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Honey Garlic Salmon (5 Ingredients, 15 Minutes)

Recipe video above. A terrific way to serve salmon that is just sooooo crazy quick and easy and soooo delicious!

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 583 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Sauce
  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce (all purpose or light soy sauce)
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar (or sub with any other vinegar except balsamic)
  • 1 large garlic clove (or 2 small) , minced
Salmon
  • 2 salmon or trout fillets, skinless (6oz / 200g each)
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper
Optional Garnishes
  • sesame seeds
  • Finely sliced chives or shallots/scallions

Instructions

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  1. Take salmon out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking. Pat salmon skin dry with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  2. Whisk together the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
  3. Drizzle oil in a non stick fry pan and heat over medium high heat (or just under, if your stove runs hot). Place salmon in the pan, and cook the first side for 3 - 4 minutes until golden. Turn, then cook the other side for 2 - 3 minutes or until golden.
  4. Pour Sauce over salmon. Cook for 1 minute or until it starts to thicken slightly. Check the side of the salmon to tell how cooked through the middle is - I like mine medium rare inside. (Note 1). If Sauce thickens too much before your salmon is cooked to your taste, just add water 1 tbsp at a time.
  5. Remove onto serving plates.
  6. Serve salmon drizzled with Sauce, sprinkled with sesame seeds and chives/shallots, if desired.

Notes

  • I tell how cooked a salmon is by eye, looking at the side of the salmon. I like mine to be coral inside (rare to medium rare), not pale pink and fully cooked. You can use a thermometer if you want. Insert it into the thickest part - it should be 120F / 50C for medium rare or 130F / 55C for medium.
  • Remember, the salmon will keep cooking for a minute after removing from the pan.
  • Nutrition per serving, assuming all the sauce is used, which is may not be (a lot of it remains in the fry pan).

Nutrition Information

Serving 271g Calories 583cal (29%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 583

% Daily Value*

Serving 271g
Calories 583cal 29%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.