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.
This 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
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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.
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Made this recipe last night, it was so delicious. The men of the house were dissapointed I didn’t make more so they could have seconds. The combination of the flavors were spot on and really hit the spot.
Salio super ricooo!!! No estoy segura si usas pimenton ahumada — lo use y tmb puse ajo en polvo en vez de cebolla en polvo. Vivimos en la cuidad sin una parilla afuera (quisiera hacer tu receta magnifica la proxima vez estamos en Buenos Aires). En el horno, que olor magnifico… y con tu salsa de aguacate con el salmon….muy impresionante! Muchisimas gracias Laylita!!!
Oh this sounds absolutely delicious! Can’t wait to try it :)
Thankyou, Francesca xx
In Costa Rica we can’t get fresh salmon. I’m going to try this with a firm white fish like corvina or robalo, or even pargo/snapper. It sounds terrific.
Thank you so much for this recipe. It was so good. The harmony of the flavors were amazing. My eight year old daughter who doesn’t like fish at all said she would eat it again after only having one bite.
This recipe is delicious! I made it last night with extra jalapeno peppers, minced garlic in my salsa, and left out the onion powder and coriander (didn’t have it). It tasted great!!
Great recipe and super easy to make! Will definitely make this over and over again. Thanks!!
This looks amazing! We don’t have a grill, can I put it in the oven?! I want to make this ASAP!!
Yes, you can also bake the fish or cook it in a saute pan.
This is fabulous. We have had it several times. Thanks Laylita for the wonderful recipe:)
This looks amazing! I’m not too knowledgeable about peppers…could you please tell me what kind of peppers you use? Thanks!
Hi Julia – I used some hot peppers from the farmer’s market, the red ones were Fresno chilies and the yellow ones were Hungarian wax peppers. You can also use jalapenos or serranos (easier to find in most grocery stores). For just a hint of heat you can use Anaheim peppers which are very mild.
Thank you! I used a combo of serranos and Anaheims, and this was absolutely fantastic. What a great way to spice up salmon!
Wow – this was a great find! Absolutely delicious, one of the few meals that immediately after eating I added to my recipe book. Thank you