How To Make Air Fryer Salmon
This flaky air fryer salmon is made flavorful with sweet brown sugar and tangy lemon pepper for a tasty, melt-in-your-mouth meal!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 2salmon filets,(6 oz each)
- 2tspolive oil
- 2tspbrown sugar
- ⅛tspgarlic powder
- ¼tsplemon pepper seasoning
- salt and pepper,to taste
- 1lemon,plus extra for serving
Instructions
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Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F.
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Brush the salmon with olive oil.
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Combine the brown sugar, garlic powder, lemon pepper seasoning, salt, and pepper in a bowl, then rub them over the salmon filets.
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Place the lemon slices in the air fryer, then place the salmon on top.
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Cook for 6 to 9 minutes or just until cooked through. Do not overcook.
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Serve warm, and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- Thinner salmon filets may only need 6 to 7 minutes while thicker filets may need 9 to 11 minutes.
- Place the thermometer in the thickest part of the salmon and remove when the internal temp is 145 degrees F.
Nutrition
- Calories: 887.75kcal
- Fat: 57.79g
- Saturated Fat: 12.74g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 18.23g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 15.90g
- Carbohydrates: 6.74g
- Fiber: 1.18g
- Sugar: 3.65g
- Protein: 81.37g
- Cholesterol: 217.80mg
- Sodium: 1009.68mg
- Calcium: 53.97mg
- Potassium: 1502.55mg
- Iron: 1.78mg
- Vitamin A: 0.89µg
- Vitamin C: 30.84mg
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