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This Grilled Salmon Salad is full of crunchy veggies, tender, flaky grilled salmon and a luscious champagne vinaigrette dressing. Customize the ingredients to your liking and enjoy this salad for lunch or dinner.
Why It Works
- Tender, flaky salmon. Grilling salmon gives you a tender, flaky and distinctly flavorful salad topping.
- Customizable. Add whatever veggies you like to your salad or even use a different dressing.
- Homemade dressing. You’ll get the freshest taste with a simple homemade champagne vinaigrette.
recipe walkthrough
Before You Begin
- Gather your ingredients. You’ll need lettuce, tomatoes, kalamata olives, marinated artichoke hearts, red onion, feta cheese and salmon.
- Salmon seasoning. Season your salmon before grilling with whatever seasonings you like. I stick with simple salt and pepper, but you could add lemon pepper, garlic powder or paprika for more flavor.
- Prep the dressing in advance. The champagne vinaigrette can be made up to a week ahead of time.
- Lettuce types. I like to use a nice spring mix of lettuces but you can use whatever type you enjoy. This salad would be delicious with butter lettuce or arugula.
How To Grill Salmon
You can certainly grill salmon on an outdoor grill, but for this simple salmon salad I prefer to use my indoor grill pan.
- Heat the grill pan over medium-high heat while brushing with a little bit of olive oil.
- Season the salmon with salt and pepper, or other seasonings that you enjoy.
- Place fish flesh side down (skin side up) and cook for several minutes per side until the fish is cooked through. The proper internal temperature for grilled salmon is 145℉.
PRO TIP – If you don’t have a fish spatula, I recommend picking one up. They are incredibly useful for cooking salmon and flipping other delicate foods, like salmon patties.
Champagne Vinaigrette
I love vinaigrettes because they are super easy to make, and they are better for you and taste better than store-bought. Similar to my Homemade Raspberry Vinaigrette and Lemon Vinaigrette dressings, this Champagne Vinaigrette starts with champagne vinegar and olive oil.
Whisk the two together until emulsified (really well blended) or shake together in a sealed mason jar or shaker. Add minced garlic, dijon mustard, lemon juice and honey. Tasting is important, so you’ll want to do that before adding the salt and pepper. You can add as much or as little of that as you like.
The dressing will last up to 2 weeks in the refrigerator, properly stored in an airtight container.
More Salmon Recipes
- Salmon and Asparagus Foil Packets
- Baked Honey Mustard Salmon
- Teriyaki Salmon
- Smoked Salmon Dip
- Grilled Salmon Kabobs
Grilled Salmon Salad
Ingredients
Salad
- 8 ounces Salmon filets or more, if desired
- 8 cups Spring mix lettuce or other favorite lettuce
- 1/2 cup Kalamata olives
- 1/2 cup Artichoke hearts drained and roughly chopped
- 1 cup Grape tomatoes cut in half
- ¼ cup Feta cheese
- 1/2 cup Sliced red onion
- Croutons optional
Champagne Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons Champagne vinegar
- 1/4 cup Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Small garlic clove finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- 1 tablespoon Fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Honey
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt more or less to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon Freshly ground black pepper more or less to taste
Instructions
VINAIGRETTE
- Blend ingredients in a blender or food processor until emulsified.
- Store in a tightly sealed container until ready to serve. Makes approximately 1 cup of dressing.
SALMON
- Season salmon with salt and pepper on both sides. Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a grill pan and place salmon, skin side up (if leaving skin on). Cook 4-5 minutes on each side. Depending on the thickness of the fish, cooking time may vary.
SALAD
- Add lettuce to individual plates or bowls. Toss with vinaigrette dressing and top with kalamata olives, artichoke hearts, tomatoes, onions, feta cheese and grilled salmon (warm or chilled).
Notes
- Feel free to double or triple the Champagne Vinaigrette ingredients to have leftovers or if you prefer a heavier dressed salad.
- All salad ingredient amounts are approximate. Use more or less of anything you like.
- This salad is great with other protein, like chicken or steak.
Nutrition
Nutritional Disclaimer Kristin Maxwell of “Yellow Bliss Road” is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. For accurate calorie counts and other nutritional values, we recommend running the ingredients through your preferred online nutritional calculator. Calories and other nutritional values can vary depending on which brands were used.
