35 Ways to Serve Smoked Salmon
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If you’re a smoked salmon enthusiast, this recipe roundup is for you! From elegant smoked salmon canapés and creamy dips to indulgent quiches and hearty pastas, these smoked salmon recipes are perfect for any occasion. Whether you’re hosting a party, planning a cozy brunch, or looking for a quick and flavorful dinner, you’ll find plenty of inspiration here to make the most of your smoked salmon.
Now let's get into it. Besides just serving a smoked salmon platter with some creamy cheese, capers, and lemon wedges, you can use hot and cold smoked salmon in all sorts of recipes, from appetizers to breakfasts to main courses.
Smoked Salmon Appetizer Recipes
Start your gathering with an irresistible array of smoked salmon appetizers, including canapés, creamy dips, crostini, and puff pastry bites. These recipes pair salmon with ingredients like cream cheese, red onion, fresh dill, goat cheese, and lemon to bring great flavor to your table.
Smoked Salmon Canapés feature chopped smoked salmon tossed with a creamy dijon sauce piled atop cucumber slices and garnished with fresh dill.
This easy and elegant appetizer can be made in less than 10 minutes, and combines potato chips, cream cheese, smoked salmon, and everything bagel seasoning!
Smoked Salmon Cream Cheese Dip is an easy and impressive 5 ingredient appetizer recipe is made in only 5 minutes. A layer of whipped cream cheese and red onion is topped with cold smoked salmon and served with crackers and bread.
Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Puffs are a fantastic little appetizers with a light and flakey piece of puff pastry topped with a creamy smoked salmon, goat cheese and lemon spread.
This Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Crostini features delicate slices of smoked salmon with a lemon, dill and creamy goat cheese spread. Elegantly served on toasted baguette slices, it's the ultimate party appetizer.
Creamy and bright cream cheese is whipped together and then combined with fresh dill, red onion, and plenty of smoked salmon for a dip that tastes bright and flavorful.
This smoked salmon with dill-mustard sauce is great for a snack, appetizer, light lunch, or even dinner! You can buy the salmon pre-smoked, then just whip up the sauce in a bowl. How simple is that?
These tarts take inspiration from one of my favorite classic bagels with a sprinkle of everything seasoning, a schmear of cream cheese and topped with decadent smoked salmon.
This Smoked Salmon Platter is loaded with cold and hot smoked salmon, colorful vegetables, and a delicious cream cheese spread with crostini.
Experience a burst of flavor with this Smoked Salmon Tartine. It’s creamy, herby, and filled with both smoked and baked salmon for a balanced, rich taste.
Smoked Salmon Breakfast Recipes
Kickstart your day with flavorful smoked salmon breakfasts like bagels, quiches, strata, and eggs benedict. These recipes combine smoked salmon with eggs, fresh herbs, bagels, and more for satisfying and delicious morning meals.
This easy Salmon and Broccoli Quiche features smoked salmon, steamed broccoli, and caramelized shallots tucked into a creamy custard.
This Smoked Salmon with Scrambled Eggs is an easy, crowd-pleasing, egg recipe for a brunch.
Smoked Salmon Bagel is a light and delicious sandwich consisting of toasted bagels slathered with cream cheese, smoked salmon, dill and briny capers which is perfect for brunch, breakfast or lunch.
Eggs Norwegian is a delightful twist on classic Eggs Benedict, that pairs smoked salmon with a lightly toasted English muffin, and a perfectly poached egg, topped with Hollandaise sauce.
This delicious Smoked Salmon Breakfast Wrap comes together in just minutes! Warm, fluffy eggs combine with luxurious smoked salmon, velvety cream cheese, and bright, fresh veggies in this super-fast breakfast wrap that’ll have you out the door in no time flat.
This Eggs Royale is a seafood twist on the classic Eggs Benedict. It's made with smoked salmon, poached eggs, and a creamy yogurt sauce, and is a lighter take on the breakfast classic!
This light crustless quiche with salmon still offers up a smooth and creamy center so you still get the true essence of a classic quiche. And since the edges crisp up in the pan, you won’t even miss the crust.
This smoked salmon and dill strata is the ultimate meal-prep dish! Smoked salmon, fresh herby dill, and tangy capers are layered in custard-soaked bread layers.
Between the sweet potato toast base which offers lots of fiber and smoked salmon which has lots of health benefits, this recipe offers a healthy start to your day.
Savory filled Crêpes with cream cheese, salmon, dill, cucumber filling. This is a delicious breakfast brunch or even lunch idea, if you are looking for a next-level flavor experience.
Smoked Salmon Dinner Recipes
Impress your dinner guests with smoked salmon entrées like creamy pastas, hearty chowders, and vibrant salads. These salmon recipes bring rich, smoky flavor to comforting dishes you’ll want to serve at your next dinner party or romantic dinner at home.
Treat yourself with this Penne al Salmone featuring luscious smoked salmon tucked into a delicate creamy sauce.
Smoked Salmon and Asparagus Pasta is perfect for spring: sauteed fresh asparagus tossed with pasta, creme fraiche, lemon juice, and cold-smoked salmon.
This smoked salmon BLT with avocado and everything bagel seasoning is the ultimate weekend breakfast, brunch or lunch. A delicious and more satisfying way to enjoy a BLT!
This smoked salmon chowder is a classic seafood chowder but with a thinner more delicate broth, made without a roux. Packed with potato, celery, carrots, and lots of delicious lemon pepper smoked salmon!
Next time you need a slightly fancy, majorly delicious meal (served open faced for a better bread to topping ratio) this smoked salmon sandwich with cucumber ribbons is IT!
This recipe for Aburi-Style Smoked Salmon Oshi Sushi features flame-seared salmon on top of sushi rice, that is formed into a rectangular shape. It's smoky, creamy, delicious and easily made at home.
These Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Wraps include sharp onion and fragrant herbs for a super delicious and healthy breakfast you can eat on the go!
These delicious Smoked Salmon Parcels are an elegant starter for a special occasion or a light lunch on a summer’s day. It takes only 15 minutes to prepare them, then just place them in the fridge for two hours to firm up. So simple, and so delicious!
This smoked salmon alfredo is made with fettuccine tossed in a butter, cheese and cream sauce. Toss the pasta with hot-smoked salmon and peas for a decadent dinner!
Made with thinly sliced salmon and other simple ingredients, these salmon tortilla roll ups are the perfect indulgence any time of the day. They can be made ahead of a get-together, making them a time saving party prep recipe.
This creamy flavourful farfalle pasta with smoked salmon and zucchini is a super easy to make yet elegant Italian dish. It's perfect for special occasions like Mother's Day or even just for a light lunch or dinner.
Creamy and luxurious risotto is made even more decadent with the addition of smoked salmon. Perfect for date night but easy enough for every night my Risotto with Smoked Salmon and Peas is a dinner you’re sure to love.
Grab a bowl because all you need is 15 minutes to put together this beautiful, fresh, and incredibly healthy Citrus Smoked Salmon Salad with Sweet Orange Mustard Vinaigrette.
If you love everything bagels, shmear and lox, but (like me) you’d like an alternative that’s not all bread and cheese and meat, look no further than my everything bagel Cobb salad with smoked salmon! It incorporates the yum of an everything bagel into a delicious new interpretation of Cobb salad.
Smoked Salmon Pizza in the Blackstone Pizza Oven has incredible taste and is super easy to make. With only 4 ingredients, this smoked salmon pizza recipe could not be simpler!
Cold- vs. Hot-Smoked Salmon
Wondering about the different types of smoked salmon? Cold smoked salmon has a silky texture, and not much of a smoky flavor. Hot smoked salmon, on the other hand, has a flaky texture much closer to regular cooked salmon, and a much smokier flavor. Hot smoked salmon is cooked at over 120 degrees for at least 30 minutes, and up to 12 hours. During that process, the salmon is fully cooked.
Cold smoked salmon is not fully cooked, as it is smoked at a much lower temperature. However, the salmon is first salted before being smoked, which kills parasites and helps prevent the growth of food poisoning-causing microbes. As a result, unless you are advised to avoid raw fish by your doctor, it’s safe to eat both kinds of smoked salmon. Serious Eats has an in-depth post on how to smoke both kinds of salmon, if you’re interested in learning more.
Storage Tips for Smoked Salmon
Refer to the package “best by” dates for how long smoked salmon can be refrigerated. Once the package is open, you should consume it within a few days. Smoked salmon can be frozen for up to 3 months—defrost in the refrigerator for 24 hours before using.
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