Instant Pot Salmon and Asparagus Recipe is a quick and easy way to cook your meal altogether in just one pot. We put them in individual parchment packets, so the flavors don’t blend together while cooking. I will say that you will want to cook larger asparagus stalks with this meal rather than smaller ones. We made this meal twice once with larger asparagus and they came out just right. The second time we used thinner, smaller asparagus stalks and they were very well done. They were still edible, but well done.

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Is Salmon good in the Instant Pot?

Yes, Salmon is good in the Instant Pot. It absorbs the flavors of your seasoning and falls apart into tender flakes. We drizzle the butter sauce that it accumulates in the parchment paper on top before eating also.

What can you season Salmon with?

We always season any seafood with our “go-to” seasonings, which are:

Depending on where you live you may have other seasonings that you are accustomed to like olive oil, salt, pepper, rosemary, and thyme. We prefer cajun/creole seasonings which is why you will see them in most of my Instant Pot recipes.

What vegetable goes with Salmon?

I like asparagus with Salmon. I think the flavors of asparagus and Salmon blend well together. You could, however, substitute the asparagus for zucchini, squash, green beans, or broccoli.

Ingredients – Easy Instant Pot Salmon and Asparagus Recipe

1 cup of water
Parchment Paper
Butter
Seasoning of your choice
12 oz. Salmon Fillets (thawed)
1 bunch of Asparagus

Instructions – Easy Instant Pot Salmon and Asparagus Recipe

#1. First, cut off the ends of your asparagus.

Asparagus on a cutting board with the ends cut off laying next to a knife.

#2. Next, make two boats with parchment paper. One for the asparagus and one for the salmon. Make sure to use large enough pieces of parchment paper so that you can fold it over and close all sides of the paper together.

#3. Then, place your salmon in one boat and your asparagus in the other. Sprinkle the top of both with your seasonings of choice. We like Nature Seasoning for our asparagus. Nature Seasoning is a mixture of salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder. We use a cajun/creole seasoning for our Salmon. Most of the time we use Tony Chachere’s for this or a cajun seasoning that you can only get locally here in Louisiana.

#4. Next, place spoonfuls of butter over both your asparagus and salmon.

Two pieces of salmon laying on a piece of parchment paper sprinkled with tony chachere's and a spoonfull of butter.

A piece of parchment paper with apsaragus laying on top, sprinkled with nature seasoning and spoonfulls of butter.

#5. Fold the parchment paper over both and seal all the sides. I fold the ends all the way around and then fold the corners in kind of like you would when wrapping a present.

2 parchment paper packs ( one salmon & one asparagus)

#6. Then, place one cup of water and your trivet into your Instant Pot. We use the trivet that came with our Instant pot for this.

#7. Next place your Salmon boat on top of the trivet then place your asparagus boat on top of that.

The inside of an Instant Pot with with salmon and asparagus parchment packs stacked on top of each other

#8. Close and seal your Instant Pot and cook on high pressure for 8 minutes.

#9. After the timer has completed turn the steam release valve to “Venting” for a quick release of steam. **Warning – The steam is very hot, use a towel to turn the release valve so it does not burn you.

A black plate with seasoned and cooked salmon and asparagus next to an Instant Pot.

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