Transform canned Wild Alaskan Salmon into a delicious, healthy meal in minutes with my Spicy Salmon Salad recipe!
One of my favorite healthy foods to keeps in my pantry is canned fish. We are pretty much always stocked up on wild Alaskan salmon, high quality canned tuna, anchovies, and sardines.
Truth be told, I prefer the salmon and tuna but my husband and older son love anchovies and sardines.
While the whole family really loves my Weeknight Paleo Salmon Cakes, they do get sick of them after a while and when we need a little break, I usually make this Spicy Salmon Salad. Don’t get fooled by the name though because it actually doesn’t need to be spicy at all to still be delicious. I cut the Sriracha in half and it’s perfect for my 6-year old.
If you are like me and like your food with a kick, go all in with the Sriracha. If you are a bit adverse to heat, start with half and keep tasting and adding more by the teaspoon until you find the perfect ratio!
To keep it low carb, serve in half of a ripe avocado. Or a scooped out plum tomato or cucumber. It’s also great as a sandwich or wrap – you seriously can’t go wrong with this one!
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Transform canned Wild Alaskan Salmon into a delicious, healthy meal in minutes with my Spicy Salmon Salad recipe!
- 15- ounce can Wild Alaskan Salmon drained
- 2 scallions finely chopped
- 3 Tablespoons mayonnaise
- 4 Tablespoons Sriracha
- squeeze fresh lemon juice
- pinch salt
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Finely chop the scallions.
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Drain salmon and add to a medium mixing bowl. Use a fork to smash.
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Add remaining ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
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Store in a covered glass container in the fridge for up to four day and Enjoy!
7 Smart Points Per Serving
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It reminds me of a tuna salad but I’ve never even considered using salmon like that. I’ll give it a try for sure. Thanks for the recipe!
I think you will love it!! So easy and so much flavor 🙂
I have fallen in love with this dish too
Yay! It’s on heavy rotation right now.
I can take or leave sardines. Anchovies I use mainly as an ingredient or garnish. But salmon and tuna? I go to town with those babies! So you created this just for me, right? 🙂 Looks really good — thanks.
Same!!! Hope you love it John 🙂
The total calories for the recipe without the avocado or tomato is 789, total protein is 108 g and total fat is 33 g with lots of important omega-3 in the salmon and tuna if one were to make it that way. Each person would have to divide these total for the entire recipe by the number of servings they get out of the total recipe depending on how they portion it out. .
I would use the avocado mashed up in place of the mayo which is nothing but fat calories and the avocado as a sub for the mayo has more nutrition including heart-healthy potassium. But that’s just me. I assume you also used the tomato stuff in the salmon salad but didn’t see any comments about it. That would also be a good moisture agent rather than the mayo.
Hi Judith! I love it with the mayo. If you try it with avocado or something else, come back and let us know how it works for you 🙂
I can tell you right now because I ALWAYS use mashed avocado in place of mayo in all my salad recipes — egg, tuna, chicken, salmon, etc. I don’t even have mayo in my house.
I love how easy this recipe is! What do you think about stuffing it into peppers and perhaps roasting it?
Hi Louise! Hope you are doing well 🙂 LOVE the idea of stuffing this into peppers. Not sure about roasting though as I think the mayo would just turn to oil and be greasy.
Good point! Might be good on cucumber slices too 🙂
I will like to try it,but need to know the calories, looks delish.Thank you your recipes are very good!
Thank you so much Marcy!! I am actually working on providing all of the nutritional data for my recipes (very soon!). In the meantime, see if this link works to the recipe in MyFitnessPal — http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/view/207953221955517
Hello,
I am wondering where I can find the nutritional information? I looked the FAQ and see you noted WW. I’m just interested in the calories, fat, and protein.
Hi Kimberly! I am actually working on providing all of the nutritional data for my recipes (very soon!). In the meantime, see if this link works to the recipe in MyFitnessPal — http://www.myfitnesspal.com/recipe/view/207953221955517