Dear Universe,
You’re quite a prankster, eh? First you send me three years of dreams in which I have to go back to high school EVEN THOUGH I have graduated college. Yes, it was quite a clever way to point out I’d missed an important lesson somewhere along life’s way. And following up with a graduation dream finale? Brilliant.
But this? Now I’m a waitress at the Pappadeaux I worked at in college?!?!? Not exactly the career path I had envisioned for my nighttime alter ego.
I mean, can’t I fly or breathe underwater or something???
How is the ability to make succulent, flakey fillets of blackened salmon topped with pineapple salsa a superpower? Seriously, if I spend the next three years craving spicy cilantro-lime shrimp, creamy seafood bisque and copycat Whole Foods salmon dip I hold you responsible. Consider yourself warned.
Love,
-Heather
Blackened Salmon with Pineapple Mango Salsa
Equipment
- baking pan
- mixing bowl
- small bowl
- spatchula
- mixing spoon
Ingredients
Blackened Salmon
- 3 – 4 filets wild salmon (½ pound each)
- 2 ¼ tsp paprika
- 1 ½ tsp garlic powder
- 1 ½ tsp onion powder
- 1 ½ tsp ground dried thyme
- ½ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ tsp ground cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp dried basil
- ½ tsp dried oregano
- sea salt (to taste – add after baking)
- 1 – 2 tbsp coconut oil
Pineapple Mango Salsa
- 1 ½ cups fresh pineapple (diced)
- 1 cup fresh mango (peeled and diced)
- 2 tbsp red onion (minced)
- ½ – 1 jalapeño (seeded and diced – optional)
- 1 – 2 tbsp fresh cilantro (chopped)
- 1 fresh lime (juiced)
Instructions
Blackened Salmon Filets
- Preheat oven to 350° F.
- Combine herbs and spices into a small container.
- Rub seasoning on salmon and place seasoned side down.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Pineapple Mango Salsa
- Peel and slice the mango and pineapple.
- Dice jalapenos, chop cilantro, and mince onion.
- Mix salsa ingredients in a bowl and serve. This seasoning and salsa also goes great with chicken!
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
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and I have a pineapple sitting in my kitchen ready to be devoured….this sounds FANTASTIC!
yum!
Elizabeth Neblett Schneiderman – Ahhh perfect! We usually use frozen pineapple but fresh is even better!
I shared your recipe link on my page and my husband just responded with Mmmmm…
I hope you love the blackening seasoning as much as we do, Elizabeth Neblett Schneiderman! My version has a little less heat for the kids sake, but it’s pretty yummy! I always make twice the amount called for and keep the rest in a spice jar to sprinkle on a whole roast chicken later 🙂
We like it spicy! 🙂 Yum! I bet that is good…I will have to try that on chicken also…thanks so much….we like new recipes..in the winter…I get in a rut sometimes with cooking 🙂
This was yummy, Thanks!
Glad you liked it, Natalie!
Made this last night, but without the pineapple mango salsa. WOW. So delicious! My husband and I both loved it. It’s my new favorite salmon recipe. <3
I love the Pinaple recepie.
I would like to make the salmon as well.
I might be blind, but I do not see the salmon recepie.
Can you help me with it?
Thanks
Erika
Hello,
I’m subscribed to your mailing list and was intrigued by the blackened salmon recipe, but I only see the recipe for the pineapple salsa on this post. I would love to know your recipe for the blackened salmon. Thank you in advance!
Oops! It looks like when the recipe software was updated it was deleted somehow. Just added the recipe back in. Thanks for catching that!
Thank you for reposting! I’m looking forward to trying your recipe 🙂
Hi Heather! Do you have recommendation for where to buy wild salmon? Thank you for the great recipes!