Smoked Salmon Dinner Ideas

Pastas, salads, tarts and a few brunch-style plates that turn a pack of smoked salmon into dinner.

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  • Smoked Salmon Dinner Ideas
  • Creamy smoked salmon pasta
  • Lemony spring pasta with vegetables
  • Farfalle with vodka cream sauce
  • Mixed greens salad with goat cheese
  • Salad with soft eggs and avocado
  • Hot-smoked salmon salad, dill sauce
  • Shuba salad with salmon
  • Gravlax plate with mustard dressing
  • Potato rösti with capers and onion
  • Smoked salmon and leek quiche
  • Potato, dill and salmon tart
  • Smoked salmon chowder
  • Waffles with salmon and fried eggs
  • Cold-smoked salmon tacos
  • Smoked salmon galette
  • Open-face salmon smørrebrød on rye
  • Cold pasta salad with dill
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Check which kind of salmon you bought before you pick, because the two behave differently: cold-smoked is dry-cured and not technically cooked, with a silky texture, while hot-smoked is fully cooked and flaky, as Food & Wine explains. Most of its recipes use cold-smoked, with a few hot-smoked uses. Salads, pastas, a tart and a chowder are all here. The list assumes smoked salmon you've bought, and it leaves out smoking your own.

Why these items are on the list

  1. Creamy smoked salmon pasta. Creamy garlic sauce and ribbons of salmon. Cooked and Loved says it's ready in 30 minutes, crediting The Endless Meal.
  2. Lemony spring pasta with vegetables. Lemon zest, grated parmesan and a touch of sour cream finish it.
  3. Farfalle with vodka cream sauce. Melt-in-your-mouth strips add smoke to a creamy pasta alla vodka.
  4. Mixed greens salad with goat cheese. Acme says it's ready in about 15 minutes, with the salmon as the protein.
  5. Salad with soft eggs and avocado. Honey mustard dressing makes it light but filling.
  6. Hot-smoked salmon salad, dill sauce. This one wants hot-smoked salmon, with crisp greens, a creamy dill sauce and Dijon dressing.
  7. Shuba salad with salmon. A layered Russian salad of beets, potatoes, carrots and eggs. Hearty and creamy.
  8. Gravlax plate with mustard dressing. Dill-seasoned cured salmon with a lightly spiced mustard dressing and a mixed green salad.
  9. Potato rösti with capers and onion. Crisp outside, soft inside. Ribbons of salmon go on top.
  10. Smoked salmon and leek quiche. Salmon, leeks and cheese. It's good served warm or cold.
  11. Potato, dill and salmon tart. Potatoes form the crispy base, with a creamy filling on top.
  12. Smoked salmon chowder. Potatoes, white wine and cream. Cooked and Loved says it tastes even better the next day.
  13. Waffles with salmon and fried eggs. Crispy waffles under a sunny-side-up egg. Works as breakfast for dinner.
  14. Cold-smoked salmon tacos. Sockeye is the cold-smoked pick here, but other cold-smoked types work. You only need to warm the corn tortillas.
  15. Smoked salmon galette. Fine for brunch, lunch or dinner. Acme suggests a dry sparkling rosé for a summer dinner.
  16. Open-face salmon smørrebrød on rye. Horseradish-crème sauce and a fennel-apple salad finish it.
  17. Cold pasta salad with dill. Cool and creamy with lemon and capers. A good make-ahead or picnic option.

Tick off what you've made and see which ones you'd repeat. It beats trying to remember them on a Tuesday night, standing in the fish aisle.

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Useful when you've bought smoked salmon and want ideas beyond bagels.

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