Bang Bang Salmon Bites Recipe: From Simple to Sensational!

Okay folks listen some of you guys might have seen the video that I did with the bang bang chicken that happened to have went viral guess what folks we finna do the bang bang salmon let's get down okay folks look we finna jump right into it I want you guys to pay attention right here listen these ingredients right here minus my honey my honey is on his way right here this is gonna be for the bang bang sauce and then everything you see over here on this side this is all you know for like my seasoning right now don't forget the full ingredient list is on my website that's now let me go ahead and just make some room I'll just put these over here oh and I hadn't said nothing yet but obviously you guys can see see this right here we're gonna be doing it in the air fryer okay so first thing we getting ready to do right folks we got to get our salmon you know ready you know you can see I got like a big filet right what I'm gonna do is we want to let me see let me bring the camera you guys come on in here and look right here and if you want to know what I do this is a little pro tip when you guys using these cutting boards these are plastic cutting boards what you want to do is put something wet down something damp right so I put down a damp you know dish towel it just keeps it from moving when I put it on top of my regular cutting board or even when it's on the counter right but I want you guys to see the thickness of this we want it to be thick right this little piece over here like this I'm gonna just take this and I'm just gonna make a cut and just come right on down like this like this if you guys pay attention this right here a sticker I'll just show you that part right there so it'll make a difference when you're cutting it down on you know for your bites obviously this is thinner so you got to remember it in order to cook this fully right that's going to require a little bit more time and the more time you put in there this piece would have already had been done so you if you're going to use this and cube this also you put this in you know the second batch so what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna just set this over here off to the side right now let's look at this it's got a skin on the back right what I want to do is I want to take it and I want to cut that skin off because I just want salmon no skin so I got myself like a little fillet knife look it's nice and flexible I'm gonna show you something right here I'm gonna take it and I'm gonna start this way I just want to get enough where I can put my fingers right here on the edge of the uh skin right so if I take it and I just start cutting like this now let me bring this around so you guys can see it you see that right there right I just want to be able to have enough where I can put my hand there I'll put this in here it'll trace like the bottom of the skin and I'll just go ahead and cut it straight on down now let me give you a little demonstration press down keep it flat on the skin I lift up just enough to hold it and I'll just run it down the side just like this a little bit of a saw action right but this is what you want to have and then you guys will see in just one second when you do that the fillet knife does all the work so I can lift this up like that look at that almost got it all but look how thin this is looking like some snake skin now this part right here is key a lot of times when you know when you're cooking you want to pat something dry right the reason you want to pat it dry I know we coming on the seasoning you guys would think like it's a little bit tacky you know that works but listen the easier you you know the more you get it dry the easier it is for it to like crisp up and you know cook right so just go ahead and get yourself one of these you know paper towels right and then we just work it back and forth don't worry about that that's just how good and how thin I got it you know that's not skin it's like the residue you know so we take all of this make sure we don't put it back down on nothing damp right drop it here now we move on to the next step so the next step is going to be just breaking these down and cutting this into the cubes that we want to have right I like them to be bite-sized you know what I mean so anywhere like one inch by one inch would be fine so you know what let's go ahead and do it this way first no I'll do it that way right so one inch by one inch I'm gonna just make this cut right here and then I'll show you look at that right there that's nice we're gonna put that in that air fryer and these are gonna be a nice size let me go ahead I'm gonna do one more and then I'm gonna finish this up and then what we're gonna do is just cut them down you know you should be able to get three out of the width that I'm using right here all right so we'll start with this one get the third out of that third out of that and just tell me you wouldn't want to have one of these bites like that look at that see that little fat in there like all right so look just for me to reiterate you know what I just said about patting it dry the reason I want to just like make sure that we all understand that part because again that's what helps you get a little bit on the crispy side right I know we're gonna coat it with the bang bang sauce but and for some people when you say that you know we want it to be crispy right this is what they say well you finna put olive oil on there I am gonna put olive oil on there but remember that's like frying that's how we get things crispy there right but you just want to start off with a dry product right so I'll do this I'll leave it like this so everybody can see let me change these gloves let me clean this part up and then we're getting ready to go ahead and you know season it up mix it all up and go from there all right so again here we are just gonna take a little bit of that infused olive oil this right here is a garlic infused you know branch of vine makes so many different types uh garlic uh what else they got onion you know uh which would be like the scallion you know I mean it's just so many you know what I mean but when you start off with great products this is how your end result reaches fire right so I'm gonna set this over here because I'm not gonna need this no more right so what I'm gonna do now is you know just giving it some pre-thaw you don't want to go ahead and just open up your seasonings this right here is gonna be more so at the end for garnish this is a cayenne in case you guys want to put a little heat in there we just add just a little bit and then we got the garlic again you guys know the full ingredient list is on my website smokingandgrillingwithab.com and again that's w-i-t-a-b.com I like to keep one hand I don't want to have oil and fish and all that on all of my products so this is why I open it up right so I'm gonna use my left hand just to go ahead and make sure they're all coated now when you get salmon and the fillets are nice and thick like this right here they pretty much stay together you know what I mean uh it's not gonna just break up on you but I still like to handle everything with a little bit of uh finesse we'll just say that right so I'm gonna start with the smoked paprika all right so we just add a little bit smoked paprika this is the one if you ask me has the taste to it right so now I'm gonna come with my garlic there's no particular order that you uh you use for this right here you know you just want to get it all in and then I want you to notice that I didn't even put no cayenne in there yet because I want to make sure that I got it depends on how hot you want it to be you know so we close this right I'm gonna go ahead and give it a pinch of uh salt right now you guys know I like to use kosher salt this is like a coarse blend to be really be honest with you I need to just put it in my mortar and then like grind it down just to get it a little bit on fine or just buy fine you know but this right here works so before I add anything else get all of these out the way and close that I'm going to do it like this I'm going to put just a little bit of cayenne in my you know in my glove I just want to use just like a pinch that's it uh just a little bit more right now I got a little bit of the residue on my hand this all works you know I mean it's on my glove I'll set that over here now we're gonna go ahead and just move this around you'll be able to see the seasoning getting in on everything I do this one then I'm gonna take my gloves off and then I'm gonna go ahead and hit it with that black pepper all right okay so what I'm gonna do right now is something that I hadn't really done in the past because everybody don't you know everybody has uh just about everybody got an air fryer right so I'm gonna do it this way I'm gonna go ahead and preheat my you know my air fryer right so I'm gonna hit the power button you know what I mean and then we're gonna go I'm gonna let you know we want to have 375 degrees I'm not uh let's see I will add some time to it I'll just leave it leave it like this just give it about uh to be honest with you just about five minutes just to go ahead just to preheat it right so now I'm gonna go ahead and hit the start and this happened to be like one of the higher end better made you know uh air fryer so the reason I'm doing this is for everybody else like because now you can pick up an air fryer now for like 45 50 bucks they still work but I suggest that you always go ahead and do a preheat on this particular model right here I don't need to do a preheat but I'm gonna do it anyway just to show you guys now mayo Thai you know this is the sweet uh sweet chili sauce and this right here is my sriracha what I'm going to do is make uh you know make my sauce here and this is what's gonna be the pain thing now remember earlier I told you guys you know what I mean I had to like soak it my honey if anybody knows the answer to this and tell me why my honey did is like crystallizes right so I didn't end up soaking it in water you know just to let it uh loosen up so I can get it we're gonna use a little bit of honey and this right here is gonna make that sauce folks I'm gonna tell you now this ain't nowhere near enough to feed for people because this right here will end up becoming like a meal all right so this is how we're gonna do this this just cut off we know it's nice and hot the element inside is ready to go right so we're gonna let some of that's gonna come out now I'm just opening my tray let me give you guys good practice whenever you're using this you know an air fryer it's always good practice even though if you look inside of there right there that's made with the non-stick you know surface on there but I still like to spray it with a little you guys might like this check this out avocado oil spray or pam just works good you know I try to buy the avocado whenever I can you know I mean I buy you know buy it by the pack of three right so now we have that there right here now I'm getting ready to just take these and I'm gonna set these down now you know which one the bottom is because it's got like a little bit of the skin look on there so I'm just setting them in there just like that now I hadn't said this part right here this is gonna be key for everybody who wants to make these these can be made in the air fryer obviously right you can do these you can pan sear if you pan sear them they go much much faster you can do these in about I'm gonna say like two three four minutes you know just flip these around they cook really fast do it in some olive oil or you can put them in the oven you know and do them that way now on my website again I gotta keep saying it because a lot of people using it but not everybody using it right that's smokingandgrillingwithab.com and that's w-i-t-a-b.com and check this out we then took the time to give you the instructions whether you want to do it in the oven pan sear or do it in the air fryer right now I'm gonna ask you guys to come in here and look at it because what I'm doing is I'm setting them down and I'm keeping it listen the word air fryer air gotta move convection right all of that's moving it's really off the bottom you see the vents right there it's gonna be getting heat you know everywhere right so you want to leave it where they're not touching and you got a little space on that there my friends now I'm gonna stick this in here remember 375 set it for eight minutes and here's another little key thing after four minutes halfway through we're gonna take them and flip them over while that is cooking it only takes you a couple of seconds to make this right so I'm going to go ahead and just make my bang bang you know my bang bang sauce right so it's something about when you get mayo or anything all over your hand you know I mean uh it just feels nasty you know so anyway I'm gonna put this in here we're gonna put in about a cup you know that wasn't it but I'm just getting it ready all right now we're gonna add a half a cup of our sweet chili this is it right here y'all know what I'm talking about probably everybody named mama like sweet chili you know what I mean uh yes you know that's part of like that sweet and savory you know what I mean so that's what you get out of this bang bang sauce if you guys want to know why you guys like it that's why right now we're gonna add just a little bit of uh sriracha just a little bit of this sriracha there we go then we're gonna add a couple tablespoons now I'm gonna come back here and you know here right this is how I work four minutes right so let's go ahead and just pull these out right here because now it's going to be time to flip you guys can see what they look like right there now we sprayed the bottom so here come in here take a look let me bring it over here so you guys can see it you see this right here I can just move look I just bumped it see how nothing has stuck don't forget that step folks all right so now we take them now we just flip oh that's me being heavy-handed so we got them all flipped I kind of like broke one you know what I mean putting them in these last four minutes kind of like firms them up because don't forget we gotta put that bang bang sauce but I'm promising you can eat them just like this right here okay so we stick them in like that timer already got the remainder four minutes it's already heating element is already at 375 it came back on and I'll see you in just a minute now for the remainder of the four minutes we're just going to add a couple of tablespoons of this honey man I don't like my honey when it crystallizes like this you know I mean again if somebody know why it does that please let me know I'm gonna buy me some new fresh you know I mean uh not that it's not fresh like I only had this a little while you know I bought this from Costco thinking I'm getting a bargain but looking at what I gotta do soften it up hang it upside down let it melt right so break that off come on all right now we do like this I promise you this time I'm gonna stick it inside the cover the pantry like that right so we'll set this off to the side right I'll clean this you guys gonna want to get yourself a whisk you know don't forget folks you want to clean as you go right so whisk and we start making it just off the back if you know what bang bang sauce look like look at that right there yes sir now here go a little bit of a pro tip and we did put a little bit of cayenne in there you know what I mean but I'm gonna go ahead and just give it one little pinch of salt right we doing that for a little balance and you knew I was coming with the fresh black crack right now it's fish if you want to you can lighten this up and make it like a little bit on the refreshing side if you want to put like a little lemon juice in there but this right here is what went viral you know what I mean on that chicken so why not just put it on the salmon okay so timer done bang bang sauce is done look at that right there yes sir now I'm gonna bring this over here by me now because don't forget this steel fish I'm not finna take this and just dump them I just you know gotta remember not to be heavy-handed boy that reminds me my grandma always said man you heavy-handed about everything even running tone when I pick it up if it ain't all the way firm I'll be torn up you know I mean but anyway look at these right here I ate one already shared this with somebody else I told you they could have just went to but I like to get them eight minutes is usually about right it depends on your air fryer eight to ten minutes is probably what I'm gonna put on the recipe card you know I mean but I can tell you man I can show you better than I can tell you but anyway what it does is just firms them up that's all and I like to keep them still nice and moist right so let me go ahead and take some pictures of this like it look right here I'm gonna cook them last few pieces then we're gonna go ahead and pour that bang bang sauce on there so you see that right there say cheese I'm getting ready to pour the bang bang sauce on here right now you know I mean it's best that you pour it and you coat them you know while they're hot so that it won't coat them as much but if you let them sit up it kind of like comes down then we're gonna go ahead and plate them you know so I'll just take them like this so you guys can see it and we'll do it like that oh yeah look now I want you guys to let me know down in the comment section below how come when we do something like this your voice change you know I mean you heard the music change and it's going right so I got enough right here and what I gave you is enough for you to go ahead and get yourself one of these ramekins you can fill this up because some of the people are going to want to go ahead and take some and dip you can fill up a bunch of you know a few ramekins with you know your excess right so just letting you know what it you know how much it makes all right so now what we're going to do is we're just going to go ahead and plate them you know so I'll just go ahead and grab my tongs you know how come I always want to say thongs I do not know you guys let me know do you guys have that same problem you know I mean this is now one of the things you can do is you can put toothpicks in these you know I mean for your guests it's just like not really uh appetizer friendly or house friend you know I'll say it like that but you see these right here I'm just putting them on here I'm not gonna bore you guys I'm gonna go ahead and just continue to hit this with this bang bang okay folks so listen I finished taking these pictures that's why you guys is here you know what I mean uh you already know we made that chicken you know viral bang bang chicken now you take a look at these ain't no need for me to pat myself on the back or nothing like this this is not no new invention you could put bang bang sauce on anything right but I'm finna go ahead remember I said you guys can just go ahead and put some toothpicks these are like the bigger ones you know what I mean but you can just put some toothpicks in here this will help your guests give them a little small little paper plate you know with some other little uh trinkets or whatever you want to put on there and they can you know eat you know what I feel like I'm rambling I didn't have one of these I didn't taste one with the bang bang uh the bang bang sauce on there but check this out folks cheers y'all you guys can feel that in and you're gonna just imagine what I was saying these right here are always a hit okay so I mean there it is you know just super good you know fast recipes uh made them a little bit you know healthy using the air fryer you guys been asking me to make more air fryer videos this right here is definitely a hit and especially if you guys got kids that say they don't really like to have fish or you gave them salmon before and they didn't really like it give it to them like this and I promise you they can't get enough of it now with that being said I want you guys to let me know down in the comment section below what else would you use bang bang sauce on I'd love to hear it let's get some suggestions if I hadn't made it let's go ahead and make it and make a video out of it now with that being said listen if you're new to my channel let's just take this time to say hey thank you for watching this video don't forget to like smash that subscribe button and tell everybody out there there's a channel out here they're simplifying these recipes and taking the mystery out of cooking and you know what I'm about to do folks I'm out peace