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Air Fried Salmon Bowls by Paige MacDonald

9
Points®
Total Time
32 min
Prep
20 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
2
Difficulty
Moderate

Ingredients

Uncooked salmon

1 pound(s)

Hot honey

1 Tbsp

Soy sauce

2 Tbsp, divided

Sesame oil

1½ tsp, divided

Panko breadcrumbs

¼ cup(s)

Grated Parmesan cheese

3 Tbsp

Garlic powder

2 tsp, divided

Smoked paprika

½ tsp

Kosher salt

½ tsp, plus more to taste

Black pepper

¼ tsp, plus more to taste

Mango

1 medium

Red onion

½ medium

Bell pepper

½ item(s), medium, red or yellow

Jalapeño pepper

½ medium, seeded

Avocado

½ item(s)

Cilantro

¼ cup(s)

Crushed red pepper flakes

¼ tsp, or to taste

Lime

1½ item(s), divided

Cauliflower

1 head(s), medium

Avocado oil

1 tsp

Instructions

  1. For the salmon: preheat air fryer to 400°F. Cut the salmon into bite-sized cubes. To a medium bowl, add the salmon, honey, 2 tbsp soy sauce, and 1/2 tsp sesame oil. Toss to coat.
  2. In another bowl, combine the breadcrumbs, Parmesan, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1/2 tsp smoked paprika, 1/4 tsp salt, and 1/8 tsp pepper. Add the salmon to the crumb mixture. Toss and press to coat. Arrange in the air fryer basket in a single layer. Cook 7 minutes.
  3. For the mango salsa: Finely chop the mango, red onion, bell pepper, jalapeño, avocado, and cilantro and add to a medium bowl. Stir in the juice of 1 lime, 1 tsp garlic powder, and salt and pepper to taste.
  4. For the cauliflower rice: roughly chop the cauliflower and add to a food processors. Pulse just until cauliflower pieces are rice size (do not over process).
  5. Heat the avocado oil in a large saucepan on medium. Add the riced cauliflower and cook 5 minutes, until heated through, stirring often. Stir in 1 tsp sesame oil, 1 tsp soy sauce, juice of 1/2 lime, and salt and pepper, to taste. Remove from heat.
  6. To assemble, divide the cauliflower rice between two plates or bowls. Top with the salmon and mango salsa. Season with sriracha, sesame seeds, or additional soy sauce, if desired.
  7. Serving size: 1 bowl (about 2 cups cauliflower rice, 1 cup salsa and 7 oz salmon)