What’s the good of me sharing recipes for condiments if I don’t give you recipes to use them with! I’m here making good on my promise to bring you a great recipe using the black sesame and walnut dukkah I made a few weeks back (or any dukkah you might have on hand) – 5 Ingredient Baked Dukkah Salmon Sheet Pan Meal.
This sheet pan meal recipe is the epitome of a quick midweek dinner. It is all cooked on one sheet pan (yay for less washing up) and the addition of dukkah is what elevates it to tasting far more fancy than you would anticipate ever eating at home on a weeknight. In fact I loved it so much, we’ve been having it regularly for the past few weeks.
The dukkah crusted salmon is sitting on a little raft of purple and white sweet potato which cooks first and then when you add the salmon you also throw asparagus and lemon on the pan to bake – it couldn’t be easier.
In fact, despite the relative simplicity of this dish it looks and tastes incredible (largely thanks to the dukkah). It could easily be served to guests at your next dinner party and they would be none the wiser as to how easy and simple it was to make.
Fish is so wonderful when baked in the oven, and especially salmon. After the rafts have been baking for 30 minutes, all you need to do is pop the salmon and the asparagus in for another 12 minutes and both will be cooked to perfection. This 5 ingredient baked dukkah salmon is the perfect dish when you’ve had a big day and don’t really feel like cooking – it is part of why it has made it into our regular repertoire of weeknight dishes.
5 Ingredient Baked Dukkah Salmon
Ingredients
- 2 Salmon Fillets, Skin on
- 4 tablespoons Dukkah*
- 1 medium purple sweet potato (or potato), thinly sliced
- 1 bunch asparagus, ends trimmed
- 1 lemon, sliced
- Spray oil
Directions
Preheat oven to 200° Celsius (425° Fahrenheit)
Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and spray with oil. Lay the sweet potato into two 'raft' shapes by overlapping them in a circle. Spray the tops with olive oil and place in the oven for 20 minutes until golden and crisp at the edges.
Meanwhile, pat the salmon fillets dry on both sides and then with the skin side down, spray a little oil on the top and press 1/2 of the dukkah onto each salmon fillet.
Place the fish, skin side down on the sweet potato rafts and add the asparagus and lemon to the sheet pan. Season it all with salt and pepper and then bake for 12 minutes until the fish is just cooked through and the asparagus is tender.
I had a feeling there was something on the horizon after seeing your dukkah. Love it. And those sweet potato rafts are perfectly scalloped!
Why don’t you remove the salmon skin? Won’t the fish scales stick to the potatoes.
Hi Margaret, when you buy salmon fillets with the skin on here in Australia it is already scaled so that isn’t an issue. It is all personal preference though. You could easily still make this recipe with the skin off, but for me I like to eat the skin as it has such a high concentration of omega 3.
I like the little potato beds underneath the salmon! Such a clever no-fuss meal.
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The potato rafts are the BEST!
Oh, yum! Flavor? This is loaded with flavor! Really good looking dish. Like your sheet pan method, too! Who wants to clean up? 🙂
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That is exactly the point! I’m so lazy I’m always happy to avoid more washing up 😉
One of my hubby’s favorite recipe. but ingredients got some slight change and sounds something variety in this. I will do this and get my view soon. !!
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I love less washing up and I love salmon so I am cheering! I also love salmon skin – I make it extra crispy! I usually have to share it with Popcorn the mini schnauzer #ChampagneTastes
Salmon skin is the best!! Oh! I forgot you had a mini schnauzer… I feel our schnauzers need to meet!
Oh yummy!!!
This is just perfect as I made a pistachio, coriander and sesame dukkah today! I used it to top my avo smash on toast. But now I know how to use up the remaining bit!!!
I love baking salmon, it always turns out so juicy, cooking everything together is an excellent idea!
Thank you
I LOVE avo smash with dukkah. Seriously delicious and so simple. Baking salmon is really my go to salmon prep.
Beautiful dish and it sounds delicious also! I have never made a dukkah and will be considering this recipe soon, the flavors sound amazing!
Love that everything is cooked all together right on the sheet pan!
Salmon is a favorite at home . have to try this dish . Looks perfect for a fish party 😛
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That dukkah spice mix sounds AMAZING! And I love salmon recipes that don’t include soy sauce. Awesome idea to turn it into an entire meal- less effort and more food. Always a win!
Potato raft, major tick. Even more of a tick is it is a one pan wonder of glorious goodness. Looks sensational and I know it would taste just as amazing.
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