The perfect salmon is marinated in soy sauce, brown sugar, juice, spices, and fresh ginger. Every time I serve this fish to my family or friends, they gush about it. Even my husband, who previously refused to eat salmon, now wants to know when we would be having it again. For the health of you and your family, kindly try!
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 10 mins |
| Additional Time: | 3 hrs |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
| Yield: | 4 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 pound salmon fillets
- ⅓ cup brown sugar, divided
- 2 teaspoons lemon pepper, divided
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder, divided
- ⅓ cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 (1 inch) piece fresh ginger root, minced
- ⅓ cup orange juice
Instructions
- Rub salmon with about 1 tablespoon brown sugar. Lightly sprinkle with lemon pepper and garlic powder; rub seasoning into fish.
- Into a small saucepan set over medium heat, pour soy sauce and olive oil. Stir in ginger and remaining brown sugar, lemon pepper, and garlic powder. Bring to a gentle simmer, stirring constantly until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat, stir in orange juice.
- Place fish and marinade into a resealable plastic bag, seal, and refrigerate overnight, or for at least 3 hours.
- Preheat broiler. Place fish in a foil-lined baking pan. Reserve marinade.
- Broil fish skin-side up, 2 minutes. Remove from oven, pull skin off with tongs. Baste with marinade, return to oven, and broil 2 minutes more. Turn fish, and broil until fish flakes easily, about 4 minutes. Remove from oven, and let sit 5 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 333 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 22 g |
| Cholesterol | 67 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 0 g |
| Protein | 24 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 764 mg |
| Sugars | 20 g |
| Fat | 16 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe was so tasty and delicious. Will definitely make again. One of the best fish recipes I’ve had.
I didn’t broil it. I baked it on 350 degrees for 20 minutes. And it came out so tender. I poured the marinade on top when I baked it. I put mine on a bed of homemade lo mein made with rice noodles. After the salmon was done, I put it on top of the noodles and poured the marinade on top of the dish. It was heavenly.
gourmet taste with little work. We love it and make it often
This recipe is sooo good. I didn’t have time to marinate at all. I seasoned the fish with brown sugar, Lemon pepper and garlic. I used about a Tbs of sauce per fillet and baked them at 350 for 20 min. While I thickened the remain sauce with arrowroot powder. I served the fish with white rice and green beans and topped the fish with the thicken sauce! A restaurant quality dish
I made this recipe for the first time and loved it. The next time I will marinate as directed, but pan-sear the salmon on my cast iron skillet for about 45 seconds each side and then put in the oven to broil. I expect that pan-searing first will seal in the delicious marinade and juices … so delicious you that you don’t want to lose one bit.
I used this recipe on Alaskan Salmon. I much prefer Atlantic Salmon which I didn’t know how different they were until I had bought the Alaska salmon, which is much drier and more dense than the Atlantic. Thus the reason I was looking for a recipe to marinate and hopefully help the texture of the Alaskan. Well this recipe did it…it tasted great! I only marinated it for 2 hours because that was all the time I had but what a difference. Great recipe.
My favorite salmon recipe ever. I’ve made it at least a dozen times. Recently, I’ve taken a shortcut and not heated the marinade (just mixed the ingredients in a big plastic baggie before adding the salmon), and it’s still delicious. The cooking method is crucial so as to benefit from the extra flavor (and healthy fatty acids) from cooking with the skin on, and also not dry the fish out. Excellent!!
I had a favorite salmon recipe but decided to try this one for a change. I have now added this to my favorite recipes file. We grilled it on our Holland grill (convection grill), 10 minutes per side for a 2 lb. salmon, and it was outstanding. I reserved 1/3 c. of the marinade and added a pinch of cornstarch as a previous viewer suggested, heating just to boiling to drizzle over the grilled salmon. It was great with or without the additional sauce.
Oops I mentioned about rice vinegar…it’s not included in the recipe but I still added the vinegar so it’s a little bit tangy.
Double the marinade and simmer the extra with cornstarch to create a sauce for the fish and any accompanying noodles or veggies.
pretty good, maybe better on the grill?
We like this recipe a lot. When in a hurry, I just put all the marinade ingredients minus the orange juice in a bowl and microwave for 1 minute. Add orange juice and pour over the salmon in a casserole dish. Marinate for couple of hours. Then bake, at 400 degrees, for 15 to 20 minutes.
My family wasn’t a fish eating one, but they LOVE when I make this!
I don’t cook often and don’t hold a ton of confidence when I cook, but when I made this my husband said it “was restaurant quality” – made my day! This recipe was delicious and I’ll make it again any day!
This was amazing. Instead of broiling, we cooked the salmon at 350 for about 15-20 minutes. Once the salmon was done cooking, I removed the fish from the pan, poured the juice in a saucepan, and added about 1.5 tbsp of corn starch to make a sauce which we drizzled over the fish and the rice. It was fantastic.
Made this for Thanksgiving dinner and it was a hit! It is so simple and easy that this will become a regular dinner dish. I didn’t have brown sugar at the time and used white sugar for the rub and honey in the marinade and it was perfect. Broiled it just as the directions state, it was perfectly cooked and cleanup was as easy as throwing away the foil.
Awesome recipe only thing I did different was used ground ginger (refrigerated )and brought the marinade to a boil then thickened with cornstarch and water. Awesome awesome glaze I did not eat salmon before this recipe!
Cooked this over charcoal with Coho, was by far the best salmon I’ve ever had. Can’t wait for the fall salmon run on Lake Superior to get more!
Delicious! This was fantastic! The whole family enjoyed it!
Delicious! Best way to have salmon!
I’m scared to death to use the broiler, but I did it and it worked perfectly! I only marinated it for an hour. It was still very flavorful. I did 4 minutes on one side, then 5 minutes on the other side. It got a little blackened-very good!