This healthy hearty recipe for a roasted salmon bowl pairs tender seafood with colorful veggies and grains for a flavorful and satisfying supper!
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Why we love this recipe
I love a salmon bowl of any variety, but a roasted salmon bowl filled with colorful veggies, nutty grains and a sassy herb mustard dressing has my whole heart.
In the case of this salmon bowl recipe, boneless salmon fillets roast up together with chopped asparagus, and while that is happening all you need to do is shake up a speedy dressing and cook up some grains (we love farro but you can use brown rice or barley or whatever grain you love best), then toss everything together and…healthy seafood supper is ready!
And to make things even more delicious, all of this happens in about thirty minutes. What’s not to love?
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Ingredient notes and substitutions
- Salmon: You can find boneless salmon fillets at your local supermarket seafood counter. If it’s available, it’s always great to go for the wild-caught kind.
- Nuts: You can leave them out if you need to…and you can also substitute your favorites. We love pistachios and walnuts in this recipe.
- Farro: Farro is a hearty, nutty flavored grain similar to barley, and you can find it near the rice and barley in your supermarket. You can swap in brown rice or barley if you like (although do try farro at some point – it is amazing!)
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients and quantities and nutritional information.
How to make this recipe
STEP 1: Preheat your oven to 425, line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper and pop your boneless salmon filet on it. Surround the salmon with some trimmed and chopped asparagus. Brush a little salt and pepper and olive oil over everything and give it a nice roast for about 15 minutes. Salmon (and asparagus!) is so easy and reliable to roast!
STEP 2: While your salmon is roasting away, cook up some farro according to the package directions.
Pro Tip: if you don’t care for farro, you can swap it out for barley or brown rice!
STEP 3: Next, make a quick dressing by putting some olive oil, lemon juice, thyme and mustard in a small jar and shake shake shaking.
STEP 4: Now pop the cooked farro in a large bowl along with some parsley, nuts and tomatoes, drizzle with half the dressing and toss it all up.
STEP 5: Last but definitely not least, gently pull the salmon apart with two forks into large flakes and add the salmon and asparagus to the bowl. Drizzle with a little more dressing and serve it up!
Recipe FAQs
Yes! First off, farro is usually stocked next to the rice in your supermarket, but if you can’t find it, either barley or brown rice makes a great substitute.
You bet! You can do the whole thing ahead (pop it in the fridge and let it come to room temperature before serving) or you can make everything but the salmon, and then roast the salmon at the last minute.
Absolutely, or you can swap them out for any nuts you like better (we love this with cashews!)
Just drop it into the comments section below and I will answer pronto!
Equipment we used for this recipe
These are some of my favorite kitchen tools! These are Amazon affiliate links, which means I get a little something if you buy through my links at no extra cost to you. (Which helps pay for all that bacon I keep buying! 😄) And I only share things I use and love. I’m so grateful for your support!
- Measuring Cup: We love these angled cups that show the measurements on both the inside and outside of the cup.
- Measuring Spoons: These handy magnetic spoons are not on a ring, so you can just pick the one you need.
- Metal Bowls: We love these sturdy metal bowls for both mixing and casual serving.
- Cutting Board: These sturdy, dishwasher-safe cutting boards come in all different sizes.
- Tongs: We have this essential kitchen tool in all sizes from short to extra long.
- Fine Mesh Strainer: This strainer is the one we reach for when we need teeny tiny holes! Or if we just need to drain something.
- Baking Pan: These rimmed baking pans are great for everything from roasting veggies to baking our favorite rum raisin oatmeal cookies.
- Mason Jars: Oh, the ever helpful mason jar! Just right for shaking up salad dressings, storing ingredients, and eating slow cooker brownie pudding out of!
Want to round out your meal?
We love some grilled flatbread to have along with our salmon grain bowl, and it’s perfect with a glass of lemonade iced tea on the side.
And since we have been SO healthy for supper, it’s a great time to be slightly naughty with this recipe for a dreamy chocolate chess pie! Or stay on the healthy train with some strawberry peach sorbet. 😇
Other salmon recipes we love ❤️
We want to know what you think!
If you try this recipe, we would love to hear how it came out for you! I’d be super grateful if you could leave a star rating (you pick how many stars! 🌟 ) and your thoughts in the Comments section.
Roasted Salmon Bowl
This healthy hearty recipe for a roasted salmon bowl pairs tender seafood with colorful veggies and farro for a flavorful and satisfying supper!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 30 minutes
- Yield: 4
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stovetop, Oven
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 1 16 ounce salmon filet
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 3/4 cup farro (or brown rice or barley)
- ½ pound asparagus, trimmed and cut into one inch pieces
- ¼ cup olive oil
- Juice from ½ lemon
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon grainy mustard
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in halves
- ½ cup chopped fresh parsley
- ¼ cup pistachios, cashews or walnuts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 and line a rimmed baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Place salmon skin side down on the baking sheet and surround with asparagus pieces. Brush everything with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for 15 minutes, take out from oven and set aside.
- While the salmon is roasting cook farro according to package directions and set aside.
- Combine ¼ cup olive oil, lemon juice, thyme and mustard in a small jar and shake shake shake.
- Place the cooked farro, tomatoes, parsley, nuts and asparagus in a large bowl, drizzle with half the dressing and toss until combined.
- Gently pull the salmon apart with two forks into large flakes.
- Add the salmon and asparagus to the bowl, toss gently, drizzle with a little more dressing and serve!
Notes
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- Salmon: You can find boneless salmon filets at your local supermarket seafood counter. If it’s available, it’s always great to go for the wild-caught kind.
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- Nuts: You can leave them out if you need to…and you can also substitute your favorites. We love pistachios and walnuts in this recipe.
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- Farro: Farro is a hearty, nutty flavored grain similar to barley, and you can find it near the rice and barley in your supermarket. You can swap in brown rice or barley if yo like (although do try farro at some point – it is amazing!)
Pearl says
So healthy, but you wouldnโt know based on how delicious it was. Great recipe!
Ha! Healthy CAN be delicious – glad you liked it!
Oscar says
We tried this recipe with roasted tuna and it worked great. Will try the salmon version next.
Hi Oscar and what a great idea! I’ll have to give this recipe a spin with tuna sometime soon. :)
Hi Alice! I know, that reclaimed wood wall just makes me so happy! It is in the upstairs bonus room – we are going to put in some comfy couches and chairs and our entertainment cabinet, so I’m thinking there will be lots of fun movie nights! I’m so happy that you are making the grain bowl – hope you love it as much as we do! :)
Thanks Martha! We are definitely going to stand pictures up along that back rail (which will make it easy to swap them out). Yay on the tea, and she can’t quite put her finger on what she doesn’t like about fish…I wasn’t a big fish fan until was in my thirties, so there is still hope. :) And thanks for the tip about the trout – YIPES! :)