I like to have a number of quick and easy recipe ideas on hand, especially ones that are on the healthier side, and it’s hard to beat a simple baked salmon recipe like this baked pineapple sweet chili salmon! This recipe is as easy as placing some pineapple slices down on a baking sheet, topped with the salmon fillet, before smothering it in a tasty sweet chili sauce, and baking it! It only takes 15-20 minutes to bake, during which you could make some rice and/or steam a vegetable to go with it, and when it’s done it’s garnished with chopped peanuts and fresh cilantro. There is something magical about the sweet chili and peanut flavour combo, that’s even better when salmon and juicy pineapple! Yum!
Pineapple Sweet Chili Salmon
A super quick and easy salmon baked in sweet chili sauce on a bed of pineapple, garnished with chopped peanuts!
ingredients
- 1 pineapple, sliced (about 10 ¼ inch thick slices)
- 1 pound salmon fillet (or trout), deboned
- 1/3 cup sweet chili sauce
- 1 tablespoon garlic, minced/grated
- 1 tablespoon ginger, minced/grated
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 2 tablespoons fish sauce (or soy sauce)
- 2 tablespoons peanuts, roasted, chopped
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped
directions
- Place the pineapple slices on a greased or foil lined baking sheet in a single layer, place the salmon on top and brush on the mixture of the sweet chili sauce, garlic, ginger, lime juice and fish sauce.
- Bake in a preheated 400F/200C oven until just cooked, about 10-15 minutes.
- Garnish with peanuts and cilantro and enjoy!
Option: Replace the chopped peanuts with toasted sesame seeds.
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that looks so yummy, very curious about it’s taste.
I tried making this yesterday and it turned out to be so delicious! I am in love with Salmon and the perfect blend of the sweet and spicy taste of this recipe makes the taste even better.. Thank you so much for sharing…
Hi Kevin, Making this for our dinner tonight as it sounds wonderful, but for convenience sake I’m replacing the fresh pineapple with canned “unsweetened – THIN” slices drained and hoping it will be just as lovely tasting as your version. Thank you for posting this as we love salmon and trout and coming into our Australian summer now I’ll be using this recipe quite often.
Canned pineapple works!
Can you give a starting point on the amount of red chili’s you use in your sweet chili sauce?
I like to use 4 birds eye or 6 cayenne or a combination of them.
Do you remove the skin from the salmon and or trout before cooking?
I do not remove the skin from the salmon, but you can! Enjoy!
I made this last night and it was delicious. I used filets and bake them about 18 minutes. They were done to perfection. Thanks for sharing
This will surely go on repeat! Quick, moist, flavorful. I made the sauce a few hours ahead so the flavors would blend. Used toasted sesame seeds instead of peanuts. Thank you for sharing your recipe.