SWEET AND SMOKY SALMON BURRITO BOWLS

These Sweet and Smoky Salmon Burrito Bowls are packed with smoky maple-glazed salmon, cilantro lime rice, black beans, pickled onions, and creamy avocado. They’re fresh, filling, and easy enough for a weeknight.

Prep Time15

Cook Time40

Total Time55

Course: Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Mexican

Keyword: Baked salmon, Salmon bowls, Salmon recipes, Smoky salmon

Servings:

Author: Olivia Adriance

Ingredients

For the Cilantro Lime Rice:

¾ cup white rice
1 ½ cups water
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon olive oil
¼ cup fresh lime juice
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
Salt and pepper, to taste

For the Salmon:

1 ½ pounds salmon
Avocado oil for drizzling
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
½ teaspoon smoked paprika
½ teaspoon chili powder
¼ teaspoon garlic powder
¼ teaspoon onion powder
2 tablespoons maple syrup

For Serving:

Black beans
Pickled red onions
Avocado slices
Chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375°F.
To a medium-sized saucepan, add the rice and water and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer, cover, and cook for about 20 minutes or until nearly all of the moisture has absorbed. Set aside for 5 minutes.
While the rice cools, make the salmon by greasing a 9x9 baking dish with avocado oil and adding the salmon to the baking dish skin-side-down.
Drizzle the salmon with about 1 teaspoon more avocado oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper, and spices evenly onto the salmon and drizzle with maple syrup, rubbing the spices and syrup into the salmon with a spoon or your hands, ensuring that you coat the sides as well.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Fluff the cooked rice with a fork and add the olive oil, lime juice, and cilantro, and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Once the salmon has baked, assemble the bowls with a couple of scoops of cilantro-lime rice, a serving of salmon, black beans, pickled red onions, avocado slices, and more chopped fresh cilantro. Enjoy!

Notes

Rice Hack: Short on time? I always have a bag (or two) of precooked frozen rice on hand. Simply heat it, add some cilantro, and nobody will know the difference!

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