Using your air fryer for meals is so easy. It's also a great way to cook healthier. It could be one reason you got into the small kitchen appliance craze in the first place. So introducing the most perfectly cooked and easy-to-prepare air fryer salmon you will ever eat. Dinner is on the table in less than 30 minutes!

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It's hard to understand those people who claim to not love salmon. It’s such a healthy food and an easy (and super delicious!) way to enjoy dinner. Maybe the non-salmon lovers have written off salmon too quickly, preferring other white fish. Perhaps from experiencing some sort of over-cooking situation that turned them off or the color was intimidating and they didn't see the easy way it cooks in just simple butter and lemon.

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You might freaking love salmon, but it's important to learn how to not cook it to death. There’s definitely a sweet spot where it must come out of the oven or it is past its prime. Once it reaches that stage, there’s no going back.

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Which is why it is so perfect to cook it in the air fryer! That way you don’t have to be in charge of knowing exactly when to take it out of the oven. Your trusty little appliance will beep at just the right time! Seriously, this salmon? It is the best EVER. You may have eaten many many platefuls of the orange-fleshed fish in your life, but never one as tasty as this.

Lightly spray the basket of an air fryer and place two 6-ounce salmon fillets inside. Season salmon with a light sprinkling of salt and pepper. Place 2 tablespoons of butter on the top of each fillet. Squeeze juice from a slice of lemon over salmon and place one on top of each fillet.

Set air fryer to 400 degrees F and cook salmon for 13 minutes.

When cooking time is up, remove from air fryer and enjoy immediately with your favorite side dish!

Grab salmon straight from your freezer and cook it perfectly in mere minutes. This Air Fryer Frozen Salmon will simplify busy weeknights without holding back on flavor.

Cook at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. Remove from air fryer and enjoy immediately!

So many things pair well with salmon whether you're eating healthy or want a perfect side dish of comfort food. Check out a few suggestions below or this delicious roundup of recipes: what to serve with fish! There will certainly be a few options on the list that will be perfect for today’s meal.

Calories: 442kcal | Carbohydrates: 1g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 33g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 275mg | Potassium: 833mg | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 768IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg