- Hey everyone.
It's Erin for wellplated.com.
And today you are going to learn to make a recipe
that will impress your guests and yourself every time.
This is honey glazed salmon, juicy succulent salmon,
baked to perfection in a honey glaze.
This easy baked salmon recipe is healthy
and it tastes so good
you'll think you're eating in a restaurant.
Whether you are brand new to cooking salmon
and looking for a recipe for a beginner,
or you are an accomplished home chef,
this is one of those easy recipes
that you are going to love having in your back pocket
because it wows every time.
And I'll be sharing my foolproof tip
to know how salmon is perfectly cooked.
Let's get started.
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Let's start with the star ingredient, honey.
I'm using a quarter cup.
If you'd like your baked salmon recipe sweeter,
you can add some brown sugar
for a honey brown sugar glazed salmon.
But personally, I think it's sweet just as it is.
Speaking of sweet, now we need our salty soy sauce.
It gives an umami that balances the sweetness of the honey.
If you'd like to make a honey glazed salmon
without soy sauce, you can swap
in coconut aminos or tamari sauce.
This glaze is all about balance,
and that is where the rice vinegar comes in.
It is a touch of acid that makes
the honey salmon come alive.
It's so important to add these different elements.
They work together in perfect harmony
to give us the best ever glaze.
Time for the heat.
Red pepper flakes.
Just a pinch if you want a little bit of a kick
or if you would prefer your honey glaze salmon spicy,
you can certainly add a little more if you dare.
Now, we're going to add some minced garlic.
Take your knife and wham!
And once more with feeling wham!
Oh yeah technical term folks.
That makes it really easy to peel.
As you can see, the peel is slipping right off.
Honey garlic salmon is hard to resist
and this garlic is going to bake in the oven
along with the salmon
and give this healthy salmon recipe more complexity.
I love how easy this baked salmon recipe is.
The honey glaze takes moments to stir together
and it's made with ingredients you already have on hand.
Now we're ready to prep our salmon.
Don't forget to pat it dry with paper towels.
That will give it the best possible texture.
You can cook salmon with the skin off or skin on.
Personally, I prefer to leave the skin
on because I find the salmon stays more moist.
Fizzle on some olive oil, and then sprinkle
on some kosher salt.
The best kind of salmon to mine is wild-caught
because it retains more of its nutritional value compared
to farm raised salmon.
Wash my hands real quick.
And then let's head on over to the stove
to cook up our easy honey glaze.
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we're going to cook the glaze over medium heat.
It takes just three minutes to whip up.
I love the fact that I already have all
of these ingredients.
It'll bubble up
and then time to put it all together.
Take a baking dish that is large enough
to hold the salmon comfortably
and line it with parchment paper.
I love these pre-cut sheets.
They are so convenient.
I press the sheet right into the pan
and I will link to this into the notes
because trust me, you need some of your own.
Arrange our salmon filets right next
to each other, down the center of the dish.
Now it is time for that scrumptious honey glaze.
I can smell it already.
Pour the good stuff all over the top of our salmon.
This is so simple and the results are spectacular.
Because it's honey glaze it's so tasty,
I also like to baste it over the top
before I transfer the salmon to the oven to bake.
Here we go.
Pop the salmon into the oven for six minutes.
This healthy salmon recipe tastes absolutely incredible.
And most of the work is going to happen
while I'm not even paying attention.
To give it extra flavor,
I like to baste the salmon halfway through cooking
to make sure that the glaze works its way into every bite.
While it finishes up, chop up some cilantro
and get some fresh lime juice on hand.
These are going to be the finishing touches
on our delicious baked salmon recipe.
The best most foolproof way to tell when salmon
is cooking is to use an instant read thermometer.
When it hits 145 degrees, it is done.
You'll have perfectly moist, flaky salmon every single time.
Sprinkle on our cilantro
and then get ready to squeeze on some lime.
I wish you were here to smell this.
I am getting the notes of the honey.
It's really deeply caramelized now
and that garlic is super roasted.
And then I'm picking up a little bit
of the freshness from the cilantro.
I need to try this.
Whenever you're serving fish,
fish spatula is where it is at.
And I actually use this for flipping pancakes,
eggs, pans of roasted vegetables.
It is the best.
In case you're wondering, I am picking out the piece
right now that has the maximum amount of garlic on it
because roasted garlic is so good,
especially with that soy sauce and honey.
All right. Moment of truth.
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This is incredible.
The glaze is sweet and salty
'cos you have that honey and the soy sauce.
The garlic is completely transformed in the oven.
And this salmon is just so juicy.
I can't believe that this is a healthy salmon recipe too.
It tastes absolutely fantastic.
I can't wait to make this for my friends,
and I know that your family is going to love it too.
Enjoy.
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