Salmon with a Maple Syrup Glaze
Maple syrup can add amazing flavor to a dish! Dark Canadian Maple Syrup with a little soy sauce can turn salmon into your favorite dish.
Equipment
- Large shallow dish
- 2 Skillets
- baking sheet
- Grill
Ingredients
Marinate
- ½ cup Olive oil
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon Onion powder
- ¼ teaspoon Creole seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon Cayenne pepper
Salmon
- 4 slices Fresh salmon fillets (deboned, leave skin attached)
Glaze
- ¾ cup Dark Canadian maple syrup
- 2 teaspoons Soy sauce
- 3 tablespoons Brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons Lime juice
- 2 teaspoons Paprika
- ¼ teaspoon Black pepper
Instructions
Marinate
- Place the spices for the marinate in a skillet
- Heat spices on a medium heat, stirring constantly until well blended about 3 minutes then allow to cool
Salmon
- Rinse and debone the salmon (leave skin in place)
- Place in a shallow dish with skin down, rub presentation side of fillet with the spice mixture
- Pour the olive oil over the fillets and allow to rest for 1 hour, at room temperature.
Glaze
- Place all ingredients in a skillet (maple syrup, soy sauce,brown sugar, lime juice, paprika, and pepper).
- Heat until all of the sugar is dissolved, set aside
Cooking the Glazed Salmon
- Heat a grill or skillet adding a little oil.
- Place the salmon, presentation side down, baste with the glaze and cook for about 2 - 3 minutes
- Flip the fillet to the other side and continue basting with the glaze for 2 - 3 minutes.
- If you have a thicker fillet and would like to cook the salmon a little longer, remove from the skillet, place fillet on a baking sheet, and bake at 350, in the oven, for about 5 minutes.
- When finished, plate the salmon, presentation side up, with maple glaze, serve. Enjoy!