Description
These Sweet and Spicy Salmon Bowls are bursting with colors and flavors! It’s an easy recipe that comes together in minutes and is perfect for a simple weeknight dinner, lunch, or meal prep! Packed with healthy and fresh ingredients, this well-balanced dish has everything: protein, fiber, and carbs!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/3 cup fig spread
- red pepper flakes to taste
- 24 oz salmon fillets
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- salt and pepper to taste
- 2 mangos, peeled, pitted, and diced
- 1 sweet red bell pepper, diced
- 1/2 bunch fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lime juice
- 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
- 2 cups cooked jasmine rice
- 1 lime, sliced
Instructions
- Step: Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- Step: In a small bowl, combine rice vinegar, soy sauce, fig spread, and red pepper flakes to make the sauce.
- Step: Season salmon with olive oil, minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Place in a baking dish and roast for 10-12 minutes.
- Step: Remove salmon from the oven, glaze with the prepared sauce, and return to the oven for 2 minutes.
- Step: In a medium bowl, toss diced mango, red bell pepper, cilantro, lime juice, chili powder, salt, and pepper.
- Step: Assemble bowls by adding jasmine rice, topping with glazed salmon, mango salsa, fresh cilantro, and lime slices.
Notes
Fig spread is a wonderful shortcut ingredient to use in sticky sweet chili sauces to create thickness and texture. You can substitute with a store-bought pad Thai or sweet chili sauce mixed with fig spread and chili flakes if preferred.
- Prep Time: PT15M
- Cook Time: PT15M
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 507 kcal
- Sugar: 16 g
- Sodium: 609 mg
- Fat: 18 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 48 g
- Fiber: 5 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 94 mg