What is Honey-Soy Salmon
Today’s recipe for honey soy salmon all comes down to a simple yet delicious marinade made out of, you guessed it, honey & soy. It is a perfect balance of salty and sweet thanks to the soy sauce and honey. But also includes other flavorfully ingredients like lemon juice, garlic, ginger, and toasted sesame oil.
Trust me the combination is to die for!
Grill it, Bake it, or Cook it in a Pan!
Because the weather is still great where I live, today I will be grilling this salmon. However, this salmon recipe can easily be applied for indoor cooking when the weather’s not so great.
For example, you can bake it in an oven.
Start by preheating your oven to 375℉ or 190℃. Set the salmon pieces on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil, and place it in your heated oven. Then let them bake for roughly 15 to 20 minutes or until the salmon flakes easily with a fork.
Or you can cook it in a pan or skillet.
Just pour some oil into a pan/skillet and set it over medium heat. Place the salmon pieces in flesh side down and let them cook 3 to 4 minutes for rare/medium-rare, or 5 to 6 minutes for medium/well done. Then flip the salmon over and let them continue to cook in the pan for the same amount of time as before. And with this method you can add the remaining marinade after you’ve flipped the salmon, letting it reduce into a thick and delicious sauce.
Tips, Tricks & Suggestions
- Seafood has a tendency to stick to grill grates. That’s why it’s always important that you grease your grill grates before cooking any type of seafood on them. And while there’s a couple of ways to do this, my personal favorite is with some tongs and a paper towel. Just pour some oil onto a plate and dip a crumbled-up ball of paper towels into it. Then hold the oil soaked ball with some tongs and use it to grease the grates on your grill.
- Don’t want all of that marinade to go to waste? Then pour it into a small saucepan, and place it over medium-high heat. Let this simmer and reduce for 5 minutes so that it thickens up and can be used as a delicious sauce.
- Some sides I like to serve this with are our roasted potatoes, baked asparagus, coconut rice, parsley potatoes, or even sunomono.
Honey-Soy Salmon Recipe
Prep time: 1 hour (for marinating)
Cook time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 Lb of Salmon, skin left on and cut into 4 pieces
Honey-soy marinade:
¼ Cup of soy sauce
2 Tablespoons of honey
Juice from 1 lemon, should be roughly 1½ Tablespoons
1 Tablespoon of olive oil
½ Teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
2 Cloves of garlic, minced
1 Tablespoon of ginger, minced
½ Teaspoon of crushed red pepper (optional)
Instructions
- Marinate the salmon: Add all of the ingredients for the marinade into a large zip lock bag and agitate them so they are thoroughly combined. Add the salmon pieces to this bag and gently move them around so that they are coated in the marinade.
Set this in your fridge for 1 to 4 hours. But make sure to take the salmon out of the fridge 30 minutes before grilling so it comes to room temperature.
- Preheat your grill on medium.
- Get the salmon ready for the grill: Take the salmon out of the marinade 10 minutes before grilling, making sure that any excess marinade drips off the salmon.
Transfer the remaining marinade to a bowl as it will be used to based the salmon as it cooks. 
- Grill the salmon: Brush the grill grates with some oil so that the salmon won’t stick. Then place each piece of salmon on the grill skin side up.
Let this cook undisturbed for 3 to 6 minutes depending on how well done you like your salmon. 3 to 4 minutes for rare/medium-rare, or 5 to 6 minutes for medium/well done. Then carefully use tongs to flip the salmon so that the skin side is down.
Brush some of the reserved marinade over the flesh of the salmon. Then let them cook for another 3 to 6 minutes, again depending on how well done you like your salmon. Use tongs or a spatula to remove the cooked salmon from the grill.
- Serve the honey-soy salmon immediately and enjoy!
Honey-Soy Salmon Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Lb of Salmon skin left on and cut into 4 pieces
Honey-soy marinade:
- ¼ Cup of soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons of honey
- Juice from 1 lemon should be roughly 1½ Tablespoons
- 1 Tablespoon of olive oil
- ½ Teaspoon of toasted sesame oil
- 2 Cloves of garlic minced
- 1 Tablespoon of ginger minced
- ½ Teaspoon of crushed red pepper optional
Instructions
- Marinate the salmon: Add all of the ingredients for the marinade into a large zip lock bag and agitate them so they are thoroughly combined. Add the salmon pieces to this bag and gently move them around so that they are coated in the marinade. Set this in your fridge for 1 to 4 hours. But make sure to take the salmon out of the fridge 30 minutes before grilling so it comes to room temperature.
- Preheat your grill on medium.
- Get the salmon ready for the grill: Take the salmon out of the marinade 10 minutes before grilling, making sure that any excess marinade drips off the salmon. Transfer the remaining marinade to a bowl as it will be used to based the salmon as it cooks.
- Grill the salmon: Brush the grill grates with some oil so that the salmon won’t stick. Then place each piece of salmon on the grill skin side up. Let this cook undisturbed for 3 to 6 minutes depending on how well done you like your salmon. 3 to 4 minutes for rare/medium-rare, or 5 to 6 minutes for medium/well done. Then carefully use tongs to flip the salmon so that the skin side is down. Brush some of the reserved marinade over the flesh of the salmon. Then let them cook for another 3 to 6 minutes, again depending on how well done you like your salmon. Use tongs or a spatula to remove the cooked salmon from the grill.
- Serve the honey-soy salmon immediately and enjoy!
