A mighty Salmon Salad that’s as good for you as it is delicious! With a modern Asian spin, you’ll love the combination of flavours of ingredients in this – avocado, edamame, tomato, cucumber and golden seared salmon drizzled with a fabulous Asian Ginger Sesame Dressing!
Salmon Salad
Regular readers know that my website is dominated by Brown Foods. Think – curries, stews, gravies, roasts.
Brown, brown, brown!
Delish, delish, delish! 😂
I simply share the food I truly love. I don’t share food because it photographs well ….though I really do try to pimp up all my brown foods with a teeny sprinkle of parsley!!
So sharing something as colourful and vibrant looking as this Salmon Salad is a real treat. Healthy food that’s UNBELIEVABLY DELISH!
This is a great salad for entertaining all year round!
What you need for Salmon Salad
Here’s what goes in the Salmon Salad. Feel free to switch out the salad items to what you have / like!
Edamame are soybeans, an Asian ingredient that has become kind of trendy nowadays! It tastes kind of like peas – and has a similar texture too – and it’s served in the pod at Japanese and modern Asian restaurants as a starter to nibble, and often appears in modern Asian salads and things like Poke bowls.
Salmon Salad Dressing
I use an Asian Ginger Sesame Dressing for this salmon salad. It adds a ton of flavour PLUS you get the added bonus of less oil – Asian dressings usually have a lower ratio of oil to vinegar compared to Western dressings.
Olive oil might sound like a strange ingredient for an Asian dressing, but you can’t taste it and I prefer using olive oil where I can because it’s better for you than vegetable oil and other usual cooking oils. But you can really use any neutral flavoured oil you want.
How to make Salmon Salad
Sear > shake > drizzle > toss > devour.
Simple!
You’ll love this Salmon Salad for the variety of flavours and textures, the golden seared salmon that’s perfectly cooked on the inside, and that wickedly delicious Asian Ginger Sesame Dressing that can make any salad taste fabulous!
You’ll also love that this truly is one of those salads that will keep you satisfied – the salmon, edamame and soy beans add bulk and keep you full.
I think this is a great salad to serve to guests because it looks so fabulous – but it also delivers in the flavour department as well. It’s not just a pretty face! 😂 – Nagi x
Watch how to make it
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Salmon Salad with Asian Ginger Sesame Dressing
Ingredients
- 3 - 4 salmon fillets , skinless
- 3/4 tsp salt and pepper , each
- 1 tbsp oil
- 250g / 1.5 cups cherry tomatoes , halved
- 2 cucumber , sliced (or 1 English/telegraph long cucumber)
- 1 large avocado , cut into 1.5cm / 2/3" pieces
- 6 red radish , sliced
- 150g / 5 oz leafy crisp lettuce of choice (6 big handfuls)
- 1 cup edamame , cooked per packet (Note 1)
- 1 green onion , finely sliced on diagonal
- 1/4 cup crispy fried shallots (Note 2)
Asian Ginger Sesame Dressing:
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (light or all purpose)
- 2 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar (aka rice wine vinegar Note 3)
- 1 tbsp sesame oil (toasted, Note 4)
- 3 tbsp olive oil (or other neutral flavoured oil)
- 1.5 tsp sugar , any type
- 2 tsp fresh ginger , grated
- 1 garlic clove , minced
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
Instructions
- Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well.
- Sprinkle both sides of salmon with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a non stick skillet over medium high heat.
- Place salmon in upside down (ie skin side up), cook for 3 minutes or until deep golden.
- Turn and cook for another 2 - 3 minutes, or until cooked to your taste.
- Remove onto plate and cool for 5 minutes.
Assemble Salad:
- Place lettuce in a large bowl. Drizzle with a bit of dressing and toss.
- Place lettuce in a large serving bowl (or individual plates). Top with salmon, then place tomato, cucumber, avocado, edamame and radish in piles around it.
- Sprinkle with green onion and crispy shallots.
- Just prior to serving, drizzle all over with remaining Dressing.
Recipe Notes:
Nutrition Information:
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The dressing is fantastic, whole family loved the flavours. Endame was a great addition, not tried it before, used a frozen option, loved the colour it added to the salad. Used skinless salmon fillets and slow fried it, then flaked it to toss through the salad ingredients. Great salad and look forward to having it again over summer. Thank you for such a delicious dish.
This was such an amazing and delicious dish. I was running behind on time, so made the dressing and washed and cooked the veggies the day before. All I had to do was cook the salmon and assemble the salads. Will absolutely make again!
This recipe is absolutely delicious and definitely one of my new favorite dishes! Thank you for sharing this amazing recipe, I will definitely be making it again and again. Keep up the good work!
The recipe was easy but my dressing was not well balanced. I felt like the sesame oil dominated.
Gorgeous salad ! So delicious and fresh !
Hi Nagi, I love this salad and want to make it for a girls weekend. I’m wondering if I can make the dressing the day before to cut down on time prep?
Yes you can!! Just keep it separate and cook your salmon and assemble just before serving! N x
Wow
Thank you as always Nagi
Today was the first time ever I’ve eaten or used edamame, they were so good and I actually enjoyed shelling them from the pod! Radish is also something I’ve really been a fan of – until now. The combo of textures and flavours made this one an 11/10
And it looked so beautiful in my black bowls too 🙏
It is a very colourful recipe – one you eat with the eyes and the mouth! N x
Nagi, this salad is delicious!
The dressing is right balanced and could go with any salad. Thank you!
I’m so glad you loved it, thanks so much for letting me know!! N x
So delicious! Yet another foolproof recipe from your site. This is definitely entering the regular dinner rotation. Thanks again!!
Dear Nagi, what a great site this is! I think we cook 3 to 4 times a week something we picked from your endless list of nutricious recipes. The children go crazy for your cowboysalad and beef burrito’s. My fav is the Thai noodle salad with lemon grass chicken…..delish! Thanks you for your inspiration!
So glad I discovered this cooking website! I made this twice this week. Love the dressing. It goes with other salads.
I just saw this on Instagram today. Definitely going to make it! Yum!
I hope you love it Leisau! N x
It was delicious. My son licked the bowl clean! Thank you Nagi!
Nagi this salad is sensational. The flavour in the dressing goes superbly with everything.
Hi Nagi!
I love your recipes! Will be making this recipe for our Christmas gathering. Can I make it the beforehand with the salmon and place it on the fridge?
Hi Joyce, just keep the dressing separate until serving – N x
Totally delicious and easy to make and will be added ro my favourites.
Awesome Pepe!
Hi Nagi.
I made this last night & the flavour of the sauce was amazing! So tangy & fresh tasting, will be a favourite of mine now. Thank you.
I’m so glad you enjoyed it Jennifer!
So quick and easy and the dressing was awesome! Might use this instead of Chang’s dressing on noodle salads too in future.
Yes, it’s so much better!
OMG Nagi made this tonight and another serve for my lunchbox…the sesame in the dressing is amazing…so so good another awesome recipe thank you so much
You’re so welcome Kym, I’m so happy you loved it!
Hi Nagi…. Made this last night…. It was so yummy. Thank you for making dinner times so much fun. Your recipes make me want to cook. Keep inspiring always x
That’s lovely Kamini! Thank you!
Love your site. So much that I can’t help myself from recommending you to total strangers particularly when I am in the checkout line and I observe how many of their grocery items are instant meals that could be replicated to a higher standard and more economical scale using your recipes
Woah that’s awesome John!