Grilled salmon with avocado salsa
This recipe for grilled salmon with avocado salsa is so easy to make and is a guaranteed crowd (and family) pleaser. The salmon is seasoned with a mix of coriander, cumin, paprika, onion powder and pepper. It’s grilled (or baked/pan seared) and topped with avocado salsa.
Summer seems to finally be here, which means spending a lot of time outside: in the water, playing in the backyard with the kids, grilling outside and having lunch or dinner on the patio. Of course there is also a sort of nice laziness associated with summer, you want meals to be easy and quick to prepare, but also refreshing and filling.
Jump to RecipeThis grilled salmon is seasoned with a homemade seasoning mix of ground coriander, cumin, paprika and onion powder to give it a nice spicy flavor. It’s grilled perfectly and then topped with a salsa made with avocado, onion, mild hot peppers, cilantro, lime juice, and olive oil.
Salmon and avocado are one of those perfect matches; whoever was the first person to put these two together was a genius. The salmon and the avocado both have that creaminess melt in your mouth feeling, while the lime, onion, hot pepper and cilantro add a great contrast of tangy flavor.
I’ve probably said this before but if I had to go to a deserted island and could only choose a few food items to take with me, avocados would be one of them (I’m hoping I could learn how to catch some fish on my island). They’re also one of those items – along with cilantro and limes – that whenever I run out of them it means that I need to go grocery shopping. I’ve prepared this dish before with grilled ahi tuna and it was also a great match – pretty much any fish (halibut, snapper, cod, mahi mahi, corvina, etc) will work great with the avocado salsa.
For an easy summer dinner, you can season the fish in the morning and let it marinate all day or season it while the grills warms up. The avocado salsa can be made in about 5 minutes, and can also be made ahead of time. I usually serve this grilled salmon with rice, either plain Latin/Ecuadorian style cooked rice or lime cilantro rice, and some patacones/tostones or thick green plantain chips.
Grilled salmon with avocado salsa
Ingredients
- 2 lbs salmon cut into 4 to 6 fillets
- 1 tbs olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground coriander
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 1 tsp paprika powder
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 1 tsp black pepper
Avocado salsa
- 1 avocado peeled, seeded and sliced
- 1 small red onion sliced
- 3 mild hot peppers seeded and deveined, diced or sliced
- Juice from 2 limes
- 3 tbs olive oil
- 2 tbs finely chopped cilantro
- Salt to taste
Suggested sides:
Instructions
- Mix the salt, coriander, cumin, paprika, onion and black pepper together, rub the salmon fillets with olive oil and this seasoning mix, and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
- Pre-heat the grill.
- Combine the avocado, onion, hot peppers, cilantro, lime juice, olive oil and salt in a bowl and mix well, chill until ready to use.
- Grill the salmon to desired doneness.
- Serve the salmon topped with the avocado salsa, and with rice and patacones or thick green plantain chips on the side.
Looks so yummy. I do love your recipes a lot ;)
We really loved this recipe. It was so easy and delicious. Your pictures are beautiful and I love your flavor combinations. YUMM!
This was delicious and easy to make. Thanks for the recipe.
hey thanksa for all these recipes it really helpled me with my project about ecuador:)
muchos gracias!!!
I wanted to surprise my wife and Mother in Law for Mother’s Day but never expected to encounter such an incredible dining experience. This dish is absolutely grand. I recommend grilling the fish on cedar grilling planks.
Esta es la receta que justo estaba buscando para cambiar la receta que preparara mi esposo con el salmón. Hoy mismo la preparare y lo sorprenderé!
te felicito nuevamente por tan bonito blog, también las fotos son buenisimas!
Hasta pronto!
Jeannette
my mouth is watering
I make this dish for my family at least once every two weeks. We have bought salmon already seasoned and ready to cook, and my family ask me to please make this one again.
We will stick with what is good and I thank you for all your ideas and great recipes
My goodness! This was super delicious. I made it for dinner and it was gone in the blink of an eye. Thank you for this great recipe. Your website is wonderful and I love the personal comments and the lovely picture.
p.s. I broilled the fish as the weather is too cook for the BBQ.