry for another 8 minutes.

Serve and enjoy! If you've got any marinade left then you can brush a little more on the top, BUT ensure that you've kept this separate from the marinade or dressing you used halfway through, as you don't want to contaminate with raw salmon juices!

Do you have to flip salmon in the air fryer?

Yes, I would recommend recommend this for the most even cooking. Also, when flipping it over you can apply a little more of your favourite sauce, butter or marinade.

Can you cook frozen breaded salmon in the air fryer?

Yes, absolutely. As a rule of thumb I always start with ½ of the recommended cooking time on the packet, and then remove 10C from the cooking time.

Then if this is not sufficient I will move up to cooking for ⅔ of the cooking time, which always seems to work great if ½ the time is not enough.

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Want some delicious marinade ideas for salmon?

I've got a few lovely salmon dressings that I use. My current favourites are:

A little fresh lemon juice with cracked black pepper and dill. Ground black pepper works great too if you only have the dry stuff to hand.

Garlic butter (I use my easy homemade garlic butter but shop bought is fine too!)

Soy sauce with fresh ginger

Honey and soy sauce

Teriyaki sauce (I just buy ready made!)

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Want to cook some vegetables to go with your salmon?

I have a range of air fryer vegetable recipes that you can cook. Some of my favourites are air fryer asparagus, air fryer tenderstem broccoli, air fryer roasted tomatoes, air fryer butternut squash and air fryer carrot fries.

As this salmon takes around 15-16 minutes to cook you can cook up most vegetables at the same time.

Sometimes I will cook vegetables that I can wrap in a little parcel of foil, such as asparagus, and then I will add a lump of garlic butter.

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Is it OK to cook salmon from frozen?

Yes, absolutely. As always, when cooking food from frozen, you'll want to check that it is cooked thoroughly throughout and piping hot before serving. I like to use a meat thermometer as this allows me to check the internal temperature before I serve food up to my family.

I like that you can still get a nice crispy skin on the salmon, if that is your thing.

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Want to cook up some potatoes to go alongside the salmon? These are some of my favourite recipes:

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Fancy trying something different in your air fryer?