“This salmon is so unbelievably delicious, I would pay for it in a restaurant!” Whenever you hear your family uttering these words in the midst of a meal, you know you have an incredible dish.
When it comes to fresh fish, you can’t beat living in Seattle – especially for Salmon. I kept it simple and clean by picking up freshly caught Wild Salmon and seasoned it with only kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. The Salsa is what puts it over the top!
The salsa combines seedless cucumber, Texas 1015 Onion, a bit of mint, a bit of cilantro, some lime juice and a Serrano chile. Even though Serrano chilies are hotter than jalapeno, the heat is balanced out by the cucumber, herbs and lime. The salsa is mild/medium at best so don’t get scared off!
Simple high quality ingredients coming together to create an easy and delicious weeknight dinner. There is no question this is going to be a summer staple in our house!
Some side dish ideas:
3-Ingredient Grilled Asparagus * Toasted Garlic and Parsley Quinoa * Crispy Roasted Brussels Sprouts * Perfect Roasted Cauliflower
NOTES:
- This is a great reference guide for Grill Cooking times. I linked to the Fish section but he also has Beef, Pork and Poultry sections!
- Why Wild Salmon and Not Farm Raised?
- Don’t have a grill? Bake your salmon in the oven!
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Grilled Salmon with Cucumber Salsa
- 1 pound wild sockeye or coho salmon fillet bones removed
- kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 english seedless cucumber, peeled and finely chopped (approximately 1 heaping cup)
- 1/2 cup finely chopped sweet onion
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro leaves
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped mint leaves
- 1 whole serrano chile stem removed and finely chopped (including seeds)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil or avodado oil
- 1 lime juiced
- 1/4 + 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
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Season salmon with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
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Peel cucumber and cut into thin strips, proceed to finely chop.
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Toss into a bowl along with chopped onion, cilantro, mint and serrano chile. Add oil, lime juice, salt and pepper. Toss to coat and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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I used a (water soaked) hickory board to grill my salmon fillet. If you are putting the salmon directly on the grill, oil the skin and cook skin side down with lid closed. You don't have to worry about the added oil since you are not eating the skin anyway. As for cooking times, it depends on how thick your fish is. A general rule is 10 minutes per 1" of thickness. See Notes section for a great grilling chart guide and link!
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Serve and Enjoy!
Individual Serving is 1/4 cooking Salmon (without skin) and 1/4 cucumber salsa
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5 stars for the salsa! You’re right it really is a great one. Had it over coho just like you did. Some asparagus on the side and it was a great meal. I could have eaten more, easily!
thank you very much for the link. The temperature they say ranges from 350 to 450. Do you personally have a suggestion as to what temperature I should use? 350 to 450 is a pretty wide range. Thanks, Tammy
Yes, I like to cook low and slow when it comes to baking Salmon. Putting thickness and total cooking time aside, I would do 375 and then 10 min for every 1″ of thickness. 🙂
You mentioned the possibility of making it in the oven, but I didn’t see any instructions for doing that. Could you please suggest oven temperature and how long to cook? Thank you.
Hi Tammy, here is a link that has a guide for baking Salmon in the oven. Enjoy! 🙂
A divine & tasty salmon meal! I love it so much!
I am so going to make this dish this evening! 🙂
A real delight!
I hope you love it Sophie!
I absolutely love good grilled salad, and yours look perfect! Yum.
Thanks Kathryn!
i’m going to need to save this one. I am not a salmon lover and I have been promising myself if a good salmon recipe comes my way I will dive in and change this pickiness with salmon. Your family’s comments convinced me!
Keely this will convert you! Just make sure you get the absolute best quality Salmon you can find!
Now that is a beautiful piece of salmon! Sounds super refreshing with that cucumber salsa!
It really was Faith! I am craving it again already 🙂
This looks so good! I normally go simple with salmon and just do lemon juice, salt, pepper but this looks so fancy 🙂
It is delish CJ!
I’ve seen cucumber salsa before but I never thought that it sounded good, but after seeing it in the picture over salmon I’m sure it’s very tasty.
I know what you mean. That is one of the things I love about The FMProject – always pushing us to taste/cook new things 🙂
I love this salmon. I could eat fish everyday and salmon is one of my favorites. I now have a new way to fix it. Thanks for sharing.
Sure! I love salmon and it’s so nice to have a new favorite way – I think it will take me a while to get sick of this 🙂
Oh Alyssa, how I would love to have a piece of freshly caught wild salmon, that looks so good I am drooling.
Thank you Norma! It is one of the perks of living here!
Cucumbers and sweet onion are a wonderful choice. I was so hung up,looking for fruit, I had not thought of this and we would have liked it, a lot. We did like what I made but I do want to try it, this way, as well. Thanks for the inspiration.
Definitely Casey – I hope you love it!
Your salsa and the salmon is a perfect pairing! I would pay for this in a restaurant too or just go to your house and invite myself over for dinner.
LOL Margarita!
We’re lucky to be able to access wild salmon too. Geographically we live close! I like the cucumber addition. Will be trying this recipe for sure.
We are lucky Elaine – the fish is amazing here!
What a beautiful piece of salmon! The salsa sounds delish.
Thanks Lexi! The salsa was the best part!
That salsa sounds so refreshing! The fruit & fish combo is definitely going to be a Summer staple for us too.
We loved it Sarah! Great choice 🙂
I didn’t know you live in Seattle! I just saw you’re going to BlogHer Food – so am I! We can meet, yay!
Yay!!! Sarah email me and let me know travel plans. Cocktails!