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Home » Main Course Recipes » Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon Fillets

March 20, 2010 By Janice Pattie 10 Comments

Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon Fillets

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A fillet of Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon on couscous

Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon is a very simple way to add flavour to farmed salmon. The sweet and sour glaze makes a tasty sauce that turns this quick and easy recipe into an instant hit with all the family.

Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon

This recipe is so easy, just mix up the marinade and pour it over the salmon fillets. Then after an hour, quickly fry the salmon and serve.

Salmon swimming upstream

Scottish Salmon

I’m a big fan of farmed Scottish salmon, it may not have quite the same flavour as wild salmon but it is so much less expensive.

Growing up in Scotland in the 1960s we never at fresh salmon and even in the 1970s, it was a rare treat. So I really appreciate how fresh salmon has been made more accessible by farming.

Ingredients for Honey Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Ingredients for Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon Fillets

All quantities and full instructions can be found in the recipe card at the bottom of the page

You will need the following ingredients:

  • 4 Scottish Salmon Fillets
  • Honey
  • Balsamic Vinegar
  • Garlic
  • Dijon Mustard
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Salmon in honey balsamic glaze

Mix the Marinade

Crush the garlic and mix together with the honey, vinegar, and mustard. Brush both sides of the salmon with a pastry brush in order to make sure that the flavour penetrates the whole fillet.

Fry the salmon skin down for Honey Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Fry the Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon Fillets

Heat the olive oil in the frying pan and fry the salmon fillets for 3 minutes each side. Turn the fish only once.

Skin side up salmon in pan

Check the salmon fillets are cooked by easing back a flake of fish. The salmon should be pink. Add the remaining glaze to the pan and cook for a couple of minutes then brush the salmon with the remaining glaze.

TIP

Remove the salmon from the heat before it is fully pink inside. The fillets continue to cook in the residual heat and are less likely to dry out.

Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon on couscous

Serving Suggestion

Serve the Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon with new potatoes and salad or with Easy Roasted Pepper Couscous.

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Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon

Janice Pattie
Honey & Balsamic Glazed Salmon is a very simple way to add flavour to farmed salmon. The sweet and sour glaze makes a tasty sauce that turns this quick and easy recipe into an instant hit with all the family.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 6 mins
marinade time 1 hr
Total Time 1 hr 16 mins
Course fish, Main Course
Cuisine British
Servings 4
Calories 311 kcal

Equipment

  • Measuring spoons
  • small bowl
  • Frying Pan
  • garlic crusher
  • Pastry brush

Ingredients
 

  • 4 Scottish salmon fillets
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
  • 2 tbsp runny honey
  • 1 garlic clove peeled and crushed
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions
 

  • Mix together the vinegar, mustard, honey, garlic and seasoning in a bowl. Brush over both sides of the salmon and leave in the fridge for at least an hour.
  • Heat the oil in a frying pan on high heat.
  • Sear the steaks for approximately 3 minutes on each side, turning only once. The cooking time will depend on the thickness of the fish fillets.
  • Check that the fish is cooked with the tip of a knife. It is ready if it flakes easily and is pink.
  • I like to remove the fish before it is fully pink as the fish will continue to cook in the residual heat.
  • Remove from the pan and keep warm. Add the remaining glaze to the pan and cook for a couple minutes then brush the salmon with the remaining glaze.

Nutrition

Calories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 10gProtein: 34gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 119mgPotassium: 833mgFiber: 1gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 68IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg
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Comments

  1. Chele says

    March 20, 2010 at 9:40 pm

    Lucky you Janice ;0)
    That salmon sounds lovely – I'm thinking it would be great on the barbie.

    Reply
  2. Marie says

    March 21, 2010 at 7:39 am

    I love their cookbook Janice! I think their veggie boxes are pretty special as well!! xxoo

    Reply
  3. Charlene says

    March 21, 2010 at 8:29 am

    Really interesting stuff. I looked at Abel & Cole's website and while they do deliver in my area, I already get an organic fruit and veg box from a local family-run business who I'd rather keep on supporting than buy from a national company. If we didn't have that though, I'd probably buy from Abel & Cole.

    I'd like to buy their bread, but you have to spend £10 in order to get a delivery and I don't think I could spend £10 a week on bread! And we were full time and probably wouldn't be in to receive a delivery. Oh, well!

    Reply
  4. Choclette says

    March 21, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    They don't deliver in the South West either, I tried once when they had a special offer on, but to no avail!

    Reply
  5. myletterstoemily says

    March 21, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    i really enjoyed your cooking
    demonstration and feel that
    i could easily follow all your
    directions.

    thank you! sometimes i get
    lost in all the playful banter
    of some blogs and then have
    to go back and forth to find
    the directions.

    Reply
  6. myletterstoemily says

    March 21, 2010 at 9:37 pm

    i really enjoyed your cooking
    demonstration and feel that
    i could easily follow all your
    directions.

    thank you! sometimes i get
    lost in all the playful banter
    of some blogs and then have
    to go back and forth to find
    the directions.

    Reply
  7. Margaret says

    March 21, 2010 at 10:11 pm

    The Abel & Cole cookbook has received good reviews on blogs and so it must be good!

    Reply
  8. PicnicIdeas says

    March 22, 2010 at 1:03 am

    Hi:-)
    You have a great blog and the Honey glazed Salmon steaks look wonderful.Thank you for the recipe 🙂

    Reply
  9. Camilla Hawkins says

    May 14, 2020 at 11:24 pm

    Honey and balsamic glaze sounds heavenly and the perfect match for some fried salmon, must try this!

    Reply
    • Janice Pattie says

      May 15, 2020 at 9:04 am

      Thanks, Camilla. It’s such a quick meal to get on the table.

      Reply

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