Easy Salmon Salad
Published 7/24/2023
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This light and bright salmon salad recipe is one of our most popular summer salads! It’s made with flakey pan-seared salmon, tons of veggies, and a homemade Greek yogurt salad dressing.
If you’re looking for a high-protein, veggie-packed salad, then you are going to love this easy salmon salad recipe! It’s made with our favorite pan-seared salmon and Greek yogurt dressing.
There is no one that loves salad more than Emily Richter our COO. She makes a version of this recipe weekly for her family and her 2 year old gobbles it right up it’s that good.
The salmon is perfectly flakey and you can pretty much use any veggies you have on hand.
What is in this salmon salad?
Pan-seared salmon: whether you use leftover salmon or prepare salmon for this salad, pan-seared is the way to go. You get a crispy exterior and a flakey interior.
Greek yogurt dressing: some would say this Greek yogurt dressing is good on everything and we agree! Slather it on everything.
Fresh herbs: the fresh dill in this recipe takes the flavors to the next level.
What sets this salmon salad apart?
Our Greek yogurt dressing is truly what sets this salad apart from others.
It is easy to mix up and keep in the fridge on hand. It is delicious with this salmon salad, salmon burgers, grilled zucchini, or smothered over this buffalo chicken salad.
Salmon Salad Variations + Substitutions
Feel free to prepare your salmon any way you’d like. Pan seared is our favorite but we don’t discriminate. You can try air fryer salmon or even grilled salmon.
We highly suggest using romaine lettuce for this salad as many of the ingredients are heavy and would overpower softer green.
Featured Comment
“Just felt you should know – this is THE dressing in our house. I make a double batch of it every weekend and eat it on my salads all week. Every once in a while we make the whole salad – when it’s nice enough to grill – but this dressing, oh man. I even eat it on salmon burgers, grilled zucchini, as a dip for veggies – everything. And the combination of apple/blue cheese/radish in the salad is perfection. Thanks for such an easy, healthy, delicious recipe!” –Jessica
Other salmon cooking methods
Don’t want to pan-sear your salmon? Here are some other simple salmon recipes to help you cook up your fresh salmon fillets.
Try it!
Lemon Butter Pan Seared Salmon
Make this u003cstrongu003eLemon Butter Pan Seared Salmonu003c/strongu003e with 7 ingredients and in 30 minutes or less. This salmon is pan seared in a delicious lemon butter sauce leaving it so tender and flavorful.
Try it!
Greek Yogurt Dressing
Whip up a batch of this Greek Yogurt Dressing made with fresh dill, lemon, and garlic and have it all week long!
Storage
If you think you might have leftovers, we suggest storing all of these ingredients separately and dress the salad as you prepare it. There is nothing worse than soggy lettuce, so store ingredients in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3-5 days.
When you’re ready to serve, mix everything up, dress, and serve!
Serving Suggestions
Most people serve this salad in the summer as a light lunch or dinner. Here are some recipes we recommend serving alongside this salad.
Easy Salmon Salad
Ingredients
For the Pan Seared Salmon
- 1.33 lbs. salmon, 4 filets
- 3-4 tablespoons butter
- 1 medium lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1.5 tablespoons fresh dill
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the Dressing
- 1/2 cup plain 2% Greek yogurt
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
For the Salad
- 8-10 cups chopped romaine lettuce, or more, to taste
- 1/2 small red onion, thinly sliced
- 2 cups sliced cucumbers
- 2 cups sliced radishes
- 1/3 cup blue cheese, crumbled
- 1/3 cup slivered almonds
- fresh cracked pepper, for serving
- fresh lemon juice, for serving
Instructions
For the Salmon
- First, prep salmon by patting it with a paper towel to remove moisture. Then, season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Place 3-4 tablespoons of butter and 1 tablespoon minced garlic into a large nonstick skillet and heat over medium/high heat.
- Place salmon skin-side up in the pan and sear for 4 minutes. Flip salmon and cook for an additional 3-4 minutes or until barely pink in the middle.
- Once flakey and cooked to an internal temperature of at least 145ºF, squeeze lemon juice on top of salmon and sprinkle with fresh dill.
For the Dressing
- Place all the ingredients for the Greek yogurt dressing into a small bowl.
- Whisk to combine and set aside.
For the Salad
- Prep veggies. Chop romaine lettuce and thinly slice 1/2 small red onion. Then, slice cucumbers and radishes.
- Separate romaine lettuce out into 4 bowls. Then, evenly distribute the veggies, blue cheese, and slivered almonds. Top with a filet of pan-seared salmon.
- Finally, top each salad with 3-4 tablespoons of the Greek yogurt dressing. Serve with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice and cracked pepper, to taste.
Tips & Notes
- This recipe was updated on May 7, 2021.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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All of the ingredients are among my favorites and now I am imagining the crisp of the radishes and my mouth is watering! This is definitely going on my Pinterest recipe wish list!
Just felt you should know – this is THE dressing in our house. I make a double batch of it every weekend and eat it on my salads all week. Every once in a while we make the whole salad – when it’s nice enough to grill – but this dressing, oh man. I even eat it on salmon burgers, grilled zucchini, as a dip for veggies – everything. And the combination of apple/blue cheese/radish in the salad is perfection. Thanks for such an easy, healthy, delicious recipe!
I love this so much!! Yogurt dressing is the best and nothing is better than fresh dill!
Simple is beautiful. Appétissant!
I’m so glad I found a) this recipe and b) this blog, being a Mpls girl myself!
YEAH!!!!!! I love meeting fellow Minnesotans 🙂
I need to make this ASAP. Just bought radishes at the farmer’s market too! <3
Wow! I will love that! I pinned it for later! thanks xx cathy
Totally making this salmon tonight for dinner! Love how fresh, healthy and delicious it is.
<3 Hope you love it!
This salad looks absolutely fabulous! It’s everything I crave in a healthy and hearty salad!
I SAW THIS ON THE SNAP and also a cocktail.
Can we hang out and eat this sal-mon.
HAHA. That cocktail was legit. We’re talking ginger infused whisky.
Yum!! I totally need to start adding baked salmon to salads. That sounds amazing! Salmon is definitely one of my favorite protein sources.