This grilled salmon sandwich is healthy, satisfying, and delicious. Fresh salmon fillets are grilled to juicy perfection and then tucked into a brioche bun with tartar sauce, arugula, and pickles. It's an easy recipe for weeknights that takes only 15 minutes to make!
½ teaspoonEACH: garlic powder, smoked or sweet paprika, sea salt, and pepper
4piecessalmon, skin removed - see notes
4brioche buns
Tartar sauce, sliced pickles, and arugula, to serve
Instructions
Preheat your grill to medium-high. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, Italian seasoning, garlic powder, paprika, salt, and pepper.
1 tablespoon olive oil, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, ½ teaspoon EACH: garlic powder, smoked or sweet paprika, sea salt, and pepper
Dry the salmon with paper towels then spread the paste over both sides of the salmon.
4 pieces salmon
Grill the salmon for 3 minutes then flip it over and grill it for another 3-4 minutes. Place the brioche buns on the grill, cut sides down, for 1 minute while the salmon is cooking.
4 brioche buns
To assemble your salmon sandwich, slather the toasted buns with tartar sauce, top with arugula and the salmon and finish with a few slices of pickles.
Tartar sauce, sliced pickles, and arugula
Notes
You can ask your grocery store or fishmonger to remove the salmon skin for you. Or you can follow the instructions in this salmon burger recipe. You can also BBQ the salmon with the skin on then remove it after it cooks - it comes off easily once the salmon is cooked.