Air Fryer Cajun Salmon Foil Packets
Air Fryer Cajun Salmon Foil Packets are an easy and quick weeknight air fryer recipe. This low carb seafood recipe with broccoli and corn is done in less than 30 minutes and has very little clean up, perfect for a weeknight dinner
Servings: 2
Ingredients
- 1 cup canned corn divided
- 2 six oz fresh salmon filets
- 2 cups chopped broccoli divided
- 4 teaspoons cajun seasoning divided
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter divided
- Kosher salt to taste
- Lime wedges optional
Instructions
Prep the Ingredients
- Preheat the air fryer to 400 F.
- Tear off 2 sheets of aluminum foil about 16-18 inches long and place on a flat surface.
- In the center of 1 sheet of aluminum foil put ½ cup canned corn.
- On top of the corn, add 1 piece of salmon. Around the salmon put 1 cup of chopped broccoli.
- Using about 2 teaspoons of cajun seasoning, liberally season the salmon and broccoli.
- Cut ½ tablespoon of butter into 4-6 small pieces and dot it among the broccoli. Sprinkle broccoli lightly with salt.
- Repeat with the second piece of salmon.
Cook the Foil Packets
- Fold the foil packets up to keep juicy and steam inside. Place both packets in the air fryer basket and cook for 15-20 minutes until salmon is 145 F internally or flakey to touch. Broccoli should be fork tender.
- Remove from the foil packets and serve with fresh lime wedges.
Notes
- Timing will vary depending on how thick cut your salmon is and your air fryer.
- Try to buy evenly cut pieces of salmon.
- Keep salmon packets in a single layer and do not over crowd the basket.
- Use heavy duty foil to avoid ripping and leaks when removing the packets.
- Use frozen salmon but increase cook time by 10-15 minutes.
- Frozen broccoli and/corn work great here. No need to adjust the time.
- Canned corn will also work well and is less labor intensive than cutting corn off the cob.
- Don't stress about measuring ingredients, approximations are fine. The measurements are provided to give you a baseline.
- Built in time to rest/sit down:
- While the salmon is cooking, there is no active cooking in this recipe.