This healthy Sweet Chili Baked Salmon Recipe is high in protein, low in calories, and only takes 30 minutes to make! It’s a super easy baked salmon recipe with a fun Asian twist.
For more easy salmon recipes, check out this Pan Seared Salmon with Creamy Dijon Sauce, this Easy Chili Lime Grilled Salmon with Mango Avocado Salsa, and this Citrus Asparagus & Salmon in Foil recipe.
Sitting on an uncomfortable bike for one hour pedaling my little heart out didn’t seem like my kinda thing. But then again, neither did classes, and now I love BodyPump. I’ve passed spin classes multiple times before. And even cyclebars or spinning boutiques, but I never really quite understood.
Well, I finally decided to give the class a shot after talking to a friend at the gym last week. She said it’s addicting and it has helped her tone up so much! She going to a cycle boutique called Ride. I did sign up to give it a try, but thought I would take a spin class at my regular gym just to compare and see the difference between the two experiences.
Plus I thought it wouldn’t hurt to know a little about what I was getting myself into.
To my surprise I really enjoyed the class. Once I started to get the hang of it of course. When I first started I had no idea how to change the gears, what the resistance should look like or really what I was doing at all. I did know that I liked the instructor and liked the music.
About 10 minutes into the class I noticed she kept “moving” her gears with something that was in front of her. Finally I looked down, moved the towel that was there and noticed a small red knob. Ahh Haa! I found it. Problem solved. After that I was good to go the rest of the class.
Easy Baked Salmon Recipe
My legs were burning, especially on the “climbs” when you turn the resistance way up and go as fast as you can.
That night I sat down on the couch and knew I was gonna be in trouble the next day. I could already feel the soreness in my legs and butt! The problem I have is I’m kinda addicted to the pain and soreness. So looks like I’ll be going back.
On that note, let’s start talking food. Shall we?
Salmon. It is quickly becoming our families favorite seafood to eat. It’s fairly reasonably priced in the grocery stores, high in protein, very nutritious and versatile.
Usually I like to make salmon on the grill because I’m in love with the charred skin. But this time in order to replace the flavor I would normally get from the grill, I made a sauce that is the bomb.com. A Thai Sweet Chili sauce that is sweet, spicy and all kinds of nice! Believe me it’s exploding with flavor and your gonna love having it slathered all over that salmon!
I served this Sweet Chili Salmon along side the Grilled Corn Salad with Jalapeno Dressing from last week! You’re going to love it!
I can’t wait to hear what you think!
Bon Appetit friends and Happy Monday!
Sweet Chili Salmon
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Air Fryer
- Cuisine: Asian
Description
This Sweet Chili Baked Salmon Recipe is high in protein, low in calories, and only takes 30 minutes to make! It’s a super easy salmon recipe with a fun Asian twist.
Ingredients
- 4 (6 oz) salmon filets
- salt & pepper
- green onions, sliced (for garnish)
Sweet Chili Sauce:
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon red chili paste (I used Thai Kitchen brand)
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Make Sweet Chili Glaze: To a bowl add, garlic, honey, water, rice wine vinegar, red chili paste, clove, ginger, red pepper flakes and cornstarch. Whisk together. Heat a small saucepan to medium high heat. Add the sauce into the pan and bring to simmer, whisking frequently, until the sauce thickens. Approximately 2-3 minutes, then set the sauce aside.
- Heat an air fryer to 400°F.
- Pat the salmon dry with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper.
- Add the salmon to the air fryer, skin side down, and air fry for 10 minutes total.
- After 8 minutes, remove the salmon from the air fryer and brush each filet with the the sweet chili sauce. Then put the salmon back in the air fryer and finish cooking the 2 additional minutes.
- Remove from air fryer. Garnish with green onion and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6 oz.
