Easy Spicy Salmon Bowls

My new weekly staple - super simple and quick and of course, delicious!

Ingredients (serves 2)

• 2 salmon filets (about 1/2 to 3/4 lbs total), chopped into pieces

• Cucumber, sliced thin

• Garlic powder

• Onion powder

• Salt and pepper

• White rice

• Soy Sauce

• Kewpie mayo

• Sriracha

• Sesame seeds

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1. Cook your white rice - I do 1 cup dry rice and 2 cups water into my Instant Pot and just do the rice setting under pressure.

2. Season your salmon - I did not give measurements because I didn't measure myself. In general, try for equal parts garlic and onion powder, half that amount in paprika and salt, and then just pepper to taste.

3. Preheat a frying pan on medium heat with a small amount of olive or avocado oil

4. Cook your salmon - place the cubed salmon in the pan and let it sit untouched for 3-4 minutes before you flip. This will ensure you get that crisp on the outside. After those first few minutes, flip the salmon and cook for another 4 minutes or so, until salmon is cooked through.

5. Cut your cucumber - while the salmon cooks, cut up your cucumber. To get perfect slices, I use a mandolin linked here. It's my new favorite kitchen gadget, for sure

6. Prep the sauce - for the spicy mayo sauce, I simply combine equal parts mayo, soy sauce, and sriracha. If you want it a little spicier, add more sriracha. If you're watching sodium intake, leave out the soy sauce and just make a spicy mayo. The world is your oyster!

7. Put it all together and top with sesame seeds!

I really hope you enjoy this dinner! I know I do.

Some additional tips:

• The best advice I can give you when cooking is to step outside your comfort zone and make the recipes you find YOUR OWN. I based this recipe on a video I saw for spicy salmon and I changed it a bunch.. made my own seasoning blend (hence why I don't have measurements) and it turned out better than I ever could have imagined.

• For healthier swaps, you could try this with brown rice or cauliflower rice as well. To be honest, it wasn't as good with the brown rice... just saying

• I've linked below a couple of kitchen gadgets/appliances that I use to make this recipe. They're not necessary but they do make life a lot easier.

  • I use the Crock Pot pressure cooker because it can be a slow cooker or a pressure cooker

  • I have the mandoline with a container that catches all the vegetables/fruit, but the handheld one is just as effective and is cheaper.

Crock Pot Pressure cooker

Mandoline slicer (with container)

Handheld Mandoline slicer

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