Who else is ready to slide into cozy slippers, put on fleece pajamas (or an adorable oversized sweater), make a cup of hot chocolate, watch reruns of Felicity and get ready for some beautiful crisp fall weather?
Same!
However, we’ve still got a few weeks of delicious end-of-summer produce to enjoy including juicy peaches, fresh garden herbs and heart-healthy creamy avocados. Thankfully, I’ve got a delicious healthy recipe for you to enjoy before summer ends.
Say hello to this beautiful salmon recipe with a scrumptious, fresh peach avocado salsa. I have literally never been more obsessed with a fruit salsa in my life.
Can we talk about the delicious firecracker marinade for a sec?! It makes the salmon taste both sweet + a little spicy and pairs well with the sweetness of the peaches and the creaminess of the avocado. Healthy eating has never been this beautiful.
By the way, if you still have extra peaches leftover, I highly suggest my gluten free peach crisp for dessert!
Now I know that a lot of us get intimidated when cooking salmon, but it’s easier than you think. First, I recommend baking salmon — it’s an easy way to ensure that it stays moist and together. There are plenty of other methods but this is by far my favorite.
How to bake salmon:
Step 1: Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Step 3: Place marinated or seasoned salmon skin side down on baking sheet.
Step 4: For every inch of thickness, bake for 15 minutes. Generally my salmon is usually perfect around 18 minutes.
Step 5: Flake salmon with a fork and serve!
What to serve salmon with:
I suggest brown rice, black forbidden rice (my fav), quinoa, veggies, or a side salad. It’s totally up to you though.
I hope you love this delicious salmon recipe. If you make it, leave a comment below and don’t forget to rate the recipe so others can see how you liked it!
If you like this recipe, you might also like:
30 Minute Chili Maple Lime Salmon Bowls with Forbidden Rice
Blackened Salmon Tacos with Forbidden Rice & Mango Guacamole
Spicy Maple Glazed Salmon for Two!
Gaby’s Grilled Fish Tacos with Pineapple-Mango Salsa
Firecracker Salmon with Peach Avocado Salsa
Ingredients
- For the salmon
- 1 ½ pounds salmon
- 2 tablespoons avocado oil or olive oil
- 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon freshly grated ginger
- For the peach salsa
- 1 avocado, diced
- 1 peach, diced
- 3 tablespoons finely diced red onion
- 1 jalapeño, seeded and diced
- 2 tablespoons finely diced cilantro
- 1 lime, juiced
- Salt & freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
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Make your salmon marinade: In a small bowl whisk together avocado oil, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, honey, garlic, crushed red pepper, and ginger.
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Add your salmon to a large bowl skin side up (so that the salmon sits in the sauce) and pour marinade over the top. Cover and place salmon in the fridge for no more than 1 hour
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While your salmon is marinating, make your peach salsa. Add avocado, peach, red onion, jalapeño, cilantro, lime juice, salt, and pepper to a medium sized bowl and mix until well-combined.
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Once ready to bake salmon, preheat your oven to 400 degrees F. Place salmon on a large baking sheet lined with parchment paper, and place marinated salmon skin side down. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until salmon easily flakes with fork.
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Top salmon with peach avocado salsa and serve with brown rice, black rice quinoa, or extra veggies for a full meal. Serves 4.
Recipe Notes
Directions for grilling the salmon: Preheat a gas grill over medium-high heat. I would also lightly brush both sides of the salmon (including the skin) with a bit of olive oil to prevent sticking. Be sure to also generous oil your grill. Place salmon skin side down first on grill, close grill lid and grill about 6-8 minutes. Carefully flip salmon and cook 6-8 more minutes or until cooked well. Salmon is tricky, but it's best to undercook rather than overcook your filets.
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This looks SO delicious! I love the combination of flavors!
This looks SO delicious! I love the combination of flavors!
Thanks Kelli! So simple and delicious 🙂
I love sweet and spicy combos with food. This is definitely on my list to make.
It’s the best! Enjoy 🙂
I love sweet and spicy combos with food. This is definitely on my list to make.
It’s the best! Enjoy 🙂
I saw this recipe this morning and had already bought some wild salmon last night…perfect timing!! We just finished eating it and it was 5 star from the whole fam!! Absolutely delicious. I baked it vs. grilling as the weather was getting iffy, but WOW – so amazing! This is a keeper! Very quick and easy to make with the perfect amount of kick. I roasted some asparagus and served over basmati rice. LOVED IT!
Amazing!! So happy to hear that Karen 🙂 Love the idea of roasted asparagus + basmati rice with it too!
Getting ready to make this tomorrow! Where is recipe for black forbidden rice you mentioned? I can’t find it and I’m intrigued!
Hope you love it! Check out the forbidden rice in this recipe 🙂
Getting ready to make this tomorrow! Where is recipe for black forbidden rice you mentioned? I can’t find it and I’m intrigued!
Hope you love it! Check out the forbidden rice in this recipe 🙂
Yum! This sounds amazing!
It is! Super easy, too 🙂
I finally got around to making this. So amazing! The peach salsa pairs so well with the slight spice of the salmon. The forbidden rice complimented the meal perfectly! Total home run Monique!!
So glad you love it Angela!
Avocado peach salsa sounds heavenly!! 🙂
So fresh and delicious!
Avocado peach salsa sounds heavenly!! 🙂
So fresh and delicious!
Omg seasonings recipes so delish!😊
The flavors are delish!
This was delish! The salsa was amazing and maybe my favorite part of the dish. My kids devoured it so win-win!
So happy you (and the kiddos) liked this one! Love that salsa too.
This was delish! The salsa was amazing and maybe my favorite part of the dish. My kids devoured it so win-win!
So happy you (and the kiddos) liked this one! Love that salsa too.
I made this recipe this week for lunch meal preps and it was so amazing! The salmon had such a wonderful Asian flavor without being too overpowering. I made cauliflower lime cilantro rice to go with it! Thank you for such a delicious and healthy recipe!
Delicious! Love the idea of cauliflower rice with it.
It looks amazing. However, what can you substitute for peaches since it’s not peaches season?
This is a pretty summer-y dish 🙂 But mango or even a bit of pineapple would be delicious, too!
It looks amazing. However, what can you substitute for peaches since it’s not peaches season?
Also wondering the same thing! I was thinking mango could be a good substitute? Monique, would love to hear your thoughts!
This is a pretty summer-y dish 🙂 But mango or even a bit of pineapple would be delicious, too!
Made this Friday night and again tonight(sunday). Love it! Might throw some pineapple in with the peach salsa next time and up the chilli content.
Perfect! Love the idea of adding pineapple.
Made this salmon last week! It was super easy to make and so yummy!
Perfect for summer! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
I made this for my friend and I and he LOVED IT!! I paired it with a baked sweet potato and was great. I want to make it again but do you think the recipe would still work if I substituted chicken for salmon?
Amazing! Glad you both enjoyed 🙂 The marinade and salsa would also be delicious with chicken – let me know if you try it!
Fav salmon recipe!
Just had this tonight, and it was so good!! We didn’t have jalapeños so we added hot sauce, and our peaches weren’t super in season so added a little bit of sugar. So delicious, can’t wait to have again!
Perfect! Glad you enjoyed!
This is just perfect! We had it for barbecue today and these flavours, salsa-omg just delicious!
So happy to hear that!
This was fantastic!! I love your fruit salsas but had never tried peach and YUMMOOOO! Such good flavor combos all around. Thank you!
So good!! Glad you loved it!
I didn’t have the ingredients on hand to make the mango avocado salsa, but I did make the firecracker salmon which was just the right amount of spicy. My 3 kids loved it! Such an easy, flavorful weeknight dinner.
Perfect! So happy everyone loved it!
So delicious and simple.
Glad you like it! 🙂
This is a summer MUST recipe! My husband and I just tried it and oh my goodness! The flavors are incredible and so well balanced!
Absolutely! One of my favs for summer 🙂
Love the recipes. I believe salmon with avocado and peach is truly one of the best combination <3
One of my favorite combos, too! Glad you love this one 🙂
This deserves more than 5 stars. My only recommendation is to double the mango salsa because you will keep wanting more. This was simple, tasty, and changed up the flavor. Cooking during quarantine has left us uninspired at times, but Monique’s firecracker salmon was anything but ordinary.
Absolutely! So glad you love this one!
Very tasty! Made exactly per the oven directions and it turned out really flavorful and tender. Served with jasmine rice. My salsa didn’t look as pretty as the photos but tasted great. A wonderful summer meal that will be a go-to.
Amazing! Love the idea of serving with some rice on the side. Glad you enjoyed!
Great combination of flavors. This is a bold recipe and I loved every bite.
Absolutely. Glad you enjoyed!
So good!! Really quick and easy to make. Fresh and tasty
Glad you enjoyed!
This was soooo yummy! We had fresh Michigan peaches from the farm stand to use up. My 13 year old daughter who isn’t a fan of salmon ate every last bite!
Amazing! So happy to hear that 🙂
This salsa is SO DAMN GOOD! Made this for me and boyfriend and he rated it 10 out of 5 stars, he loved it and so did I. Everything is easy and has so much flavor. Can’t wait to get more peaches to make this “salsa” again and eat with everything
Amazing! So happy to hear that 🙂
Great recipe! I don’t love fish, but I want to incorporate for health benefits. This was a great mix of ingredients so it wasn’t an overpowering fishy taste. The salsa on top was beautiful. I paired with a homemade Mexican rice!
Perfect! Glad you enjoyed 🙂 I find salmon to be the least “fishy,” too.
This salmon had lots of zing! Loved the spiciness of the marinade and sweet, tanginess of the salsa. Great combo! I grilled the salmon and it was delicious. This meal comes together nice and quick.
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
So delicious! I didn’t have ginger, but it still turned out delicious! The marinade was super spicy, but the salmon didn’t have too much of a bite when it came out!
Perfect! So glad you enjoyed 🙂
Made this recipe the other night with tofu instead of salmon and served it over brown rice. It was delicious, so light & fresh. It will definitely be going into our dinner rotation.
Love that idea! Glad you enjoyed!
The flavor of the salmon is incredible…. just the right blend of spicy & tangy. And the peach avocado salsa is something I never would have thought to pair with it but it is phenomenal! Reminds me of AK’s blackened salmon tacos with the mango guacamole. I served it with some quinoa and it was the perfect dinner recipe. Excited I found yet another favorite AK recipe!
Absolutely! So glad you loved this one 🙂
This recipe is a new favorite. The salmon and the salsa are delicious separately but together they were AMAZING! Definitely added to our rotation of meals
Absolutely! Glad you enjoyed 🙂
I changed nothing in the prep (well, maybe a little extra cilantro) and this was a total hit with adult “foodies” and the grandkids too! The marinade is scrumptious! This recipe was one the DIL wanted a copy of!
This was an delicious way to break out of our salmon rut. Served with coconut brown rice and a cabbage slaw with an lime-soy-sesame dressing. My MIL said dinner was better than eating out. (Take that pandemic!)
Absolutely! Such a great dinner 🙂
I make this at least twice a month as one of my meals for the week. I have changed it up to make it with chicken and pineapple. The taste is great as well as it being super easy to make when I’m tired after work. I put it on quinoa.
Great idea to try with chicken & pineapple – YUM!
Amazing restaurant quality dish! Made it for company and everyone loved it!!
So happy to hear that!
This is one of my boyfriend’s favorite dishes! We use pineapple since peach isn’t in season and we love it that way.
Love that idea! Glad it’s a favorite 🙂
OH MY GOSH, this is the best salmon I have ever had. I do not eat a lot of fish and had never dared to try to cook salmon, ever. This was a huge hit, the flavors bind together sooo well, not a single thing needed to change, sooo sooo good.
Amazing! So glad you loved this one!