This delicious caesar salad comes together quickly and is packed with so many great flavors from the blackened salmon and homemade dressing. It is perfect for an easy weeknight dinner or weekend lunch. Get creative with adding any of your favorite toppings to this salad and let us know what your favorite combination is!
What You Will Need
- caesar dressing – feel free to make your own or grab your favorite store-bought option!
- salmon fillets – we love grabbing fresh fillets from our local grocer, if you use frozen fillets you will want to make sure you thaw them completely before prepping (otherwise there will be too much extra liquid).
- blackened seasoning – this homemade seasoning is amazing and super easy to make!
- romaine lettuce – the base of any good caesar salad.
- avocados & hard-boiled eggs – the toppings we chose for this salad but feel free to use toppings that you like!
- parmesan cheese – a necessity in any caesar salad – feel free to use regular or dairy-free.
- quick pickled onions (optional): these quick pickled onions are easy and delicious.
What’s The Best Way To Prepare The Salmon For This Salad
You have a few options for preparing the salmon. Our favorite way is to make an amazing blackened salmon – full of flavor and so easy! You could also toss your salmon on the grill if you prefer to make it that way. Either way, it will be delicious!
What Toppings Go Well With Caesar Salad
On this salad we chose parmesan cheese, avocados, & hard-boiled eggs. In our opinion, parmesan cheese (regular or dairy-free) is a staple of a good caesar salad so that is a must! Other good topping options would include – croutons or cherry tomatoes.
Meal Prep
If you are planning to meal prep this salad you will want to store items separately to prevent the salad from getting soggy. Store the salmon by itself so that you can easily reheat it and then wait to pour on the dressing until you are ready to eat it.
How To Make Salmon Caesar Salad
Step one – mix up your dressing!
Step two – cook your salmon fillets.
Step three – prep the rest of your salad ingredients in a bowl and top any way you want.
Step four – enjoy!
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Salmon Caesar Salad
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Salad
- Method: Stove Top + Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
Salmon Caesar Salad – a delicious salmon caesar salad recipe made with blackened salmon and homemade dressing!
Ingredients
- 1 batch homemade caesar dressing
- (4) 6oz salmon fillets, skin-on
- 1 batch blackened seasoning
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 4–6 cups romaine lettuce, chopped
- 2 avocados, sliced
- 2 hard-boiled eggs, sliced
- parmesan cheese (regular or dairy-free)
- (optional) quick pickled onions
Instructions
- Combine dressing ingredients and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Pat salmon dry with clean paper towel. Rub salmon all over with blackened seasoning Drizzle 1-2 tablespoons of olive oil over seasoned salmon; rub into salmon.
- Bring a large cast iron skillet to medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of oil; swirl to coat the pan. Sear salmon (skin-side up) for approx. 1-3 minutes (or until there is a good char). Flip salmon over so skin side is down and place in the oven (middle rack and uncovered). Let cook 10-14 minutes or until fully cooked (internal temperature of 145 degrees F).
- Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
- Divide romaine lettuce between 4 bowls. Place one piece of salmon in each bowl. Add parmesan cheese, avocado, hard-boiled egg and pickled onion (if desired).
- Top with homemade caesar dressing and enjoy!
Notes
- Dairy-Free: to make dairy-free use a dairy-free caesar dressing such a Primal Kitchen or Tessemae’s and either omit the parmesan cheese or use a dairy-free alternative.
- Whole30/Paleo: to make Whole30/Paleo simply omit the parmesan cheese and use a Whole30 compatible caesar dressing such as Primal Kitchen or Tessemae’s.
- Grill Option: you can also grill the salmon if you want – prepare it as directed above and then follow the directions in this post!
Shea says
Absolutely delicious!!! We made this for our meal prep for the week and it was perfect. The Caesar dressing recipe is one I’ll definitely be using in the future, also really enjoyed the blackened seasoning recipe. It was perfect and topping the salad with pickled onions was such a smart idea!! Very well rounded salad, im already looking forward to making this again
Erin says
Thanks, Shea!!