Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites is an unique fusion of flavors erupting in your mouth! The heat from the gochujang dances with the sweetness of honey, creating a harmonious balance that pleases even the most discerning palates. The crispy exterior provided a delightful contrast to the tender salmon, making each bite an unforgettable experience.
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites
Dear Husband and I are trying to eat healthier. That means eating more good-for-you proteins and fats. Salmon is a frequent addition to our menues – especially on Dear Husband’s Tuesday dinner prep night. Usually he makes super outstanding (and easy 😉 ) Lemon Pepper broiled salmon, but when Dear Social Media Guy sent me a link to Salmon Bites from @Lirim Gula on Tiktok, I knew that I had to make Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites.
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites are a little sticky, sweet & spicy. Basically delicousness in a bite.
Gochujang is my friend
I’ve used gochujang before when I made Gluten Free Gochujang Caramel Cookies, Quinoa Almond Crusted Turkey Tenders and Gochujang Caramel Hamentaschen with it. I keep it in the fridge for gochujang emergencies. Just to refresh your memories:To make this simple, Wikipedia defines Gochujang as:“Gochujang or red chili paste is a savory, sweet, and spicy fermented condiment popular in Korean cooking. It is made from gochu-garu, glutinous rice, meju powder, yeotgireum, and salt. The sweetness comes from the starch of cooked glutinous rice, cultured with saccharifying enzymes during the fermentation process.”It’s a little sweet and spicy and adds great flavor to most anything.
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites – this is the second version.
How I made Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites
When I made the original recipe, I substituted miso for the soybean paste, used garlic oil instead of garlic and kind of doubled the amount of ingredients – for around a pound and a half of salmon.Dear Husband and I absolutely loved the taste of this salmon. It was sweet, spicy and a little crispy on the exterior. The only thing we absolutely didn’t like was that it made a huge mess in the air fryer. I think there were several reasons for this.
You can’t tell but the first recipe of these babies made a HUGE mess.
Making Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites without making a Huge Mess
I think that part of my issue was that I needed to line the bottom catch with foil or something. The recipe was very drippy the way I made it. I made a second batch with less sauce and it was way better. I also adjusted the racks so the sauce didn’t get everywhere. Just better overall.
The second batch of the Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites was way less messy. There was less sauce, I fried them for a little less time, and made sure to have a tray under the air fryer pan until is was set inside. Dear Husband will be thrilled!
When you’re really busy make things that are easy
I think this should be intuitively obvious to the casual observer, but sometimes it’s not.The first time I made the Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites I actually pulled out my super sharp boning knife and deskinned the salmon that I defrosted from my freezer.I’m not really sure what I was thinking. 
It was more effort than I wanted to spend and the salmon bites weren’t equal in size. They were also a little smaller than I really wanted them to be.
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites with a LOT of sauce. I think that the different sizes of salmon and initially doubling the sauce recipe wasn’t in my best interest.
The second time I made them, I worked smarter not harder and had Dear Husband pick up ready cut salmon bites from our local Jewel-Osco Kosher fish department. Forrest, the Dear Fish Guy, really takes good care of us. The fish cubes were pretty evenly cut and were a little bigger in size for the perfect bites.
Marinating the Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites the second time. Way less saucy.
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Here’s the recipe for Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites
I use a nutrition caluclator called Nutrifox. I enter the ingredients and it spits out the nutrition information that I use at the bottom of each recipe. Imagine my surprise when I found that there was a whopping 40g of protein per serving. I shouldn’t have been so surprised… I mean it is protein filled salmon after all, I just didn’t expect 40g! My nutritionist is going to be SO happy!!!
My nutritionist is totally going to be doing the happy dance. For sure!
While I haven’t personally tried it, if you don’t have an air fryer you can probably convection bake the salmon with similar results. I would make sure to toss the salmon halfway through so it’s evenly browned. Air fryers are basically mini convection ovens. It should theoretically work well.
And if you don’t have a convection oven, just bake them and call it a day.
Up close and personal with Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites! These would be especially great for the 9 days. I was super lazy and used ready made rice from Trader Joe’s. I just had to microwave the frozen bag and poof…most excellent brown rice!
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Marinade Time: 60 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 82 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Air Frying
- Cuisine: Gluten Free
- Diet: Kosher
Description
Air Fryer Honey Gochujang Salmon Bites is an unique fusion of flavors erupting in your mouth! The heat from the gochujang dances with the sweetness of honey, creating a harmonious balance that pleases even the most discerning palates. The crispy exterior provided a delightful contrast to the tender salmon, making each bite an unforgettable experience.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds skinless salmon, cut into cubes
- 1 tablespoon miso paste
- 1 tablespoon gochujang paste
- 1 tablespoon garlic oil or 1 tablespoon avocado oil + 1 minced garlic clove
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon sesame seeds
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- Cooked brown rice, optional
Instructions
- In a small bowl whisk together the miso, gochujang, garlic oil, honey, soy sauce, sesame oil and black pepper.
- Place the salmon cubes in a large bowl. Pour the marinade over the salmon and stir to coat completely.
- Cover and refrigerate for one hour.
- Spray an air fryer insert pan with nonstick spray. Place the marinated salmon in a single layer in the pan (if possible).
- Air fry for 12-13 minutes at 400°F.
- Transfer the salmon bites to a serving plate, then sprinkle with the sesame seeds and green onion.
- Serve with cooked brown rice.
Equipment
Instant Vortex Plus 10-Quart Air Fryer
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- Serving Size:
- Calories: 279
- Sugar: 5.7 g
- Sodium: 555.1 mg
- Fat: 9.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1.6 g
- Carbohydrates: 9.4 g
- Fiber: 0.6 g
- Protein: 40 g
- Cholesterol: 86.9 mg
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How can you make this if you don’t have an airfryer?
Thanks for the question Cheryl. You can use a convection oven or a traditional oven. If using a traditional oven, just make sure to flip/stir/rotate the salmon halfway through baking. All the best, Sharon