Flavor in Minutes: Grilled Salmon Fish Recipe with Fresh Summer Salad
Grill, meet salmon. This grilled salmon fish recipe brings together smoky perfection and a zesty summer salad for flavors galore in 20 min or less. Get the recipe (there’s an option for baked salmon, too) and make it now.
The sweet taste of summer is highlighted in this simple and seasonal cherry tomato, avocado, and corn salad recipe served alongside wild salmon. Meet your favorite grilled salmon fish recipe.
Celebrate summer with flavor, color, and a recipe that takes 15 minutes to make, tops.
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Grilled Salmon Recipe w/ Summer Corn Salad: Ingredient Spotlight
Salad doesn’t always have to mean lettuce, and this simple corn salad proves it. Made with fresh sweet corn, cherry tomatoes, basil, avocado, and red onion, it is a flavorful and seasonal dish bursting with zest and texture.
Drizzle the sweet corn salad in red wine vinegar and olive oil, serve alongside of grilled or baked wild salmon, and have dinner on the table in ten minutes. Because summer supper should be simple, easy, and delicious.
Wild Salmon
The star of this vibrant summer meal is wild salmon, a true powerhouse of nutrition and flavor. Choosing wild-caught salmon over farmed varieties is a key decision for both your health and the planet.
- Omega-3 Fatty Acid Powerhouse: Wild salmon is known for its incredibly rich content of omega-3 fatty acids, particularly EPA and DHA. These “good fats” are essential for brain health, supporting cognitive function and memory, and are potent anti-inflammatory agents that can help reduce the risk of chronic diseases and support heart health.
- Lean Protein Source: Wild salmon provides a high-quality, complete protein, crucial for muscle repair, energy, and overall bodily function. It’s a lean protein, meaning you get all the muscle-building benefits without excessive saturated fats.
- Vitamins and Minerals Galore: Beyond omega-3s, wild salmon is brimming with essential vitamins and minerals. It’s an excellent source of Vitamin D (important for bone health and immunity), B vitamins (vital for energy production and metabolism), and selenium (a powerful antioxidant that supports thyroid function and protects cells from damage). Oh, and a recent study shows that the combo of Vitamin D and Omega 3s can slow biological aging!
Sweet Corn
Sweet corn is a summer staple. There’s nothing like driving to a local farm or farmers market to pick up a few ears for the week. Although sweet corn is commonly grilled, steamed, or boiled, it’s quite delicious raw, too. I like to carefully slice the corn kernels straight off the cob and toss into pasta, salsa, and this delicious corn salad.
Sweet corn is rich in fiber, phosphorus, and B vitamins. It also contains an array of phytonutrients including anthocyanins, beta-carotene, lutein, and zeaxanthin. These phytonutrients function as antioxidants to reduce inflammation and free radical damage to cells.
Sweet corn shines in this corn salad alongside cherry tomatoes, fresh basil, avocado, and red onion. Cherry tomatoes are a great source of iron, potassium vitamins A and C, fiber, potassium, and lycopene.
Basil
Basil is a delicious complement to the fresh summer vegetables and provides trace vitamins and minerals as well. Red onion packs in pungent flavor, as well as B vitamins, fiber, vitamin C, and potent phytonutrients.
Avocado
Finally, avocado adds a dose of healthy fats, creamy texture, and a buttery flavor to this corn salad.
How to Serve This Simple Grilled Salmon Recipe
This meal is complete as is easy enough to get on the table for lunch or dinner. I love that you can choose to be slightly more hands-off and bake the salmon, or you can throw it on the grill. Bonus if you pick grilling because you can grill up some peaches for a smokey take on a whiskey sour. Need a starter? How about a grilled margarita pizza? For dessert, how about a make-ahead marvel, our plum, blackberry, and peach crisp (don’t forget the a la mode).
Another really good option would be to make this while camping. Prep up the salad, minus the vinegar and avocado — wait to add those until the grill is heating up.
Grilled Salmon Recipe Ingredients
Corn Salad
Baked or Grilled Salmon
Preparation
- Carefully use a sharp knife to remove corn kernels from ears of fresh corn cob.
- To a large bowl add corn kernels, cherry tomatoes, avocado, red onion, basil, olive oil, and red wine vinegar. Stir to combine and season with sea salt and pepper. Let salad sit at room temperature while cooking salmon.
- To cook salmon, either grill or bake in oven. Drizzle salmon with avocado oil and season with sea salt and pepper.
- If cooking on the grill: cook salmon over medium heat for five minutes per side, or until salmon flakes easily with a fork. We like to use a griddle, so you don’t have to worry about delicate things like salmon flaking off and falling through the grates. Made In makes our favorite, it’s non-toxic and stands up to super high heat.
- If cooking in the oven: bake salmon for ten minutes at 400 degrees Fahrenheit, or until salmon flakes easily with a fork.
- Serve cooked salmon alongside of fresh corn salad. Enjoy!
