Smoked Salmon Bagels

Smoked Salmon Bagels, a tasty smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel recipe that’s quick and easy but doesn’t sacrifice flavor. Ready in just 10-minutes!

Love smoked salmon? Love toasty bagels? Combine them into a simple snack or easy meal with this smoked salmon lox and cream cheese-topped bagel recipe! Topping with fresh vegetables, capers, and seasoning, this 10-minute meal is big on flavor but not on time.

👉 Ready to learn how to make smoked salmon bagels? Let’s do it!

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🥯 Ingredients

• Bagels: Our favorite bagels are everything bagels, but onion, poppyseed, and whole wheat bagels are also great choices
• Cheese: Cream cheese is your go-to, but also try out spreadable cheeses like brie and taleggio for a fun twist
• Smoked salmon: Cured smoked salmon is our choice, but smoked trout or other fish is also delicious
• Toppings: Sliced red onions, cucumbers, radishes, and capers are our faves, but the possibilities are endless
• Seasonings: Flaky sea salt and ground black pepper add flavor and texture; other seasoning like everything bagel seasoning are also great additions
• Recommended tools: toaster or toaster oven, knife, cutting board

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🥣 How to make (step-by-step photos)

1️⃣ Step One: Toast bagel and spread cheese

The first step to making smoked salmon bagels is to the toast the bagel until it is crispy and brown. You can do this by cutting the bagel in half and either toasting it in a toaster or toaster oven, or placing the bagel facedown on a hot pan until it is toasted.

Once done toasting, spread the cream cheese over the bagel while it is still warm so the cheese is melted and spreads more easily.

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2️⃣ Step Two: Add bagel toppings

Once the bagel is toasted and the cream cheese is added, top the bagel with pieces of smoked salmon lox. Then add very thinly sliced red onion, sliced cucumbers, and add a few capers on top.

Then garnish the bagel with fresh dill leaves and a sprinkling of salt and pepper. Then serve and enjoy

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🌿 Variations and ideas for serving

Here are a few of the variations we’ve tried and more ideas to fuel your next bagel night feast:

1. Layer 1: Spread. Plain cream cheese, flavored cream cheese (onion and chive was good!), brie, taleggio, yogurt. Vegan options include hummus, baba ganoush, flavored olive oil, chimichurri, etc.
2. Layer 2: Protein. Smoked salmon, lox, cooked flaked salmon, smoked trout (loved this!), caviar (fancy!), runny egg. Vegan: grilled or pickled veggies like eggplant or zucchini, sun dried tomatoes.
3. Layer 3: All the fixings! Our favorites are radishes, cucumbers, capers, arugula, salt, pepper, and hot sauce. Also, do not forget the fresh herbs like dill, basil or thyme!

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🧊 How to store

1. Refrigerator storage: We highly suggest making each bagel to order as you need it, so we suggest storing each individual ingredient separately until ready to serve
2. Freezer storage: We do not recommend freezing this recipe, though you could freeze the bagels and thaw before serving.

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♻️ Sustainable salmon buying tips

When choosing smoked salmon, we follow the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch recommendation to purchase farmed Atlantic salmon first due to its lower environmental impact compared to other salmon species, and to protect wild salmon populations.

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🍞 More toast and bagel recipes

Want more easy toast and bagel recipes? We’ve got you covered:

• Salted Honey Fig Toast
• Caprese Ciabatta Toast
• Black Cherry Basil Ricotta Toast