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Baked BBQ salmon bowls with caramelized BBQ sauce baked onto the salmon, served over farro. Bright, crunchy veggies pair perfect. This meal is filling and nutrient dense while bursting with flavor.
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Why Make this Baked BBQ Salmon Bowl
This bowl is easy to whip up. It is ready in under 20 minutes, the toppings are customizable. Use any fresh, in season veggies you have on hand. This meal is husband approved, healthy and nutrient dense. This meal can be made a day or two ahead, the salmon is cooked to perfection.
Ingredients Needed
Salmon. Boneless, skinless, thawed/raw salmon.
Barbecue Sauce. Any sauce will work. I prefer Kinders BBQ. You won’t need much but it’s so good with salmon.
Farro. or any grain of choice. White or brown rice or quinoa. I love Farro because it’s a great texture, when cooked al dente it has a little crunch to it.
Seasoning. Garlic powder, red pepper flakes, italian seasoning.
Olive Oil.
Radish. For extra crunch and toppings.
Corn. This is a great topping for these bowls. You can use defrosted frozen corn or fresh corn off the cobb. If it’s fresh off the cobb I don’t even cook it, I add it on raw.
Red Onion. Use any onion of choice, I like the color red adds and it’s the most mellow raw onion.
Cilantro. Fresh cilantro brings all the flavors together and adds some nice color to the dish.
Optional Toppings: Avocado, tomato, black beans, tortilla chips and so on.
How To Make Baked BBQ Salmon Bowls
Step One. Preheat oven to 375º. Clean and pat raw salmon dry with a paper towel. With a sharp knife, slice the salmon into clean small cubes. In a small bowl mix the BBQ sauce, olive oil and seasoning. Add in 2 tbsp water to thin the sauce a bit and help it spread.
Step Two. On a parchment lined cooking sheet, toss salmon and all of the sauce together and place in the center, be sure the salmon isn’t over lapping. Bake salmon for 15 – 18 minutes, or until it’s cooked to preference and flaky.
Step Three. Start to cook your grain of choice according to the package, this should take about 10 – 15 minutes.
Step Four. While the grain is cooking chop/prep your radishes, cilantro, corn, onion.
Step Five. Once salmon and farro (or other grain) are finished cooking, layer your grain and veggies into a bowls and top with salmon and any leftover sauce. Enjoy!
FAQ & Tips For BBQ Salmon
Use chicken in place of salmon if you want.
Other grains like quinoa, white or brown rice, wild rice will all work. You can also use microwave rice to cut down on time and effort! Super easy.
Additional topping ideas are tomatoes, avocado, feta, green beans, tortilla chips. Really the options are endless.
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Baked BBQ Salmon Bowls
Ingredients
- 1-1½ lb raw, skinless salmon, *about 4oz filets
- 1 cup farro, *see notes
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- ¼ cup barbecue sauce
- 2 tbsp water, to thin the sauce
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes
- ½ tsp italian seasoning
- ½ cup cooked corn
- ½ cup chopped radish
- 4 tbsp chopped cilantro
- 3 tbsp red onion
- 1 sliced avocado, *optional*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º. Clean and pat raw salmon dry with a paper towel. With a sharp knife, slice the salmon into clean small cubes. In a small bowl mix the BBQ sauce, olive oil and seasoning. Add in 2 tbsp water to thin the sauce a bit and help it spread.
- On a parchment lined cooking sheet, mix salmon and all of the sauce and place in the center, be sure the salmon isn't over lapping. Cook salmon for about 15- 18 minutes for a medium to well done cook.
- Start to cook your grain of choice on the stovetop according to the package, this should take about 10 – 15 minutes.
- While the grain is cooking chop/prep your radishes, cilantro, corn, onion.
- Once salmon and farro (or other grain) are finished cooking, layer the grain and veggies into bowls and top with salmon and any leftover sauce. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
How long do you cook salmon? Do you include the grain in the oven?
Hi Erin! Salmon will cook separately in the oven for about 15 – 18 minutes. The grain should be cooked on the stovetop or microwave depending on which grain you choose to cook with! I hope that helps.