Smoked Salmon Toast

Smoked salmon toast is one of those easy ways to impress your loved ones. I love how the simple layers of beautiful colors and delicious flavors make it feel so special. In my family, everyone is picky in their own way, so I love that it’s so easy to customize each salmon toast exactly how each person likes it. It’s the perfect breakfast or snack that everyone keeps reaching for!

How to Make Smoked Salmon on Toast

Assembling this smoked salmon toast recipe is as easy as 1-2-3 — and 4. Feel free to customize it further with your favorite seasoning or toppings (see the next section for ideas!).

• Toast the bread: Toast the slices of bread in a toaster or under the broiler in the oven.
• Apply the spread: Spread the cream cheese onto the bread.
• Place toppings: Layer pieces of smoked salmon, sliced hard boiled eggs, red onion, and capers onto the sliced bread.
• Season: Garnish with ground pepper and fresh dill. Serve cold.

Customizing Your Toast

There’s no way to go wrong with making your own salmon toast. Here’s some variations and substitution ideas to please every person at your table.

• Bread: Use your favorite bread or whatever bread you have on hand. French bread, sourdough, bagels, or white bread — there’s no right or wrong. If you like a crunch, toast the bread for a few minutes!
• Spreads: Whipped cream cheese provides a creamy topping that brings all the flavors together and is super easy to spread, but regular softened cream cheese works well, too. For more options, herbed cream cheese, avocado spread, whipped cottage cheese, or Boursin cheese are also great.
• Veggies: Add sliced cucumbers, tomatoes, pickled red onions, scallions, micro-greens, arugula, avocado, or even radishes. The list truly goes on!
• Herbs: Substitute or add fresh parsley, basil, fresh chives, or other fresh herbs as a garnish.
• Seasoning: Season it up with a sprinkle of everything but the bagel seasoning, red pepper flakes, or flavored salt.

Tips for a Flawless Toast with Smoked Salmon

This smoked salmon recipe is loved for its strong combination of flavors and fresh ingredients. Here are ways to add the most flavor to your dish.

• Use cold-smoked salmon: Use cold-smoked salmon instead of hot-smoked salmon. Cold-smoked has a soft, smooth texture, whereas hot-smoked is more flaky. Find smoked salmon in the refrigerated seafood section in your local grocery store.
• Slice the eggs with an egg slicer: Eggs are a must for smoked salmon toast! Make it quick and easy to slice them by using an egg slicer for perfectly even slices.
• Use fresh dill versus dried: Fresh dill adds lots of flavor to the cream cheese and makes for a gorgeous presentation.

Making Smoked Salmon Toast Ahead-of-Time

The salmon toast is best when made fresh, but if you want to make prep even faster, you can prepare the individual ingredients beforehand.

• If eating within one hour: If you plan to eat smoked salmon toast within one hour, store the assembled toast in the fridge in an airtight container.
• If eating in the next few days: If prepping smoked salmon toast to enjoy in the next few days, prepare all the ingredients and store in separate containers in the refrigerator until ready to assemble.

More Salmon Recipes

• Grilled Salmon Kebabs – Lemon juice, thyme, and garlic salt make the tastiest grilled fish
• Smoked Salmon Dip – Loaded with hot smoked salmon and so much fresh flavor thanks to fresh lemon and dill
• Spring Rolls with Salmon – Spring rolls with avocado, cucumber, carrot, and salmon filling
• Baked Pesto Salmon – Baked salmon smeared with nutty pesto
• Salmon Chowder – Smokey, silky, veggie-filled salmon chowder

Recipe

Smoked Salmon Toast

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Servings

4 servings

Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Recipe contributed by: Natalya Drozhzhin

Smoked salmon toast is such a fancy, easy breakfast and perfect for hosting! It takes a mere 10 minutes, so it's great for busy mornings, too!

Ingredients

• 4 slices of bread fresh or toasted
• 1/2 cup whipped cream cheese
• 8 oz smoked salmon
• 2 hardboiled eggs sliced
• 1/4 red onion sliced into half rings
• 1/4 cup capers
• 3 tbsp dill fresh
• 1 tbsp ground black pepper

US Units – Metric

Instructions

• Spread the whipped cream cheese onto the bread slices.
  
• Top it off with slices of smoked salmon, sliced hard boiled eggs, red onion, and capers.
  
• Sprinkle with ground black pepper and dill.
  

Nutrition Facts

Smoked Salmon Toast

Amount Per Serving

Calories 290 Calories from Fat 144

% Daily Value*

Fat 16g25%

Saturated Fat 7g35%

Trans Fat 0.01g

Polyunsaturated Fat 2g

Monounsaturated Fat 5g

Cholesterol 135mg45%

Sodium 1001mg42%

Potassium 244mg7%

Carbohydrates 17g6%

Fiber 2g8%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 19g38%

Vitamin A 608IU12%

Vitamin C 1mg1%

Calcium 94mg9%

Iron 2mg11%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.