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Easy Honey Salmon

FishStove-TopGastro-Pub

Time: 25 minutes

Yield: 4 servings

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About

Easy Honey Salmon is about beautiful tastes and making life simple again. Why stress when, in less than half an hour, you could be sitting down to a delicious fish dinner, with the succulent salmon coated in a sweet and bright sauce! It's the perfect blend of savory and sweetness that makes Easy Honey Salmon a bite of heaven. Time to take things easy!

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Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, patted dry with a paper towel
  • kosher salt, to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • 3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 lemon, sliced
  • green onions, optional, to taste, sliced, for garnish

Directions

Step 1 -In a medium bowl, add the honey, the soy sauce, the lemon juice, and the red pepper flakes, and whisk to combine.

Step 2 -In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of the oil until it is hot but not smoking.

Step 3 -Add the salmon fillets, skin-side up, to the hot oil and season the skin with the salt and the pepper.

Step 4 -Cook the salmon until deeply golden on the bottom, about 6 minutes.

Step 5 -Carefully flip the salmon fillets and add the remaining oil to the skillet.

Step 6 -Add the garlic to the skillet around the fillets and cook, while stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute.

Step 7 -Add the honey mixture and the lemon slices to the skillet and cook, while occasionally basting the salmon fillets , until the sauce is reduced by about 1/3 and the fillets reach an internal temperature of 145 degrees F, about 2-4 minutes.

Step 8 -Transfer the fillets from the heat to a serving plate.

Step 9 -Serve garnished with the green onions.

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