Delicious, perfectly cooked salmon from frozen to your plate in around 20 minutes! We've done all the work for you and have the best time and temperature for air frying frozen salmon.
For easy cleanup, spray the air fryer basket with oil or line it with parchment paper.
Preheat air fryer to 400° Fahrenheit. Even if it doesn't have a preheat function, preheat it for a few minutes.
Place the frozen salmon (skin side up) to cook for 10 minutes.
While the salmon is cooking, make the glaze by adding all of the sauce ingredients to a bowl and mixing well.
Flip the salmon after 10 minutes and cook for another 8-12 minutes. See recipe notes.
In the last 3-5 minutes of cooking. Quickly pull the salmon out and brush it with the glaze on the top side. Return salmon to the air fryer to cook until finished.
Remove and serve.
Notes
How long you need to cook the salmon after flipping will depend on the thickness of the fillets. You'll need less cooking time for thin fillets and thick fillets will need to cook longer to fully cook in the center. Cook the salmon until it is easily flaking in the thickest part or measures 145° Fahrenheit with a meat thermometer.
Since salmon fillets are never an even thickness throughout, the outer edges will be done before the center when you're cooking it from frozen. Be sure to cook your salmon until it is fully cooked in the thickest section. Note that this will result in slightly uneven cooking with the outer edges more done than the thick inner pieces. This is the price you pay for the convenience of cooking salmon from frozen in the air fryer.
Nutrition facts are per serving and an estimate provided for those following a Ketogenic or low-carb diet. See our full nutrition information disclosure here.