13 Best Brunch Recipes Using Smoked Fish

Smoked fish is a simple and luxurious way to make brunch special. You can always cold smoke it yourself, or simply purchase smoked salmon, trout, or sablefish from the grocery store or your favorite supplier. In the recipes below, smoked fish quickly pairs with classic ingredients like cream cheese, crème fraîche, chives, and caviar, often inspired by a classic bagel and lox combo or Eastern European favorites like blini. Add smoked fish to eggs Benedict, hash browns, rosti, crepes, and other favorite brunch dishes with these tasty ideas.

Eggs Benedict with Smoked Salmon and Caper Butter Hollandaise Sauce

Photography by Fred Hardy II / Food styling by Ruth Blackburn / Prop styling by Christina Brockman

Smoked salmon is a classic for eggs benedict. This version is made even more decadent with a hollandaise sauce made with caper-infused butter and capers fried in brown butter.

Salmon and Rocket Frittata with Pesto

Emily Kordovitch

This spinach pesto-infused frittata from chef Eric Adjepong features salmon two ways: It’s baked with cooked salmon, then topped with thin slices of smoked salmon just before serving.

Smoked fish brunch board

Jen Causey

Let guests choose their own adventure with this rainbow trout or arctic char smorgasbord, accompanied by sides like crackers, hard-boiled eggs, capers, pickles, radishes and horseradish sour cream.

Potato rösti with smoked salmon

Food & Wine / Photo by Jen Causey / Food Styling by Rishon Hanners / Prop Styling by Josh Hoggle


This classic Swedish potato pancake is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. You can serve it on its own, but it’s even more delicious topped with crème fraîche, smoked salmon, onions and capers.

Tater Tot Waffles with Smoked Salmon and Caviar

© Eva Kolenko

Thawed potato croquettes are the secret to this easy waffle-iron dish. Top them with smoked salmon, caviar and crème fraîche for an effortless yet elegant brunch.

Rye and crème fraîche strata with smoked salmon

John Kernick

This clever dish combines two brunch staples. Here, a creamy rye bread pudding is topped with all the ingredients of a classic bagel and smoked salmon: lox, red onions, and capers.

Crispy potato pancakes with smoked fish and dill cream

© John Kernick

This crispy, crepe-like dish from legendary Wolfgang Puck is topped with smoked salmon and smoked sturgeon, which perfectly complement a dill crème fraîche, caviar and chives.

Soft scrambled eggs with smoked sablefish and trout roe

© Chris Court

These luxurious eggs from chef Andrew Carmellini are cooked with lots of heavy cream and butter, then topped with smoked sablefish, sour cream, trout roe and sliced ​​green onions.

Waffled potato blini with smoked salmon

Emily Kordovitch

F&W’s Justin Chapple transformed classic potato blini into a new brunch dish using a waffle iron. The fragrant dill enhances the blini batter and also serves as a topping to complement the buttery smoked salmon.

Smoked Trout and Caper Cream Cheese Toasts

© Michael Turek

Inspired by the classic combination of smoked salmon and cream cheese, chef Tori Miller tops these English muffins with smoked trout, chives and caper cream cheese.

Mini frittatas with herbs and smoked salmon

© William Meppem

These mini frittatas from chef Tom Colicchio are perfect for a group meal and can be made up to three hours in advance. Top each square with smoked salmon, crème fraîche and a sprig of dill to order.

Smoked Salmon and Cream Cheese Pancakes

© Tina Rupp

These giant crepes are topped with smoked salmon, spinach salad and a tangy cream cheese mixed with lemon, dill and capers.

Poached eggs with parmesan and smoked salmon toast

© Tina Rupp

Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten has created a dinner-party version of a childhood breakfast favorite. Toast wrapped in smoked salmon is the perfect dish for dipping a poached egg.

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