Today I have a super quick, easy and tasty meal for you, a blackened salmon with avocado salsa. This recipe could not be simpler, you just season the salmon with a cajun seasoning and then pan fry it until crispy and serve it topped with a cool and creamy avocado salsa. The cajun seasoning is full of flavour and includes a spicy heat that goes perfectly with the buttery salmon and the fresh avocado salsa. The salmon is pan fried at high heat in a skillet until the skin and outside is nice and crispy and the inside remains nice and moist and tender. The avocado salsa goes amazingly well with the blackened salmon and I sometimes like to change things up a bit by serving it with an avocado and cucumber salsa where the crispy and juicy cucumber adds an amazing texture to everything. This blackened salmon with avocado salsa is the perfect quick, light and tasty meal to kick off the New Year!
The avocado and cucumber salsa!
Blackened Salmon with Avocado Salsa
Salmon seasoned with a tasty cajun spice blend and pan fried until crispy served topped with a cool and creamy avocado salsa!
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon oil
- 4 (6 ounce) pieces salmon
- 4 teaspoons cajun seasoning
- 2 avocado, diced
- 1/4 cup red onion, diced
- 1 jalapeno, finely diced
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- salt to taste
- 2 avocado, diced
- 1 cup cucumber, diced
- 1/4 cup green onion, diced
- 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- salt to taste
For the blackened salmon:
For the avocado salsa:
For the avocado and cucumber salsa:
directions
- Heat the oil in a heavy bottom skillet over medium-high heat, add the salmon, seasoned with the cajun seasoning, and cook until deeply golden brown to slightly blackened before flipping and repeating for the other side.
- Mix everything and enjoy on the salmon!
- Mix everything and enjoy on the salmon!
For the blackened salmon:
For the avocado salsa:
For the avocado and cucumber salsa:
Note: Serve the salmon with one of the avocado salsa or the avocado and cucumber salsa.
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Heather Christo says
January 4, 2017 at 3:43 pmI absolutely love this- easy, healthy and looks SO good!
marla {Family Fresh Cooking} says
January 4, 2017 at 4:22 pmThis salmon looks so healthy & delicious!!
Maria Lichty says
January 4, 2017 at 7:58 pmWe are avocado salsa addicts in our house!
Anonymous says
January 4, 2017 at 8:11 pmhmm, one would think there would be cucumber, in Avocado and Cucumber Salsa.. 😉
Leslie says
January 5, 2017 at 12:45 amIt calls for a cup of diced Cucumber
ami@naivecookcooks says
January 5, 2017 at 5:28 amThis looks so good!! Healthy and so simple to make!!
Vishnu sahasranamam says
January 5, 2017 at 6:53 amThat looks amazing!
Paige Margaret says
January 6, 2017 at 8:09 pmI have a 'signature' salmon recipe but I've been looking for something else to try and I think this is definitely a recipe I am going to try!
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Shevy says
January 7, 2017 at 11:41 amI absolutely love salmon. I would love to try that avocado dip to go along with it. Thanks for the recipe.
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A SPICY PERSPECTIVE says
January 7, 2017 at 1:41 pmA healthy but tasty dish … yes please! YUM!
julie | table for two says
January 10, 2017 at 12:58 pmThat avocado salsa looks incredible! So Fresh!
Claire Guerette says
January 12, 2017 at 3:41 amCan the salmon stay warm for 1/2 hr or so?
Tanya P says
March 29, 2018 at 3:35 amWe loved this recipe…both salsas. My husband said, "On a scale of 1 to 5, this is a SEVEN!" yes, it's THAT good!!
Lisa says
October 13, 2018 at 7:07 pmThis was so easy and even more delicious! I combined the two salsas (just omitted the parsley and lemon) and it was very tasty. I will definitely be making this again…and again!
LuAnn s says
October 29, 2018 at 7:02 pmI have made this numerous times. It is delicious, but I am interested to know from Kevin and others what you served with the salmon and salsa.
kevin says
October 31, 2018 at 11:14 amI’m glad you like it! I usually serve it as a light meal all by itself but salad or some fruit on the side is nice!
Stephanie says
December 1, 2018 at 10:53 pmThis was AMAZING! My kids couldn’t get enough! Thank you!
Kevin says
December 6, 2018 at 10:42 pmJust finished making this and it was delicious!!! Highly recommend it. This is a new regular for me.
Lilliana says
December 23, 2018 at 1:18 amThank you for an amazing dish. Just finished eating it and it was great. I’m not a big fan of salmon but this was so refreshing and felt like a light meal. Highly recommended for quick, healthy and great looking dinner.