Can You Really Make Salmon In A Toaster Oven?

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In May, The Smart Cookie Cook shared a classic toaster oven-baked salmon recipe that follows very similar motions to how you would bake a filet of salmon in a conventional oven. They both yield a tender, flakey filet, but because of the toaster oven's smaller size, it takes less time and energy to preheat. Additionally, you, the cook, hold more power in terms of making temperature adjustments — for example, if you need to crank up the heat in a standard oven, the larger volume takes longer to heat than a toaster oven.

J. Kenji López-Alt developed a super speedy, five-minute toaster oven miso-glazed salmon recipe — beat that air fryer! His recipe utilizes the broiler setting on the toaster oven, blasting the salmon at high heat for a short period of time, resulting in a lightly charred exterior and flakey, moist center.

In fact, nearly every advantage the air fryer supposedly has over cooking in a conventional oven or frying can also apply to the toaster oven: quicker cook time, not heating the surrounding environment, and less energy and oil. This proves that the toaster oven can certainly produce delightful salmon recipes just as well as its much-hyped cousin.