This Fresh Dill Salmon Salad is loaded with flavor! The salmon is cooked in lemon giving it a delicious, refreshing flavor that compliments the capers, red onion and fresh dill! 

Tuna salad, chicken salad, salmon salad! Pretty much every week one of these salads is part of my lunch meal prep. They are so easy to make ahead and pack for lunch! This Fresh Dill Salmon Salad is my current favorite because it is packed with so much delicious flavor!

How to make Fresh Dill Salmon Salad:

It’s easy-peasy. Start off by baking the salmon with salt and lemon juice. This only take 10-12 minutes. After the salmon is baked you will let it cool and then shred it with a fork. The salmon will be tender and flakey and shred easily.

Once the salmon is shredded put it in a large bowl, add red onion, capers and fresh dill, toss everything together. Lastly you will add the dressing, mix together mayonnaise, lemon juice, dijon mustard, salt and coriander and then add that mixture to the salmon and mix it all up!

Store it in an airtight container in the fridge – that’s it!

Should I use fresh or canned salmon? 

You will be happier with fresh salmon that you bake yourself. If you follow this recipe you bake the salmon in salt and lemon which gives it great flavor. I have tried lots of canned salmon and I haven’t found one that I am in love with. When I make tuna, I always use canned, but for salmon salad you are better off with the real deal.

Why fresh dill?  

Why not?! Fresh dill is easily accessible in most grocery stores year round and it is 10 times more flavorful than dried dill! Using fresh dill really elevates the salad, I can’t recommend it enough!

How should I eat Fresh Dill Salmon Salad?

With a spoon, ha! It is good on it’s own, but what I love about it is there are so many ways to enjoy it! You could have it for lunch all week and eat it a different way every day so you never get bored!

My favorite way to eat it is pictured below – in an avocado! Slice an avocado in half, remove the pit. Sprinkle the avocado with some salt and lemon juice, Fill each half with a heaping portion of salmon salad. Eat with a spoon, grabbing a bite of avocado with each bite!

Other ideas include topping a simple salad with a heaping portion of fresh dill salmon salad. Eating it on toast, in a sandwich or on a bagel. You can even eat it as a dip with crackers and fresh veggies!

Fresh Dill Salmon Salad

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• Author: Sprinkles & Sea Salt
• Total Time: 20 mins
• Yield: 4 servings 1x

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This Fresh Dill Salmon Salad is loaded with flavor! The salmon is cooked in lemon giving it a delicious, refreshing flavor that compliments the capers, red onion and fresh dill! 

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Ingredients

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Salmon

1 pound fresh salmon

1/2 tsp salt

1 lemon

Salmon Salad

Cooked salmon, shredded

1/4 cup red onion, chopped small

2 tbsp capers

2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped

1/4 cup mayonnaise

2 tsp dijon mustard

2 tbsp lemon juice

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp coriander

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Instructions

Salmon*

Preheat oven to 450°F

Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil

Pat salmon filet dry

Sprinkles with salt

Place filet on the baking sheet

Squeeze the lemon over the salmon

Bake for 10-12 minutes

Remove from oven, cool

When the salmon is cool, use a fork to shred it

Salmon Salad

Add the shredded salmon to a large bowl

Add onions, capers and dill, toss

In a small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice, salt and coriander

Add the mayonnaise mixture to the salmon mixture, mix

Store in an air tight container in the refrigerator up to 5 days

See notes for serving suggestions

Notes

*You can use canned salmon, it does not taste as fresh, but it still works with the recipe. Use 4, 5oz cans drained.

Serving Suggestions

In an avocado (as pictured)

On top of a salad

As a dip with crackers and vegetables

On toast or a bagel

In a sandwich

Keywords: #lunchideas, #salmonsalad

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