Quick and easy recipe for spicy cajun salmon bites with hot honey drizzle will become an easy weeknight meal on rotation. In just 30 minutes, have a healthy tender melt-in-your-mouth flaky salmon with a sweet and savory sauce. Leftover salmon makes a great option for weekday meal prep.
I guarantee you’ll be repeating this spicy salmon recipe time and again.
Variations
Feel free to swap the broccoli rice with different fixings such as cauliflower rice, roasted potatoes, sautéed green leafy vegetables, green beans, brown rice, noodles, and\or salad.
Next time, feel free to customize the salmon seasoning with your own spice blends or dry spices. If you want more heat, increase how much cajun seasoning you use or add a pinch more cayenne pepper. If the spiciness of the cajun seasoning is too much for you, try la honey garlic salmon by using lemon juice, garlic powder, and/or onion powder.
Simply remove the skin and cube salmon, season and oil, cook at 450 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cubing the salmon reduces your cook time significantly, especially if you have a huge piece of fish. Avoid dry salmon by checking on it when it gets close to 10 minutes.
You can try this cajun recipe in smaller batches in an air fryer: preheated 390 degrees F for 7-10 minutes, flipping once halfway through.
Ingredients
Salmon: Fresh salmon skinned and cubed into bite size pieces. Loaded with Omega-3 fatty acids and protein.
Olive Oil: Great source of heart-healthy fats to coat our salmon in the roasting process and thin our hot honey sauce.
Cajun Seasoning: Spicy seasoning to give our salmon a nice kick. Feel free to use store bought or homemade cajun seasoning.
Smoked Paprika: Adds a lovely smokey flavor and red coloring.
Salt + Black Pepper: Seasoning enhancers.
Raw Honey: All natural sweetness balances the kick of the cajun spices and hot sauce.
Apple Cider Vinegar: Adds acidity to the sauce and is great for your gut.
Hot Sauce: Adds heat to sauce. I used Frank’s Red Hot but you can choose another. I recommend sticking with a red pepper sauce.
Broccoli Stalks: Usually the stalks are discarded. Save them! These can be processed to make broccoli rice, a low carb alternative to rice.
Spicy Cajun Salmon Bites with Hot Honey Drizzle
Equipment
- Small Bowl
- Spoon
Ingredients
Salmon
- 2.25 lb Salmon cubed
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 1/2 tbsp Cajun Seasoning
- 1 tsp Smoked Paprika
- Salt + Pepper to Taste
Hot Honey Drizzle
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil
- 1/4 cup Raw Honey
- 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 2 tbsp Hot Sauce used Frank’s Red Hot
- Salt to Taste
Broccoli Rice
- 2 tsp Olive Oil
- 8 Large Broccoli Stalks* chopped in food processor
Instructions
Salmon
- Preheat the oven to 450° F.
- On a baking sheet, season salmon pieces by tossing in olive oil, cajun seasoning, smoked paprika, and salt and pepper. Arrange salmon in a single layer. Roast for 10-12 minutes.
Hot Honey Drizzle
- In a small bowl, mix together olive oil, raw honey, hot sauce, and the apple cider vinegar. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Set the sauce aside for serving.
Broccoli Rice
- Cut broccoli stems into small chunks. Remove any leaves or dried bits.
- Using a food processor, pulse broccoli stems until it resembles grains of rice. Do not over pulse otherwise the pieces will be too small and resemble breadcrumbs. You may need to do this in small batches.
- Heat a stainless steel pan with 2 teaspoons olive oil. Once pan is hot, sauté the broccoli rice. Stir occasionally and cook until softened and has a light char.
Serving
- Put a helping of broccoli rice onto plate. Top with salmon cubes. Spoon the hot honey drizzle on top of the salmon.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
Looks and sounds delicious 😋