Honey Soy Sauce Salmon Recipe

My honey soy sauce salmon recipe is an exciting, aromatic, and truly delicious way to cook some fresh, velvety salmon fillets you may have brought home from a fishmonger or supermarket.

This recipe will coat your salmon in a sticky sauce that brims with rich, sweet, and herby flavors and puts a really intriguing twist on a seafood-based dinner.

Honey Soy Sauce Salmon Recipe

Soy sauce is an ingredient that, when used right, can add a welcome amount of rich, sweet notes to a dish, along with its sticky texture.

If this recipe sounds a little too sweet due to the addition of honey, take a look at the other ingredients used in the sauce below. I’ve added the likes of white wine, parsley, and chili pepper to balance that sweetness and create a sauce that really compliments the smooth, melt-in-mouth texture of the salmon.

This recipe went down a treat at home, and I really hope you love this flavor combination.

Ingredients

So, let’s get started with ingredients. You’ll need the following to make this dish:

• Salmon – 4 salmon fillets (1.2 lb or 520 grams)
• Honey – 1/3 cup honey
• Soy Sauce – 1/3 cup soy sauce
• White Wine – 1 cup white wine
• Lemon – juice from 1 lemon
• Garlic – 2 garlic cloves, minced or finely chopped
• Butter – 3 tbsp unsalted butter
• Oil – 2 tbsp neutral-tasting oil (like sunflower oil, vegetable oil, or canola oil)
• Chili Pepper – 1/2 medium-heat chili pepper, finely chopped
• Salt – 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• Black Pepper – 1/2 tsp black pepper
• Parsley – fresh – 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley

Step-by-Step Instructions

Step 1 – Place a pan on medium heat and add the oil.

Step 2 – Season the salmon with salt and pepper and place in the pan (skin-side down).

Step 3 – Pan-fry the salmon skin side down first for about 4 minutes. Then flip, lower the heat, and cook for about 1-2 minutes.

The timings are based on fillets that are about 4.6-4.8 oz (130-135 grams) each and on my personal preference, so feel free to adjust the cooking times based on your preference and the thickness/weight of the salmon fillets you have.

It should not be completely cooked as we’ll finish cooking it in the sauce

Step 4 – Remove the salmon and set it aside on a plate.

Step 5 – To the pan, add the white wine, soy sauce, lemon juice, honey, minced garlic, and finely chopped chili pepper.

Step 6 – Cook the sauce over medium heat, reducing the sauce (for about 10 minutes).

Step 7 – Add the butter, and once it’s melted, add the parsley.

Step 8 – Add the salmon (skin side down) and spoon the sauce over it, finishing cooking the salmon for about 1 minute skin-side down, then flip and cook for 30 seconds more or until cooked to your preference.

Step 9 – You can bring the salmon to the dinner table in the pan, ready for everyone to plate up or serve it on individual plates with more fresh parsley on top.

Serving Suggestions

The smell alone will have everyone salivating, even before you take that first buttery, soft, sticky, sweet bite that melts in the mouth.

Because of the sauce, rice is a wonderful pairing for salmon cooked this way.

I added some mushrooms cooked in the sauce and a side of arugula for a dish that compliments the salmon so well.

Naturally, you can also go with a side of roasted potatoes and use them to mop up plenty of that sweet, sticky sauce – oh, yummy!

I would love to know what you thought of salmon cooked this way, and what you decided to cook it with.

Oh, and please let me know if you are enjoying my salmon recipes and want to see more. I’m really enjoying cooking with salmon, and I’d love to keep adding to the collection on my site so that you can try some more.

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