Air Fryer Sweet Soy Salmon Bowls
with Asparagus, Spicy Mayo & Sesame Seeds
- Sesame
- Soy
- Wheat
- Eggs
- Fish
Salmon chunks are tossed in a sweet soy glaze, then air-fried until the glaze turns tacky and caramelized. Tender asparagus cooks alongside, and both are served over fluffy rice. A drizzle of sriracha-honey spicy mayo brings gentle heat, while scallions and sesame seeds add freshness and crunch for a satisfying bowl.
Ingredients
ounce
Broccoli
¾ cup
Jasmine Rice
8 ounce
Asparagus
1 teaspoon
Korean Chili Flakes
4 tablespoon
Sweet Soy Glaze
(Contains: Sesame, Soy, Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Honey
1 tablespoon
Sesame Seeds
(Contains: Sesame)
2 tablespoon
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Eggs)
2 unit
Scallions
1 teaspoon
Sriracha
2 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
10 ounce
Salmon
(Contains: Fish)
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
2 unit
Cooking Spray
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
In a small pot, combine rice, 1¼ cups water (2¼ cups for 4 servings), and a pinch of salt. Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until tender, 15-18 minutes.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
While rice cooks, wash and dry produce.
Trim and discard woody bottom ends from asparagus; cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions.
In a medium bowl, toss asparagus with a large drizzle of oil, garlic powder, salt, and pepper.
Pat salmon* dry with paper towels. Using a sharp knife, slowly cut between flesh and skin ½ inch at a time, being careful not to cut into flesh, until skin is fully removed from fish; discard skin. Cut salmon into ½-inch chunks.
In a second medium bowl, toss salmon with half the sweet soy glaze (you’ll use the rest later) until evenly coated.
Coat an air fryer basket with nonstick cooking spray; arrange salmon and asparagus in basket in separate sections. (TIP: Work in batches if necessary.) Air-fry at 390 degrees until salmon starts to turn opaque, 4-6 minutes. Remove basket; carefully brush salmon with remaining sweet soy glaze.
Return basket to air fryer; cook until glaze is tacky and salmon is cooked through, 1-2 minutes more.
Transfer salmon to a small bowl; continue to air-fry asparagus until tender, 2-3 minutes.
In a second small bowl, combine mayonnaise, Sriracha, half the honey (all for 4 servings), and as many chili flakes as you like. Add water 1 tsp at a time until mixture reaches a drizzling consistency.
Season with salt and pepper.
Fluff rice with a fork.
Divide rice, salmon, and asparagus between shallow bowls in separate sections. Drizzle with spicy mayo; top with scallions, as many sesame seeds as you like, and as many remaining chili flakes as you like. Serve.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Sep 2026- Flavor: The sweet soy glaze on the salmon was a crowd-pleaser, and the spicy mayo added a nice kick 🌶️; a few found the overall dish a touch too sweet.
- Ease of prep: The air fryer method is quick and easy, though skinning and cubing the salmon adds meaningful prep time — budget closer to an hour if working in batches.
- Suggestions: Cut salmon into slightly larger pieces than the recipe suggests and cook in one pass rather than two to keep it moist; the recipe's timing can overcook smaller chunks and make them dry. Pan-frying or oven-roasting the salmon in one piece is a solid alternative if you don't have a large air fryer.
- Portions: A few reviewers wished for more salmon and suggested swapping some rice for extra vegetables to make the bowl more filling.
Reviews from our home cooks
OH MY. This is the best meal I've made so far. So easy, very flavorful, and the textures are perfect together.
Alex: salmon cooked perfectly, agree that this should have double veggie to make it more filling, sauce was tasty, super easy. Matt: rice was a bit weird, salmon was amazing, cooked well, liked the double veggies (we had modded into asparagus too)
Really air fry suggest 5 extra min to salmon to get a slight crunch
Good flavor, first time air frying salmon. It was easy. Made a mess in my air fryer.
My broccoli was in shards not even pieces. Like it had gone through a food processor....and it also had leaves in it. The salmon recipe gave the wrong timing for the air fryer so my entree was on the well done burnt side which my kids didn't appreciate. If it had cooked better with regular ingredients I would have given it a 4.
I like using the air fryer. I have never used frying much as a cooking method. Too greasy
I want to give this four stars, but I guess I don't have the right airfryer for it as the process of drizzling the sauce over the salmon completely leaked through my mesh grates and made a disaster.
