Honey Glazed Salmon
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This simple Honey-Glazed Salmon is a quick and easy healthy weeknight dinner. It’s smothered in a 4-ingredient glaze and ready in about 20 minutes!
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What to Love About This Easy Salmon Recipe
Easy fish recipes, like my honey garlic salmon recipe, are a mainstay on our weekly menu. Not only is salmon healthy and part of a Mediterranean Diet-focused lifestyle, but it’s also a quick and easy meal you can make in minutes!
This quick and easy fish recipe is a honey-glazed salmon we love not only for its simplicity but also because you only need a handful of ingredients, which I almost always have on hand. It’s light and flavorful, with a simple sauce that caramelizes the salmon with a delicious and beautiful glaze while cooking.
What do I need for this recipe?
You only need a handful of ingredients for this quick and easy dinner recipe!
- Salmon Filets: I like to use 6-ounce fillets per person.
- Cooking sauce: Honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and olive oil
- Seasoning: Salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes
Can I use frozen salmon fillets for this recipe?
Absolutely! Ensure the filets are fully thawed and patted dry with a paper towel before cooking.
What to Serve with Honey Glazed Salmon
- Grains: Any rice, including white, brown, or cauliflower rice, can be served with the salmon, or your favorite grain, like quinoa or farro.
- Noodles: It’s delicious with soba noodles, ramen, or thin egg noodles.
- Steamed vegetables: I love serving them with fork-tender broccoli, zucchini, and summer squash, or greens like bok choy, Swiss chard, or spinach.
- Salads: This meal is especially delicious with fresh greens. Watercress is a particular favorite, but you can use any spring or chopped salad.
Tips for cooking salmon fillets
- Room temperature: To cook salmon evenly, remove the fillets from the fridge and leave at room temperature while prepping any vegetables, salads, or side dishes.
- Skin-on fillets: I prefer to use skin-on salmon, as it helps prevent the fillets from falling apart during cooking. It also helps keep them juicy and retain moisture.
- Cook on medium–low heat: While it might be tempting to speed up the cooking process, high heat can cause uneven cooking, leaving the outside done and the inside uncooked. For the best salmon, cook with medium to medium-low heat.
If you enjoyed this dish, here are some other quick and easy fish recipes
- Foil Packet Cod with greens for a quick and easy meal.
- Pan Seared Salmon is a one-skillet meal with greens like bok choy or Swiss chard.
- Air Fryer Salmon is a quick and healthy meal with a seared texture made in 10 minutes!
- Spanish Cod is seasoned with Mediterranean flavors. It’s a simple meal I love to serve with summer veggies and is ready in minutes.
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Quick Cook Soy Glazed Salmon with Watercress
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 lemon juiced
- Coarse salt and ground pepper to taste
- Pinch red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 4 salmon fillets (about 6 oz each)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together soy sauce, honey, lemon juice, red pepper flakes, and rice vinegar. Season the glaze with salt and pepper.
- Heat the broiler and place the oven rack 4 inches from the heat. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, and lay salmon filets on top. Season with salt and pepper and broil for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from oven and flip the fillets and broil another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Remove salmon from the oven, brush with glaze, and then broil until opaque throughout; about 2 minutes more. Once the salmon flakes easily, it's done.
- Serve with watercress salad.
Nutrition
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