Air-Fried Salmon with Burst Cherry Tomatoes
By @chef1
A quick and flavorful weeknight dinner featuring air-fried salmon topped with a vibrant burst cherry tomato sauce. The sauce is made with garlic, white wine (or broth), Worcestershire sauce, butter, and lemon juice for a balanced and delicious flavor.
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Ingredients
- ●2 (6-ounce) pieces Salmon fillets
- ●1 pint Cherry tomatoes
- ●2 cloves Garlic
- ●1/4 cup White wine (or chicken broth)
- ●1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- ●1 tablespoon Butter
- ●1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- ●1 tablespoon Olive oil
- ●to taste Salt
- ●to taste Pepper
- ●1/4 teaspoon Garlic powder (optional)
- ●1/4 teaspoon Paprika (optional)
Instructions
- 1Preheat air fryer to 400°F (200°C).
- 2Lightly oil the salmon fillets and season with salt, pepper, and optional garlic powder or paprika.
- 3Air fry the salmon for 8-12 minutes, depending on the thickness, until cooked through.
- 4While the salmon is air frying, mince the garlic.
- 5In a skillet over medium heat, add a tablespoon of olive oil and the minced garlic. Cook for about 30 seconds until fragrant.
- 6Add the cherry tomatoes to the skillet and cook until they begin to burst, about 5-7 minutes.
- 7Deglaze the pan with white wine (or chicken broth) and add the Worcestershire sauce. Simmer for 2 minutes.
- 8Stir in the butter and lemon juice until the butter is melted and the sauce is emulsified.
- 9Spoon the burst cherry tomato sauce over the air-fried salmon and serve immediately.
Recipe details
- Category
- Main course
- Preparation
- 45 minutes
Estimated total: 52 minutes. Planning estimate: stated duration ranges use their midpoint; standard preparation, heating and handling allowances are included. Overlapping tasks are counted once. Resting/chilling is included in total time.
How these estimates were calculated
- Initial setup: 5 min planning allowance (setup)
- Mince garlic: 10 min planning allowance (vegetable_prep)
- Oil and season salmon fillets: 10 min planning allowance (meat_prep)
- Preheat air fryer: 15 min planning allowance (oven_preheat)
- Stir in butter and lemon juice: 3 min planning allowance (mix)
- Spoon sauce over salmon and serve: 2 min planning allowance (transfer)
- Cooking overlaps preparation or other cooking; a separate cooking subtotal is omitted.
- Salmon fillets: Stated package net weight
- Using farmed Atlantic salmon as a generic raw salmon fillet. Quantity is in ounces, so portion_id is null.
- Cherry tomatoes: USDA cup cherry tomatoes portion weight
- Matched 'cherry tomatoes' to raw red ripe tomatoes, using 'cup cherry tomatoes' portion for 1 pint (approx. 2 cups).
- Garlic: USDA clove portion weight
- Matched 'garlic' to raw garlic, using 'clove' portion.
- White wine (or chicken broth): USDA fl oz portion weight
- Matched 'white wine' to generic white table wine. No alcohol evaporation adjustment is made, energy may be overestimated.
- Worcestershire sauce: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Matched 'Worcestershire sauce' to generic Worcestershire sauce, using 'tbsp' portion for 1 teaspoon (1/3 tbsp).
- Butter: USDA tbsp portion weight
- Matched 'butter' to salted butter, using 'tbsp' portion.
- Lemon juice: USDA cup portion weight
- Matched 'lemon juice' to raw lemon juice, using 'cup' portion for 1 tablespoon (1/16 cup).
- Olive oil: USDA tablespoon portion weight
- Matched 'olive oil' to olive oil, salad or cooking, using 'tablespoon' portion.
- Unweighed Salt: only documented zero nutrients included
- Pepper: USDA tsp, ground portion weight
- Pepper: Seasoning allowance: 1/4 tsp per 4 servings
- Pepper to taste, using black pepper. Quantity is unknown.
- Excludes optional Garlic powder (optional)
- Excludes optional Paprika (optional)
- Salmon fillets: 340.19 g · USDA reference 175167
- Cherry tomatoes: 298 g · USDA reference 170457
- Garlic: 6 g · USDA reference 169230
- White wine (or chicken broth): 58.8 g · USDA reference 174837
- Worcestershire sauce: 5.67 g · USDA reference 171610
- Butter: 14.2 g · USDA reference 173410
- Lemon juice: 15.25 g · USDA reference 167747
- Olive oil: 13.5 g · USDA reference 171413
- Salt: documented zero nutrients only · USDA reference 173468
- Pepper: 0.57 g · USDA reference 170931
- Garlic powder (optional): optional ingredient excluded
- Paprika (optional): optional ingredient excluded
salmon · air fryer · cherry tomatoes · white wine
Estimated nutrition per serving
524 calories · 36.3 g protein · 8.8 g carbohydrate · 35.6 g fat · 1.9 g fiber
Source and basis: USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018), ingredient-based calculation per serving. Standard USDA portion weights; all listed ingredient mass included before cooking losses. Excludes optional Garlic powder (optional); Excludes optional Paprika (optional) Nutrients with incomplete inputs omitted. Full ingredient matches and assumptions below.
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