Air fryer hot honey salmon bites with crunchy slaw
28 min · 36 g protein · 399 cals / serving
Cubes of salmon rubbed with smoked paprika and garlic, air-fried until the edges crisp and the middles stay juicy, then tossed while hot in spicy, tangy hot honey. They come with a big, cold, crunchy cabbage and cucumber slaw in a lime-yogurt dressing with cilantro and toasted sesame, which is exactly what sticky, spicy salmon wants next to it.
Ingredients
Salmon
- 1 1/3 lb salmon, skinned, in 2.5 cm (1-inch) cubes
- 2 tsp olive oil
- 1 tsp paprika, smoked if you have it
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/3 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Crunchy slaw
- 4 cups shredded cabbage, very thinly sliced
- 1 small cucumber, cut in matchsticks
- 1 large carrot, grated
- 3 green onions, sliced
- 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup nonfat Greek yogurt
- 2 tbsp lime juice, about 1 lime
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
Hot honey
- 1 1/2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 tsp hot sauce
- 1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Steps
- Heat the air fryer to 400°F. Toss the salmon cubes with the oil, paprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper until every side is coated.
- Make the slaw: whisk the yogurt and lime juice with a pinch of salt in a large bowl, then add the cabbage, cucumber, carrot, scallions, cilantro and sesame seeds and toss well. Keep it cold.
- Warm the honey with the pepper flakes for 20 seconds in the microwave, then stir in the hot sauce and vinegar.
- Spread the salmon in the basket in a single layer with space between the cubes (in two batches if your basket is small) and air-fry 7–8 minutes, shaking once, until the edges are browned and crisp and the fish flakes (145°F).
- Tip the hot salmon into a bowl, pour over the hot honey and toss gently. Serve straight away with the slaw piled alongside.
Good to know
No air fryer?
Roast the cubes on a parchment-lined sheet in a 450°F oven for 8–10 minutes, or sear them in a hot nonstick skillet, turning, for 5–6 minutes. Toss in the hot honey the same way.
Can I make it a bigger meal?
Spoon the bites over a little rice or tuck them into lettuce cups with the slaw. The slaw also keeps a day in the fridge, so double it for tomorrow's lunch.
Per
- Calories
- 128
- Protein
- (37%)
- 11 g
- Fat
- (47%)
- 7 g
- Carbohydrates
- (17%)
- 6 g
- of which sugar
- 4 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 107 mg
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Computed from the ingredients with our published formula, not yet kitchen-tested. How
As written, 1595 kcal goes into the pot and 1404 g of ingredients comes out as about 1250 g of food: 128 kcal per 100 g. Cooking moves water and energy density is the score's biggest lever, so the dish is scored as cooked, not as an average of its parts. Every ingredient links to its food page, with the same data and score. The label's percentages are each macronutrient's share of the calories. The full formula.