Maple Baked Salmon Recipe
Elevate your dinner game with this maple baked salmon. This sweet and savory dish is easy to make and perfect for a healthy and delicious weeknight meal.
We eat a lot of fish here, especially salmon. We smoke it, barbecue it, bake it, stuff it, and even can it. It is so delicious!
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Salmon is also an excellent way to make healthy eating easy. Eating salmon regularly has a ton of health benefits. Today, I am sharing one of my new favorite ways to enjoy salmon.
This maple salmon recipe is fancy enough to serve for special occasions, but easy enough to throw together any night of the week. The sweet and savory glaze comes together in no time.
With just a handful of ingredients and a little bit of prep, you can have a healthy meal on the table that the whole family will enjoy. Let’s get started.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs fresh salmon filet portions (3-4 pieces)
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- 2-3 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice (about ½ lemon)
- 1 tbsp fresh dill, chopped
- ½ tbsp dijon mustard
- ½ tbsp grainy dijon mustard
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper, plus more for seasoning
- ⅛ tsp kosher salt, plus more for seasoning
Preparation:
1. Make the marinade. Combine the maple syrup, lemon juice, dill, dijon mustard, grainy dijon mustard, black pepper, and salt in a medium bowl. Measure 3 tbsp of this glaze into a small bowl and set aside for basting the salmon.
2. Pour marinade into a shallow baking dish. Gently place the salmon, flesh-side down, into the marinade, while making sure not to get marinade on the salmon skin. Let this rest on the counter for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 400º F.
4. Prepare a baking pan by lining it with parchment paper or spraying it with cooking spray. Remove the salmon from the marinade and place on the pan, with the skin side down. Discard the used marinade.
5. Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle with the remaining 3 tbsp of maple glaze. Turn the oven to broil and return the pan to the oven for about 2 more minutes or until the salmon reaches your desired doneness.
6. Remove from the oven, transfer the filets to a plate, cover loosely with foil, and let them rest for 10-15 minutes.
7. Season with salt and pepper. Serve with slices of lemon, garlic rice and soy sauce.
Substitutions:
- For this recipe, we opted for the luscious and flavorful Atlantic salmon. While you can certainly use any type of salmon that you fancy, we highly recommend Atlantic salmon, as its natural fats contribute to a succulent and moist final dish.
- Brown sugar or honey can be used instead of maple syrup.
- Top with fresh garlic, lemon pepper seasoning or sesame seeds.
Tips and tricks:
- Remove any excess moisture from the salmon filets by patting them off with paper towels.
- Using pure maple syrup is very important in this recipe, to get the best results.
- To confirm that the fish is completely cooked, check the internal temperature using an instant read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the filet.
- Leftover salmon should be stored in the fridge, sealed in an airtight container, for no more than three days.
Serve this delicious maple-glazed salmon with sweet potatoes, roasted brussels sprouts, skillet asparagus, garlic mashed potatoes, fresh green beans or brown rice. Happy cooking!
Looking for more delicious meal ideas and healthy recipes that include salmon? Try my lemon chipotle salmon, ginger orange salmon, or these pan roasted salmon steaks.
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Maple Baked Salmon Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 lbs fresh salmon filet portions 3-4 pieces
- ¼ cup real maple syrup
- 2-3 tbsp fresh squeezed lemon juice about ½ lemon
- 1 tbsp fresh dill chopped
- ½ tbsp dijon mustard
- ½ tbsp grainy dijon mustard
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper plus more for seasoning
- ⅛ tsp kosher salt plus more for seasoning
Instructions
- Make the marinade. Combine the maple syrup, lemon juice, dill, dijon mustard, grainy dijon mustard, black pepper, and salt in a medium bowl. Measure 3 tbsp of this glaze into a small bowl and set aside for basting the salmon.
- Pour marinade into a shallow baking dish. Gently place the salmon, flesh-side down, into the marinade, while making sure not to get marinade on the salmon skin. Let this rest on the counter for 30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 400º F.
- Prepare a baking pan by lining it with parchment paper or spraying it with cooking spray. Remove the salmon from the marinade and place on the pan, with the skin side down. Discard the used marinade.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and drizzle with the remaining 3 tbsp of maple glaze. Turn the oven to broil and return the pan to the oven for about 2 more minutes or until the salmon reaches your desired doneness.
- Remove from the oven, transfer the filets to a plate, cover loosely with foil, and let them rest for 10-15 minutes.
- Season with salt and pepper. Serve with slices of lemon, garlic rice and soy sauce.
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