Recipe- Refreshing And Perfect Salmon With Pineapple Salsa

Simple baked salmon dinner recipe that is ready in 20 minutes? Sign me up! Our roasted salmon with pineapple salsa recipe is refreshing and perfect for busy weeknights. It is healthy and perfectly spicy. Or you can serve it with this cooling pineapple relish recipe instead to keep it sweet and mild.

Pineapple has a lovely acidity that makes it a perfect pairing with savory flavors. Just like with our pineapple chicken kabobs, this salmon recipe can be grilled in the summer and oven roasted in the winter.

Serve with garlic green beans, lemon orzo pasta salad, or roasted rainbow carrots for an easy weeknight meal.

Ingredients

Roasted Salmon

4 oz salmon fillets
1 tablespoon olive oil
kosher salt and pepper

Pineapple, Cucumber and Mint Relish

1 ½ cups fresh pineapple, diced diced
1 cup seedless cucumber diced
½ cup red onion diced
¼ tablespoon fresh cilantro finely chopped
1 clvoe garlic minced
½ jalapeno veins and seeds removed, finely diced
½ lime juiced
1 tablespoon olive oil
kosher salt

Method

Roasted Salmon

- Preheat the oven to 425 F degrees. If brining, remove salmon from the brine. Rinse and pat dry. Place salmon on a rimmed baking sheet.

- Brush with oil and season with salt and pepper.

- Bake until flakey. Medium-rare is 6 to 8 and for well done 10-12 minutes.

- Place salmon fillets on a platter. Spoon a ¼ cup of salsa over each fillet. Serve the remaining salsa on the side.

Pineapple Salsa

- Combine all the chopped ingredients in a bowl. Gently toss to combine. Salt to taste.