Flavorful and easy oven baked salmon with a simple honey soy sauce glaze. They come together in under 30 minutes and serve the whole family for an easy and healthy weeknight meal.
1poundsalmon, sliced in 2 fillets and debonedthese fillets are about 1 inch thick.
salt and pepper to taste
Honey Soy Glaze
2tablespoonshoney
2tablespoonslow sodium soy sauce
1 ½ tablespoonsrice wine vinegar
1clovegarlicabout 2 teaspoons
¼teaspooncorn starch
½ teaspoonwater
1green onion, slicedoptional garnish
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
Pat the salmon completely dry with a paper towel and season both sides with salt and pepper. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Adjust time according to thickness of the salmon filet (see below notes).
Meanwhile make the honey soy glaze. Make the cornstarch slurry by mixing the cornstarch and water together in a small bowl, set aside.
Stir together the honey, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar and garlic in a small sauce pan on medium heat. When it comes to a light simmer, add the cornstarch slurry and stir until the glaze thickens, about 1 to 2 minutes. Do not overcook or reduce sauce.
Remove salmon from the oven and brush some of the glaze on top of each filet, saving the remaining glaze for later. Then broil the salmon for 2 minutes (about 2 to 3 inches away from the broiler).
Add additional glaze over the salmon and serve with rice. Optional: garnish with thinly sliced green onions.
Notes
*Nutritional facts provided are only an estimate, accuracy is not guaranteed.
You can use salmon with or without the skin. After baking and broiling, you can easily separate the fish from the skin by sliding a spatula or knife under the fish and gently lifting away from the skin.
Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the salmon. I am using a 1 inch thick, 8 oz salmon filet which takes a total of 12 minutes cooking time.
If your salmon is ¾ inch thick, try baking for 8-9 minutes, then broiling for 1-2 minutes. For ½ inch thick, try baking 7-8 minutes, then broil for 1-2 minutes.