30 Smoked Salmon Lox Recipes That Will Make You Brunch Royalty!

October 4, 2024
Written by Kristy J. Norton

You will not believe all the ways that you can use lox in your meals! So, go ahead and skip the line at your local cafe or deli and whip up these delightful smoked salmon lox recipes at home. From flavor packed bagels to salads and tarts, there are plenty of dishes for you to choose from. Go ahead and check them out now! 

smoked salmon lox

1. Smoked Lox Bagel

Does it get any better than a classic lox bagel? If your answer is no, then this is the recipe for you! Learn how to make a lox bagel that rivals that of your favorite deli - this bagel takes just 5 minutes to make and is chock full of flavor. Smear herb and chive cream cheese on the bagel, add lox, top with red onions and capers, and sprinkle with dill! 

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Smoked Lox Bagel

2. Avocado Lox Toast

Put a delicious twist on this Millennial favorite by adding lox into the mix! It is also a super simple and healthy breakfast. Simply toast your bread and top with arugula leaves. Then, spoon mashed avocado over the leaves and carefully place a desired amount of lox on top. Sprinkle with dill leaves and enjoy! 

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Avocado Lox Toast

3. Lox and Eggs with Onions

Here is another yummy way to enjoy lox for breakfast! Start by caramelizing the onions and then adding the eggs to a pan and scrambling - low and slow is the way to go! When the eggs are just about done, take off heat and stir lox into the dish. Then, top with chives or scallions and serve! 

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Lox and Eggs with Onions

4. Lox Benedict 

With this recipe, you don't have to go out for brunch anymore - instead, whip up a gourmet meal right there in your own kitchen! Toast a slice of sourdough bread and place lemon juice tossed arugula on top. Place the lox on the greens and add a poached egg along with a drizzle of hollandaise sauce. Further flavor with capers, dill, and black pepper! 

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Lox Benedict 

5. Bagel Lox Salad

If you want to add flavor and jazz to your salad, then this is the recipe that you should try out! In this incredible salad, the greens, veggies, and lox are drizzled with a homemade cream cheese and buttermilk vinaigrette that is spiked with dill and capers. Sprinkle on some everything bagel seasoning and top off with toasted bagel bites. 

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Bagel Lox Salad

6. Sushi Style Lox Wrap

There is a lot to love about this sushi-style lox wrap! The smoky flavors of the salmon are perfectly balanced by the bright and fresh flavors of the rest of the ingredients, while the nori adds a briny tang to the mix. Also, this is a far easier way to make sushi, cutting down on a lot of the work - you have to check it out! 

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Sushi Style Lox Wrap

7. Cream Cheese and Lox Quiche

Cooking for a crowd? Then you have got to check out this lox quiche! Roll out a homemade crust dough into a pie pan and then add sauteed shallots, lox, and cream cheese. Then, pour an egg and cream mixture into the crust. Top with cheese and green onions before baking! 

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Cream Cheese and Lox Quiche

8. Creamy Lox Pasta 

Take your pasta from an everyday dish to something gourmet with this recipe! Salmon, chives, lemon juice and zest are simmered in a creamy sauce until all those flavors are combined. Toss this with cooked pasta and serve, topped with chives and lemon zest! 

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Creamy Lox Pasta 

9. Lox Crostini

You are certainly going to want to serve this appetizer at your next party! All you have to do is drizzle baguette slices with olive oil and bake. Spread this with some cream cheese and place the lox on top. Red onions, everything but the bagel seasoning, and chives complete the toppings! 

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Lox Crostini

10. Lox Breakfast Pizza

If pizza for breakfast sounds a little childish to you then you are going to want to check out this grown up version! Begin by rolling out the dough and sprinkling with everything bagel seasoning before baking. Then, spread a mix of cream cheese and Greek yogurt on top and then layer on lox, capers, dill, and a healthy sprinkle of black pepper! 

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Lox Breakfast Pizza

11. Lox Blinis

This is another recipe that will work well for impressing guests! Whip up the batter for the blinis and add to a skillet, cooking the small pancakes until they are golden brown. Then, place some lox on top along with a dollop of creme fraiche. A sprig of dill completes the dish! 

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Lox Blinis

12. Lox Omelet 

Take your omelet to new heights with this recipe! Simply saute lox, onions, and capers in a pan before adding in whisked eggs. When the eggs are nearly done, add cream cheese on top and fold the eggs. Take off the heat, top with herbs, and enjoy! 

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Lox Omelet 

13. Lox Cucumber Bites

Low carb, simple, and delicious, these cucumber bites are the ultimate snack! Cut English cucumbers into slices and spread some cream cheese on each slice. Add a little bit of lox on top and then sprinkle some everything bagel seaosning over it! 

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Lox Cucumber Bites

14. Lox Dip

This dip is chock full of flavor and is so easy to prepare too! All you have to do is add cream cheese, mayo, lemon juice, lox, capers, dill, and chives to a food processor and pulse until everything is mixed. Then, serve with crackers, bagel bites, or anything else that you like! 

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Lox Dip

15. Lox Pastry

Need something to serve up to guests at a dinner party? Well, give this recipe a whirl! Roll out puff pastry, cut into squares, and bake until puffy and golden brown. Top these squares with a mix of cream cheese and capers. Place a bit of lox on top and sprinkle green and red onions! 

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Lox Pastry

16. Lox and Cream Cheese Lox Bites

You will require mini phyllo shells for this recipe - this gives the bites that light and airy texture. Scoop a bit of cream cheese into the shells and add a square of lox. Sprinkle on some capers and serve! 

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Lox and Cream Cheese Lox Bites

17. Lox Lettuce Wraps

Want your dish to look as good as it tastes? Well, this could be just the recipe for you! Cut lettuce leaves in half and then spread with cream cheese. Sprinkle on some chives and lay some lox on top. Add a slice of cucumber and then roll the lettuce leaves so that they look like roses! 

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Lox Lettuce Wraps

18. Lox Pinwheels

These pinwheels work as a light lunch or as a healthy appetizer! Take a tortilla and spread with cream cheese mixed with chives, dill, and seasoning. Layer some spinach on top and follow this up with the lox. Roll the tortilla tightly and then cut into slices to form the pinwheels! 

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Lox Pinwheels

19. Lox Caesar Salad

This salad may be light and healthy but it doesn't pull any punches with flavor! Begin by making a homemade caesar salad dressing. Coat the lettuce leaves in this before topping off the salad with lox, freshly grated parmesan cheese, and green onions! 

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Lox Caesar Salad

20. Lox Flatbread

This light and delicious meal is just perfect for a warm afternoon! Broil naan flatbread so that it is nice and toasted. Then, spread cream cheese mixed with lemon zest, chives, and garlic. Place arugula, smoked salmon, onion, capers, and lemon zest on top! 

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Lox Flatbread

21. Lox Deviled Eggs

Put an elegant twist on this Southern classic! Start by boiling the eggs, halving, and scooping out the yolks. Mix the yolks with lemon juice, mustard, mayo, dill, and shallots. Pipe this back into the hollow egg whites, top with salmon as well as capers and dill! 

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Lox Deviled Eggs

22. Zesty Lox with Hummus Flatbread

This recipe makes for the yummiest healthy snack! Start by toasting flatbread and then spreading with hummus. Spread some spinach leaves on top and then add a layer of lox to this. Serve and enjoy! 

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Zesty Lox with Hummus Flatbread

23. Lox Frittata

Whip this frittata up for breakfast, brunch, or lunch and make everyone happy! Saute veggies and then top with cheese. Pour an egg, cream, and dill mixture over this. Tear small bits of lox and add to the egg mixture. Pop this in the oven and bake until set! 

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Lox Frittata

24. Bagel and Lox Taco

Yes, you can make the most delicious tacos out of lox! Start by heating up a tortilla. Then, add cream cheese and lox to it as well as any toppings that you like. Capers, dill, and red onion are a good choice here! 

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Bagel and Lox Taco

25. Lox Bruschetta 

The bright and fresh flavors of the bruschetta perfectly complement the smokiness of the lox! Toast the bread and rub garlic cloves all over it. Then, mix tomatoes, lox, onion, and basil together. Drizzle olive oil and lemon juice over this before spooning onto the bread! 

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Lox Bruschetta 

26. Lox Sushi Bowls 

With this recipe, you get all the lovely flavors of sushi (plus lox!) without any of the fuss! To a bowl, add cooked sushi rice. Top this with carrot, cucumbers, lox, and avocado. Sprinkle with nori and sesame seeds. Drizzle sriracha mayo on top and enjoy! 

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Lox Sushi Bowls 

27. Lox and Spinach Salad

This salad comes together in just minutes but it is so delicious that you won't even mind it being this healthy! Lox, spinach, cucumber, radish, and scallions are drizzled with a dressing made from olive oil, lemon juice, and dill. Season and enjoy! 

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Lox and Spinach Salad

28. Lox Tartines

There are so many incredible flavors - and textures - working in harmony in this recipe! Start by drizzling the baguette slices with olive oil, salt, and garlic powder before baking. In the meantime, blend goat cheese with garlic, lemon juice and zest, garlic, herbs, and aromatics. Spread this mix on top of the bread, top with salmon, sprinkle with herbs and serve! 

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Lox Tartines

29. Loaded Lox Bagel Sandwich 

This sandwich is loaded with protein, nutrients, and flavor! Spread your bagel with cream cheese and butter. Add the lox as well as a fried egg. Top with microgreens or any other greens of your choice and enjoy! 

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Loaded Lox Bagel Sandwich 

30. Chopped Lox Bagel

What makes this sandwich a standout is that all the flavors are beautifully blended together. Here, you chop lox, cream cheese, capers, chives, dill, and onion together to form a flavorful paste. Scoop this onto your bagel and bite into the most delicious sandwich! 

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Chopped Lox Bagel

These are all the ways that you can enjoy our smoked salmon lox! From traditional bagel combos to appetizers and frittatas, the options are endless. So, go ahead and learn how to switch things up with your smoked salmon lox. Your meals will are sure to never be the same again! 

By Kristy J. Norton
I'm Kristy – a chef and connoisseur of all things BBQ! You can find me either in my kitchen (or someone else's) or at a big outdoor barbecue surrounded by friends and family. In both my professional and personal life I’ve picked up more than a few tips and tricks for turning out delicious food. I consider it a privilege to share it with others!
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