Easy Italian Salmon Salad
If you love salmon, then you’ll love our Easy Italian Salmon Salad! This Italian salmon salad is easily tossed with 7 ingredients, and it is impressive to serve family and friends as an appetizer or a side.
Easy Italian Salmon Salad
While we were visiting friends in Italy this past year, we were served a delicious chilled Italian salmon salad as the appetizer. And, it was delicious, to say the least! So today, we decided to duplicate it and share the recipe with all of you!
Italian salmon salad is made with cooked salmon tossed with a simple lemon-vinaigrette, along with some capers and red onion. Then it is chilled, so the lemon dressing will marinate the salmon, making it juicy and tangy. You can serve it as a side or as an appetizer.
If you love salmon dishes, be sure to try our best salmon piccata, and our favorite sheet pan salmon with vegetables, next!
Reasons You’ll Love this Italian Salmon Salad…
Salmon salad is delicious, and you can easily make it all year long. This recipe for salmon salad can be even easier if you have “leftover cooked salmon.”
But if you don’t have leftovers … no worries! You can easily cook your salmon in a skillet, bake it, or grill it, and still make this fabulous Italian salmon salad in minutes.
If you enjoy making seafood salads from time to time, be sure to try our Easy Italian Shrimp Salad, and Shrimp and Calamari Salad, next!
Highlights & Tips
- Quick Shortcut: Cook the salmon ahead, or use leftovers from the night before. It can be individual pieces or one large salmon filet.
- Before you cook the salmon, it is also equally important that you remove the skin on the bottom before cooking the salmon. The skin is what creates a fishy taste and smell if the skin is not removed.
- Just be sure to use cooked salmon within 24 hours for the best quality, safety, and flavor.
- Also, we recommend that before shopping for salmon, you read about different qualities of salmon: 5 Reasons to Avoid Farmed-Raised Salmon.
- And, an additional 4 Reasons You Should NEVER Eat Farmed Salmon.
Ingredients for Easy Italian Salmon Salad
This recipe is not created with exact measurements; it is done by taste and preference. But, for our easy Italian salmon salad recipe, here are the following ingredients:
- 1/2 pound or more of already cooked Salmon (or leftover cooked salmon)
- 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
- 2 to 3 tsp. capers
- fresh chives, or fresh dill
- 2 lemons – juiced (*missing from the photo below)
- 1 to 2 tsp. of red or white wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- salt, and pepper to taste
How to Make Easy Italian Salmon Salad?
First, if you need to cook your salmon, then do so. You can easily cook it in a skillet or bake it in the oven. We prefer it to be well done.
Plus, this is not a recipe that you need to measure all the ingredients exactly. Your salmon salad can easily be adjusted to the amount you want to serve and to your taste.
So here are the quick directions to make our salmon salad.
1. Place the cooked salmon on a platter or in a bowl. Use a fork or spoon to break up the cooked salmon into chunks and bite-sized pieces.
2. Add the sliced red onion, capers, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper. And drizzle extra-virgin olive oil over it. Add some freshly chopped chives or dill.
3. Gently toss. Taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
4. Transfer to a serving bowl. Cover with a sheet of clear wrap, and keep it chilled until you are ready to serve. Serve 4
Add Your Own Spin to our Salmon Salad
Our salmon salad is tasty. And, we made it with only a handful of ingredients we had on hand. But you can add additional ingredients and create your own spin on this salad.
- Add in some fresh, crisp, and thinly sliced celery for a delicious crunch and flavor.
- One small clove of garlic – minced.
- Scatter some smoked paprika for some additional flavor and color.
- You can add one thinly sliced radish for some crunch and additional color.
- Go ahead and add a generous amount of fresh herbs, like chives, dill, and even parsley.
A Tasty Salmon Salad
This is a tasty salmon salad to serve all year long. Once you make it, you’ll enjoy it every time. If you love salmon, be sure to try our Skillet Salmon with Chili Sauce and Baked Salmon with Dijon Pesto Sauce. These are delicious and easy recipes, too.
Don’t forget! If you try our recipe for Easy Italian Salmon Salad, let us know and leave a comment and a star rating below! Snap a photo and hashtag it on Instagram @2sistersrecipes, and on Pinterest. And, thank you!
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Easy Italian Salmon Salad
Easy Italian Salmon Salad is easily tossed with 6 ingredients, and it is impressive to serve family and friends as an appetizer or a side. Easy to make and tangy lemony-delicious!
Ingredients
- 8 to 12 ounces (or more) of already cooked Salmon
- 1/4 cup of thinly sliced red onion
- 2 to 3 tsp. capers ( an more to your liking)
- fresh chives, or fresh dill
- 1 to 2 lemons - juiced
- 1 to 2 tsp. of red or white wine vinegar
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- salt, and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Place the cooked salmon on a platter or in a bowl. Use a fork or spoon to break up the cooked salmon into chunks and bite-sized pieces.
- Add the sliced red onion, capers, lemon juice, vinegar, salt, and pepper. And drizzle extra-virgin olive oil over it. Add some freshly chopped chives or dill.
- Gently toss. Taste and adjust the seasonings to your liking.
- Transfer to a serving bowl. Cover with a sheet of clear wrap, and keep it chilled until you are ready to serve.
Notes
Depending on how much salmon you use to make your salad, you will need to adjust the amounts of the lemon dressing to your liking.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 4 servings Serving Size: 1 servingAmount Per Serving: Calories: 357Total Fat: 19.9gCarbohydrates: 7.3gFiber: 3gSugar: 1.6gProtein: 20.6g
Happy and Healthy Cooking! 🙂
xo anna and liz
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