a delicious and simple method for preparing salmon fillets. If desired, garnish with lemon slices.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 1 hr |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 3 |
| Yield: | 3 servings |
Ingredients
- 3 (6 ounce) salmon fillets
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- cooking spray
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons chili powder
- 4 teaspoons lemon zest
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 ¼ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place salmon in a resealable bag and add lemon juice; marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a baking dish with aluminum foil and spray foil with cooking spray.
- Blend brown sugar, chili powder, lemon zest, oil, cumin, cinnamon, and salt together in a blender until brown sugar mixture is smooth.
- Remove salmon from bag and discard bag and lemon juice. Spread brown sugar mixture over salmon and place in the prepared baking dish.
- Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 12 to 15 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 381 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 75 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 37 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 905 mg |
| Sugars | 19 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Followed the recipe but used a low carb brown sugar. The smell was fantastic and it did resemble barbeque! Hubs liked it, but I was thinking a more juicy sauce would be better. Maybe just add more evoo to this….still was pretty good! Will make again!
Great, will make again
I made this with steelhead and it was excellent…the only thing I will do next time is reduce the cumin to 1 teaspoon…overall very yummy though!
Won’t make this again 🙁
Made this for dinner tonight with peri peri brown rice and steamed broccoli. Kids devoured it!
Very good and very easy. I didn’t find it as sweet as some other commenters did it, the sweetness was necessary for the barbecue taste. The spice mix was quite good.
Seasoning is way too sweet and overpowering. Would’ve been better with half of the amount.
I didn’t put the ingredients in a blender, I just mixed it in a bowl and used it like a marinated rub. This is delish! This is my first recipe from this site and turned out Great!
Made this for me and my wife ! She loved it! Thank you for the love!
Found this recipe by using the “search by ingredients” feature (love, love, love this feature!!!). In the freezer I had a package of Trader Joe’s Chana Masala (Indian chick pea dish) and garlic naan (Indian flatbread). Searched for (fresh caught sockeye) salmon and cumin, and voila, this recipe! Even when marinated in juice for only 20 minutes and grilled indoors in a George Foreman, it had great nuanced flavors and made a perfect entrée to go with my sides.
This was great with Mahi Mahi on the Foreman grill. I threw it on top of a salad with a balsamic glaze. Next time I’ll make some dressing with the sauce.
Great flavor! Didn’t have cumin but really flavorful without. Added some black pepper and voila! My husband asked for seconds before he finished his “firsts”.
A good blend of flavors for a change. I added fresh ground black pepper to the mix.