15-minute dinner recipe! This amazing Roasted Salmon with Avocado Salsa recipe is fantastic for entertaining or an easy weeknight meal. 345 calories and 3 Weight Watchers SP. Thank you to California Avocados for helping me share this recipe with you.
This Salmon with Avocado Salsa combines two of my favorite ingredients in one healthy dinner recipe. The salmon is rubbed with an easy spice mix and baked, then topped with a homemade avocado salsa that takes mere minutes to make.
The avocado salsa for this recipe can be made while the salmon is roasting. So, if you’re on your game, the entire dish can be ready in 15 minutes. Serve it up with a green salad or a tomato salad and a simple quinoa salad.
I’ve put this salmon avocado recipe on my dinner party menu several times. To tell the truth, it took me many years to learn one of the tricks of entertaining.
It only took me about a dozen dinner and cocktail parties to figure this out. You may be thinking, “Slow learner!” I prefer “culinarily ambitious”. Rather than slaving over multiple hors d’oeuvres, a fancy entrée, side dishes up to my eyebrows and a dessert that requires being lit on fire (okay, I wasn’t actually that crazy), I now choose dishes that allow me to spend time with and actually enjoy my guests. What a concept, right?!
Now I either opt for dishes that can either be made partly or completely ahead of time, or ones that require fewer than 10 brain cells and less than 30 minutes.
This roasted salmon recipe is ideal for easy entertaining, but the flavors will fool your guests into thinking that you’ve been slaving for hours.
How to tell when salmon is done:
If you’ve landed on any of my other fish recipes, you already know this trick. But it’s so foolproof that I have to mention it again.
To test the salmon, insert a small, sharp knife into the thickest part of the fillet. Hold it there for 10 seconds. Pull out the knife, then carefully rest the side of it against your upper lip or the inside of your wrist (both are temperature-sensitive). If the knife is hot, the salmon is done.
Seriously, it’s that easy!
Tips for making this salmon and avocado salsa:
One of the keys to pulling off simple recipes is choosing good quality ingredients. Serving a tomato mozzarella salad? With only a few ingredients, those better be sweet tomatoes and the creamiest mozzarella! Making avocado salsa to dollop over some spiced roasted salmon? Find the creamiest, most flavorful avocados you can.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F and line a baking sheet with foil. Lightly coat the foil with cooking spray.
Give each salmon fillet a quick rub with a tiny drizzle of olive oil, then rub each with the homemade spice mix. The spice mix is a mixture of cumin, chili powder, paprika and salt.
Roast the salmon until it’s just cooked through (we’ll talk about that in a second).
The most important thing? Do your best not to overcook the salmon! Tender and juicy is better than dense and dry any day of the week.
Serve up the salmon and spoon the avocado salsa over top. So good!
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