These air fryer spicy salmon bites with avocado sauce feel so fancy for home cooking. Simple skinless salmon bites only take 5 minutes in the air fryer, and are topped with a homemade avocado lime sauce using cottage cheese as a base.
Ingredients
- onion powder: 1 tsp
- granulated garlic: 1 tsp
- brown sugar: 1 Tbsp
- red pepper flakes: 0.25 tsp
- sesame oil: 1 Tbsp
- skinless salmon filets: 2 piece (6 ounce, cut into 1-inch pieces)
- cottage cheese: 0.25 cup
- avocado. peeled and pitted: 1 piece
- garlic clove: 1 piece
- salt: 0.125 tsp
- lime, zested: 1 piece
- lime juice: 5 Tbsp
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) according to manufacturer’s instructions.
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Combine onion powder, garlic powder, brown sugar, red pepper flakes and sesame oil in a small bowl and mix. Rub salmon with spice mixture on all sides.
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Spray the air fryer basket with oil. Place salmon in the basket and cook in the preheated air fryer until salmon flakes easily with a fork and is browned all over, about 5 minutes, shaking halfway through cooking time.
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Place cottage cheese, avocado, garlic, salt, lime zest, and lime juice in the jar of a blender; blend on high until sauce is smooth and well mixed, 1 to 2 minutes.
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Serve salmon bites with avocado lime sauce.