Maple BBQ Sauce
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
30 mins
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Total Time
45 mins
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Servings
2 to 4 people
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Maple BBQ Sauce
Description
The maple BBQ salmon is seasoned with a mixture of brown sugar or maple sugar, garlic powder, smoked paprika, salt, black pepper, and cumin, then drizzled with maple syrup and roasted at 400°F until the salmon flakes easily. The sweet and smoky spice blend balances well with the moist texture of the salmon.
The accompanying brown butter couscous is toasted briefly in butter before simmering in chicken or vegetable stock, resulting in a toasted, tender grain with a buttery depth. Garlic added to the butter enhances the aromatic flavor. Together, the salmon with its maple BBQ glaze and the savory brown butter couscous create a balanced meal with complementary sweet, smoky, and nutty components.
Serve immediately after roasting for best texture and flavor. Optionally, additional maple syrup may be brushed on the salmon after baking.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds salmon filets
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar or maple sugar
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper freshly ground
- ¼ teaspoon cumin
- 2 to 3 tablespoons maple syrup
brown butter couscous
- 1 tablespoon butter unsalted
- 1 cup pearl couscous uncooked
- 1 ¼ cups chicken or vegetable stock or water
- pinch salt
- 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 1 garlic minced, clove
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Place the salmon on a baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the sugar, garlic powder, paprika, salt, pepper and cumin. Sprinkle it all over the salmon filets. Drizzle each filet with the maple syrup and use a spoon to kind of “spread” it all over the filet.
- Roast for 10 to 15 minutes, until the salmon just flakes with a fork. If desired, you can brush with a little more maple syrup when it comes out of the oven. Top with chopped chives. Serve immediately with brown butter couscous!
- brown butter couscous
- Heat a large saucepan over medium heat and add the butter. Stir in the couscous until coated, then cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring, until the couscous is slightly toasty. Add in the stock and salt and bring the mixture to a boil. Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and cover. Cook for 15 minutes, or until the liquid is absorbed.
- While the couscous is cooking, heat a small saucepan over medium heat and add the butter. Cook, whisking often, until brown bits appear on the bottom of the pan. Remove the butter from the heat and stir in the garlic cloves.
- Once the couscous is finished, drizzle with the garlic brown butter. Toss and serve.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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