Hot Honey Glazed Salmon
For dinner tonight, treat your taste buds to a celebration of savory and sweet flavors with this Hot Honey Glazed Salmon! Baked to perfection, this tender, flaky, juicy salmon is glazed with an incredibly flavorful sauce made with hot honey, soy sauce, fresh ginger, and more.
Hot Honey Glazed Salmon
When it comes to perfect proteins, it doesn’t get much better than salmon. A single 6 oz filet has approximately 17 grams of protein and just about 250 calories, so it’s guaranteed to keep you full without over indulging! Even if you’re not counting calories, salmon’s still great for your body because it’s rich in omega-3 fatty acids, tons of potassium, and great vitamins like vitamin B12 and vitamin D!
All of those health benefits are amazing, but they don’t mean too much if the salmon isn’t delicious, right? You can eat a super healthy dinner and still feel like pecking at something afterwards if the meal wasn’t satisfying. Well, you’re in luck! The hot honey glaze on this salmon is seriously mouthwatering, and the salmon itself is perfectly baked. It’s flaky, fork tender, and juicy on the inside will being just crispy enough on the outside.
As tasty as the natural flavor of salmon is, let’s be real… It’s all about how you dress it up! With majorly bold ingredients like hot honey, soy sauce, garlic chili paste and SO much more, this salmon is dressed up quite deliciously. When served over a bed of freshly cooked white rice and topped with sesame seeds and green onions, this easy to make and budget-friendly dinner tastes like a restaurant staple!
How to Make Glazed Salmon
- Preheat. Preheat your oven to 425˚F.
- Make the sauce. In a small saucepan, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, rice wine, rice wine vinegar, garlic chili paste, sesame oil and ginger.
- Thicken the glaze. Bring the glaze to a boil over medium heat until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Arrange the filets. Arrange the salmon filets, skin side down, in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment.
- Brush the filets. Brush the salmon filets with half the glaze using a pastry brush or silicon brush.
- Bake! Bake the salmon for 10 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Broil – optional, but highly recommended. Optional step, to caramelized the top of the salmon, broil for 1-2 minutes keeping a close eye on the salmon as the glaze can burn quickly if you’re not looking.
- Enjoy! Remove the salmon from the oven and serve with the remaining sauce for drizzling. Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onion, if desired.
How To Make Hot Honey
While many supermarkets and places like Trader Joe’s sell hot honey, you can easily make your own at home. Just combine 3 tbsp of your favorite honey (I recommend using an organic locally sourced one if possible) and 1 tbsp of cayenne powder. You can add more or less cayenne depending on how spicy you’d like your glaze to be.
What kind of salmon filet should I use?
Not all salmon filets are created equally per se, but I’ll let you in on a little secret… you really can’t go wrong with any of them. There’s sockeye, pink, coho, and king salmon filets available from most fishmongers. As long as it’s not a frozen filet, you’re good to go! If you do have to purchase a frozen salmon filet, just be sure to let it thoroughly thaw prior to cooking.
Storage
In an airtight container in the fridge, any leftovers you have will stay fresh for about 3-4 days. You can reheat using the air fryer or oven, but I don’t recommend using the microwave. The microwave will zap the flavor and consistency right out of this glazed salmon.
Be sure to swim on over to more of my favorite salmon recipes!
- Sweet Chili Orange Glazed Salmon
- Baked Teriyaki Salmon
- Grilled Pesto Salmon with Strawberry Cucumber Salsa
- Oven Roasted Salmon with Orange Spinach Salad
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Get the Recipe: Hot Honey Glazed Salmon Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon Hot Honey, if you can’t find hot honey, use regular honey with 1 tablespoon ground cayenne
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon rice wine, Mirin
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Garlic Chili Paste
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger
- 4 salmon filets
Equipment
- baking sheet
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425˚F.
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the honey, soy sauce, rice wine, rice wine vinegar, garlic chili paste, sesame oil and ginger.
- Bring the glaze to a boil over medium heat until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat and set aside.
- Arrange the salmon filets, skin side down, in a single layer on a baking sheet lined with foil or parchment.
- Brush the salmon filets with half the glaze using a pastry brush or silicon brush.
- Bake the salmon for 10 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Optional step, to caramelized the top of the salmon, broil for 1-2 minutes keeping a close eye on the salmon as the glaze can burn quickly if you’re not looking.
- Remove the salmon from the oven and serve with the remaining sauce for drizzling.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onion, if desired.