admin Honey Garlic Salmon Recipe
Honey Garlic Salmon is a healthy and simple dish made with salmon fillets in a flavorful buttery sauce. The sauce is made with butter, oil, garlic, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili sauce, and lemon. This entrée is excellent to make for dinner or a family get-together where everyone will be begging for your recipe.
Salmon is a healthy fish low in saturated fat, high in protein, and boasts a variety of other vitamins like B12, omega 3 fatty acid, and potassium. This recipe gives the salmon a baked-in burst of flavors from all-natural ingredients to keep it healthy as well as scrumptious.
The combination of garlic, honey, and brown sugar adds so much flavor to your meal, your family will be asking for seconds before they finish their firsts.
The recipe is easy and most of the work is just preparing the sauce. So, if you do that in advance, you can make this dish in just 20 minutes. All you need is salmon fillets and a few seasonings. And for the sauce, you need butter, oil, garlic, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, chili sauce, and lemon.
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Ingredients needed:
For the exact measurements, check the recipe card below. Here is what you will need for the salmon:
- Salmon fillets: Fresh or frozen.
- Smoked paprika: Regular paprika is okay too.
- Blackening seasoning: This is important.
- Seasonings: Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder are what we used.
What you need for the sauce:
- Butter: You can also use margarine.
- Olive oil: Virgin or extra-virgin oil is best.
- Garlic cloves: Mince them yourself or use minced garlic.
- Brown sugar: We used regular brown sugar, but light brown sugar is fine too.
- Honey: Store-bought or make your own from scratch.
- Soy sauce: Once again, you can make your own or buy from the store.
- Rice vinegar: White or apple cider vinegar is also acceptable.
- Chili sauce: Store-bought or homemade are both fine.
- Lemon juice: Freshly squeezed or premade.
Ingredients
Salmon:
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (or regular paprika)
- 1/4 teaspoon blackening seasoning
- 6 6 oz each salmon fillets
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 ⁄4 teaspoon onion powder
Honey Garlic Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 tablespoons water
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon chili sauce
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Instructions
Season the fish:
