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Honey Garlic Salmon

Easy and healthy honey garlic salmon cooked in a skillet has the most delicious marinade. LOVE this recipe!

Course Dinner
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 127 kcal

Ingredients

Sauce

  • 4 tbsp honey
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1 large garlic clove, minced or 2 tsp already minced garlic

Salmon

  • 2 salmon fillets (6 oz), skinless
  • salt and fresh ground pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

Garnishes

  • 2 tbsp sesame seeds
  • ¼ cup chopped spring onions

Instructions

  1. Take salmon fillets out of fridge 20 minutes before cooking.  Pat dry the salmon with a paper towel and sprinkle pepper and salt on the fillets.

  2. Add all sauce ingredients to a small bowl and whisk to combine.

  3. Turn on non-stick skillet to medium high heat. Pour olive oil in hot skillet and let heat up for 1 minute.  Place salmon in the pan, and cook one side for 3 minutes, then, turn over, and cook the other side for 2 minutes.

  4. Pour sauce over salmon.  Cook for 1 minute or until it starts to thicken slightly.  You can check the side of the salmon to see if its cooked to your liking (rare to fully cooked).

  5. Remove salmon and serve.

  6. Scoop the remaining sauce in the skillet over the salmon.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds and chopped spring onions.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Recipe Tin Eats