Mirin-Glazed Salmon
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Mirin-glazed salmon is a fresh and healthy fish dinner, full of Asian flavors. Using just 5 ingredients and 15 minutes to make!
I’m still in my super-simple frame of mind. It’s been unseasonably warm this autumn, so we’re still eating light and healthy dishes reminiscent of late summer. (this post contains affiliate links) This post was first published on July 20th, 2012. I’ve updated it and re-published for those of you have have joined my site in the last 5 years!
I picked up a Nigella Lawson cookbook for the first time and one of the first recipes I turned to was this one, for Mirin Glazed Salmon. What struck me was that there were only 5 ingredients, and the whole recipe took under 10 minutes. The taste was amazing! A little sweet, a little salty, a little fabulous!
I keep a bag of wild Alaskan salmon filets in the freezer for making quick meals. They’re individually vacuum sealed and defrost relatively quickly. This recipe is easily adapted to be gluten free by substituting coconut aminos (found here), for the soy sauce.
Should you rinse salmon before cooking it?
There is no reason to rinse fish before cooking it. You can read more about the why there’s no need to rinse fish before you cook it here.
You can serve mirin-glazed salmon with steamed rice, or Asian Stir-Fried Vegetables.
Honey Mustard Salmon
Ingredients
- 24 ounces salmon filets (4 filets) 1 1/3" thick
- 4 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1/4 cup honey
- Dijon mustard
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- kosher salt
- black pepper
- 1 lemon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Brush 1 Tablespoon olive oil in a baking dish or foil lined rimmed baking sheet.
- In a small saucepan, whisk honey and soy sauce over medium-high heat until slightly thickened, 2-3 minutes.
- Remove from heat and whisk in Dijon mustard. Divide the sauce and set 2 Tablespoons aside to finish the fish once it's cooked.
- Season fish with salt and pepper. Brush glaze on flesh side of salmon. Place the salmon skin side down, in a baking dish. Cover with aluminum foil.
- Bake salmon at 400* F. for about 12 minutes and internal temperature registers 135 to 140 degrees F. with a food thermometer.
- Uncover salmon and bake for another 2-3 minutes, or the internal temperature is 145 degrees F. and salmon flakes easily.
- Just before serving, brush with additional honey mustard sauce. Serve with lemon wedges.
Nutrition
Yes! It adds a lot of flavor!
That’s a really simple recipe with few ingredients. A quick fix that tastes good. Like that you mention the gluten free ingredients too.
Yes, easy…fast and gluten free!
Such an easy and elegant recipe! I bet tastes awesome too.
Delicious and simple!
This looks fabulous! I love to serve salmon for dinner!
Salmon is my family’s favorite fish!
Just pinned this and can’t wait to try it! Yummmm… I was just thinking the other day that I need new salmon recipes, and here you are! 🙂 Thanks for the recipe inspiration!
it’s so easy too!
EASY-QUICK-TASTY. We live in Alaska & so have some fantastic salmon, but the problem is cooking it too long, so it becomes rubber. This recipe was fast & easy & a huge crowd pleaser. Now it is one of my go-to recipes.
So glad! We love salmon around here!