This salmon salad is loaded with roasted sweet potato croutons, avocado, pickled onions and dressed in a light lemon vinaigrette! It’s an easy go-to meal you’ll love having as part of your weekly rotation.
Have you noticed that I LOVE doing recipe recreations? It’s kind of my thing and I’ve got another copycat recipe for ya today! This salad is inspired by the grilled salmon superfood salad at Bonefish Grill. It’s kind of funny because although I’ve been to Bonefish Grill before (many years ago) I’ve actually never had the superfood salmon salad. One of my Instagram peeps mentioned that it’s their favorite and it sounded delicious, so I thought it would be fun to recreate!
WATCH HOW TO MAKE THIS SUPERFOOD SALAD:
I’m extra excited to share this recipe with you because I’ve finally perfected how to cook wild-caught salmon (which has less fat than farm-raised).
So If you don’t want to make the entire salad, at least make the seared salmon. The key is to cook at a high heat for a short amount of time so it doesn’t dry out and get tough. A good rule of thumb is to cook it for 8 to 10 minutes per inch of thickness, regardless of the cooking method.
I personally like searing it in a little avocado oil because the salmon gets golden and a little crispy.
Salmon is an amazing source of omega-3 fatty acids which is hard to get in the Standard American Diet. There is a huge difference of the quality of salmon based on where you get it – wild caught or farm raised. Wild salmon is caught in… you guessed it: the wild. It’s caught in its natural habitat.
Farm raised salmon is raised in a fish farm. The nutrition facts for wild vs. farmed salmon are kind of crazy! If I didn’t do some research, I would have thought the stats would have been fairly similar. Not the case! Farmed salmon has a lot more fat, almost three times the amount of omega-6 fatty acids and three times the amount of saturated fat. It also has almost 50% more calories. Farmed salmon also generally has higher amounts of contaminants.
Disclaimer after having said all of that: all salmon is still good salmon! Wild caught salmon can be more expensive and not available in every grocery store so get what’s available and what you can afford. Not something to stress about, just wanted to share some interesting facts to keep in mind when you’re shopping for salmon.
This superfood salmon recipe not only has all the nutrients from the salmon but a slew of other superfoods as well — leafy greens, sweet potatoes, pickled onions and pepitas. The combo is super flavorful, especially with the light lemon dressing. I hope you love it as much as we do!
This salmon salad is loaded with roasted sweet potato croutons, avocado, pickled onions and dressed in a light lemon vinaigrette! It’s an easy go-to meal you’ll love having as part of your weekly rotation.Â
Ingredients
2 – 4oz boneless salmon filets (wild-caught if possible)
Make pickled red onions, the lemon vinaigrette dressing and bake your sweet potato croutons.
Sear salmon. Season salmon filets with sea salt and ground pepper. Heat oil in a large skillet (a cast-iron works great) over medium-high heat. Place salmon in pan, skin side up for about 4 minutes or until the flesh is golden brown. Turn and cook until salmon is medium-rare, about 4 more minutes.
In a salad bowl, toss greens with sweet potato croutons, pickled red onions, feta and pepitas. Divide between 2 plates. Top salad with salmon and avocado. Then drizzle with the lemon vinaigrette. Season with additional salt and pepper, to taste.
Category:Salad
Method:Sear
Cuisine:American
Nutrition
Serving Size:1 salad without dressing
Calories:476
Sugar:9g
Sodium:650mg
Fat:22g
Saturated Fat:5g
Unsaturated Fat:11g
Trans Fat:0g
Carbohydrates:38g
Fiber:9g
Protein:32g
Cholesterol:82mg
Keywords: seared salmon salad, wild-caught salmon
If you make this superfood salmon salad please be sure to leave a comment and star rating below. It’s so helpful for us here at EBF and helps other EBF readers as well.Â
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Ahh, that makes me so happy to hear!! 🙂 I’m so glad this salad has been a hit. Thanks for taking the time to come back to leave a comment + star rating. I so appreciate it!
Soooooo good! This was so filling and scrumptious! I actually used canned salmon and it turned out perfect – and the lemon vinaigrette is a new favorite! Thank you Brittany for another amazing salad 😉
Oh awesome!! So glad it turned out with canned salmon. 🙂 I’m so glad you loved this salad, Janell. Thanks for making it and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. I so appreciate it.
We made this Bonefish took it off the menu during corona . It was great! We used Organic Girl Super Greens, added farrow like bonefish. I had blood orange olive oil and lemongrass mint vinegar for my dressing from my local gourmet oil store. It was ah-maze-omg! Thanks for posting this. We loved it!! Better that the restaurant!
I just made this for supper tonight! I was unsure about it as I was making it but it turned out SO good! The dressing and sweet potato combo was unreal 🤤
Thank you! I just made this and love it. I did a quick one with eliminating the sweet potato croutons, feta, and oil in the vinaigrette. I also used sunflowers seeds instead of the peptias
Ahh yay! So glad you loved it, Adrianne. 🙂 Thanks for trying my recipe and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. I really appreciate it!
Love this salad, we have it at least once a week. At first it seemed a lot of bother to make the vinaigrette and pickled onions. However, they tasted so good, I now ensure that I have a bottle of each in my fridge at all times.
Every recipe I make of yours is fantastic.thank you for sharing such great tasting food.
This salad literally has all of my favorite foods: salmon, avocado, feta, and sweet potatoes?! and kale 🙂 Definitely will be making this ASAP, especially since I always have all of those ingredients on hand! 🙂
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My 22 year old said this is the one if the top five meals of the year. If I had a restaurant this would be on the menu. This is amazingly delicious!!
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Ahh, that makes me so happy to hear!! 🙂 I’m so glad this salad has been a hit. Thanks for taking the time to come back to leave a comment + star rating. I so appreciate it!
Oh my it looks gorgeous… beautiful
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Soooooo good! This was so filling and scrumptious! I actually used canned salmon and it turned out perfect – and the lemon vinaigrette is a new favorite! Thank you Brittany for another amazing salad 😉
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Oh awesome!! So glad it turned out with canned salmon. 🙂 I’m so glad you loved this salad, Janell. Thanks for making it and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. I so appreciate it.
We made this Bonefish took it off the menu during corona . It was great! We used Organic Girl Super Greens, added farrow like bonefish. I had blood orange olive oil and lemongrass mint vinegar for my dressing from my local gourmet oil store. It was ah-maze-omg! Thanks for posting this. We loved it!! Better that the restaurant!
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Ahh yay! So glad this salad was a hit, Sandra. Thanks for making it and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. I appreciate it. 🙂
I just made this for supper tonight! I was unsure about it as I was making it but it turned out SO good! The dressing and sweet potato combo was unreal 🤤
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Ahh yay!! So glad you enjoyed this salad, Jessica. I appreciate you trying my recipe and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. <3
Thank you! I just made this and love it. I did a quick one with eliminating the sweet potato croutons, feta, and oil in the vinaigrette. I also used sunflowers seeds instead of the peptias
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Ahh yay! So glad you loved it, Adrianne. 🙂 Thanks for trying my recipe and for coming back to leave a comment + star rating. I really appreciate it!
Love this salad, we have it at least once a week. At first it seemed a lot of bother to make the vinaigrette and pickled onions. However, they tasted so good, I now ensure that I have a bottle of each in my fridge at all times.
Every recipe I make of yours is fantastic.thank you for sharing such great tasting food.
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Great recipe! I added quinoa like Bonefish has in theirs. I haven’t made the salad dressing yet, but plan too. Thank you!
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So glad that you enjoyed this salad, Abby! And thank you so much for leaving a comment and star rating for the recipe. Both are super helpful.
This salad turned out amazing and I have been craving it everyday since I made it!
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Ahh!! I’m so glad you loved this salmon salad, Mckenzi. It’s one of my favorites!
This salad literally has all of my favorite foods: salmon, avocado, feta, and sweet potatoes?! and kale 🙂 Definitely will be making this ASAP, especially since I always have all of those ingredients on hand! 🙂