Air Fryer Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze is sweet and really simple way to enjoy a family dinner with salmon in under 20 minutes.
This Air Fryer Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze is only 5 ingredients and one of the easiest dishes you can make but still has loads of flavor. The brown sugar adds a lovely sweetness and a crispy caramelized texture in some spots from that sugar reacting to heat that is pretty darn good.
Air Fryer Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze
There isn’t even a whole bunch to talk about with this Air Fryer Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze recipe- it’s just easy peasy and delicious. I do recommend buying a good piece of salmon. Look for a wild caught King Chinook if you are on the West Coast or Sockeye if on season with great marbling. The coloring should be a vibrant pink tone and when poked, it should bounce back and not leave a finger indention behind.
Air Fryer Salmon with Brown Sugar Glaze
Ingredients
- 1 pound salmon fillet wild caught
- salt
- pepper
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
- parsley optional garnish
Instructions
- Remove the bones from your salmon fillet and cut into 4 equal portions.
- Salt and pepper each side (even the skin side).
- In a small bowl, add brown sugar and Dijon. Mix and brush onto the flesh of salmon.
- Place salmon into air fryer and cook on 355 degrees for 14-16 minutes skin side down. We like it right at 14 minutes but if you like it well done, cook a little longer.
- Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
Do you leave the skin on the salmon?
I like to leave the skin on. It peels right off after cooking. If preferred, you can remove the skin before cooking.
that looks delicious, great recipe!!!
Oh wow! This looks delightful! I’ve heard so many great things about air fryers, and this looks like a winner of a dinner 🙂
Thanks Patricia. The air fryer has been really great for us!
We love our air fryer! So much you can do with it!
I know. It has been so handy 🙂