Maple Glazed Salmon combines flakey, buttery fish with a savory umami glaze for a mouth-watering dinner that can be made in just one pan. In this healthy and flavorful salmon dish, nutty maple glaze, and crisp vegetables come together to highlight the best of land and sea.
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Why this Maple-Glazed Salmon Recipe is a Keeper
This maple glazed salmon for two is easy to make, and a great new way to eat salmon. You’ll love this recipe, both for its maple flavor and the refreshing salmon and broccoli. Here are some reasons why this sweet and savory easy salmon with real maple syrup is one of my favorite salmon recipes, and will be one of yours too:
- 20 Minute Meal: Who knew that making this crispy maple glazed salmon recipe would only take 20 minutes? Not only is it simple and delicious; it’s also efficient!
- Easy Ingredients: All the ingredients for this maple salmon recipe can be found in your kitchen or local grocery store.
- Family Friendly Recipe: Even the pickiest eaters would have a tough time turning down fresh salmon in maple sauce. This easy salmon recipe is o-fish-ially a clear family favorite!
If you’re looking for more salmon recipes you’ll love, try these: Jerk Salmon, Salmon En Croute, and Baked Salmon with Asparagus.
What is the Difference Between Wild Caught and Farm Raised Salmon?
Salmon is one of the healthiest fish due to its protein and omega-3 content, making many salmon recipes a go-to for health aficionados (a-fish-ionados?). However, farmed salmon and wild-caught salmon have several health differences.
While each have their pros and cons, the differences in health statistics, such as contaminants and omega-3 levels, aren’t large enough to cause much concern. However, it should be noted that while farmed salmon is usually larger due to the proteins the fish are fed, the antibiotics that are fed to salmon in fish farms can pose some health problems.
Both can also contain mercury- a common concern when it comes to seafood- but because salmon are smaller fish than swordfish or tuna, the levels they may contain are very low. Wild caught salmon is more expensive but lacks the antibiotics that farmed salmon may carry. If you decide to purchase wild-caught salmon, make sure to do so sustainably.
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Ingredient Notes for Baked Salmon with Maple Glaze
- Salmon: You’ll love salmon for the way it flakes with a fork and its distinct buttery flavor, and you can make this recipe with fresh or frozen salmon filets. As stated above, the best maple glazed salmon is made with sustainable salmon– a choice that both feels and tastes good.
- Maple Syrup: Use real maple syrup to make the maple and brown sugar glaze. Pure maple syrup works great.
See the recipe card below for a complete list of the ingredients with measurements.
Variations and Substitutions to Make Maple Salmon Recipe
- Leftover Maple Glaze: This tasty recipe for salmon glaze over the top of the fish can be great on other meats, such as chicken, pork, or other fish.
- Salmon Skin: If you don’t want to cook the salmon skin-on, just remove the skin from the salmon before cooking.
Fun Fact
Fresh salmon looks bright pink and has visible white lines on the surface of the meat. It should also be oily to the touch and have a subtle smell.
How to Make Easy Maple Glazed Salmon Recipe
This delicious salmon recipe made with maple syrup is a clear favorite salmon dish and is amazingly simple to make. The maple syrup adds a sweet flavor to the savory fish, along with the rest of the sweet and savory glaze ingredients.
These are the basic steps for making maple glazed salmon. Refer to the full, printable recipe card below for detailed instructions.
1. Prep and Cook the Salmon Fillets
First, preheat the oven and spray a 9X13 baking sheet with cooking spray or olive oil, or line with parchment paper. Place salmon in the pan, making sure each piece of salmon is pat-dry. Each piece of fish should be salmon skin side down towards the bottom of the pan.
2. Stir and Reduce the Sauce
Mix together the maple syrup, brown sugar, soy sauce, Dijon mustard, and pepper. Pour the maple syrup mixture over the top of the salmon. Then, place broccoli and cooked rice in the pan, cover with foil, and bake the salmon in the preheated oven, watching the time to make sure it doesn’t overcook. As soon as the salmon is done, remove it from the oven.. Serve with almonds and green onion.
FAQs to Make Maple Glazed Salmon
Expert Tips to Make this Recipe for Maple Syrup Glazed Salmon
- More Marinade: Make extra glaze to use as a sauce to marinate the salmon with. If you like the sauce thicker, make a cornstarch slurry and cook in a small saucepan.
- Add Seeds: Top this tasty asian glazed salmon recipe with sesame seeds for a nice garnish once the salmon is cooked. A garnish gives the salmon a nice finish, and you can also add salt and pepper to taste.
- Rice: Replace white rice with brown rice or cauliflower rice.
- Variation tip for the baked teriyaki salmon : Use different vegetables in this salmon bowl, such as cauliflower, mushrooms, or a Brussels sprouts salad.
- Alternate ingredient: Replace the brown sugar with honey or agave syrup in the glaze. You can also add some chili powder for spicy maple glazed salmon.
- Maple Soy Salmon: Add a touch of soy sauce along with the maple syrup, then pour the glaze over the salmon for a more flavorful teriyaki glazed salmon.
What to Serve with Maple Glazed Salmon
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Maple Glazed Salmon
Ingredients
- 2 Pounds Salmon Fillets
- ⅛ Cup Brown Sugar
- ⅛ Cup Maple Syrup
- 1 ½ Tablespoon Reduced-Sodium Soy Sauce
- ½ Tablespoon Dijon Mustard
- ⅛ Teaspoon Pepper
- Almonds, Chopped or Sliced
- Green Onion, Chopped
- Cooked Rice and Broccoli, Optional
Instructions
- Spray a 9×13 Pan with cooking spray. Place Salmon into the pan.
- Mix together Brown Sugar, Maple Syrup, Soy Sauce, Dijon Mustard and Pepper
- Pour mixture over Salmon
- Now place fresh Broccoli on one side of Salmon and cooked Rice on the other.
- Cover with foil and cook in a 400 degree oven. Timing will depend on how thick your Salmon is. Thick fillets should cook for about 15-20 min. Less for thinner. Check after 10 minutes.
- Add Almonds and Green Onions on top if you like.
Expert Tips
- More Marinade: Make extra glaze to use as a sauce. If you like the sauce thicker, make a cornstarch slurry and cook in a small saucepan.
- Add Seeds: Top the dish with sesame seeds for a nice garnish.
- Rice: Replace white rice with brown rice or cauliflower rice.
- Variation tip: Use different vegetables in this salmon bowl, such as cauliflower, mushrooms, or Brussels sprouts.
- Alternate ingredient: Replace the brown sugar with honey or agave syrup in the glaze.
- Alternate cooking method tip: Cook the salmon in the air fryer for 6 to 11 minutes.
- Cook Time: According to the FDA, salmon is considered cooked when the thickest part reaches 145 degrees F. Adjust the total time necessary to cook based on the thickness of your salmon.
So loved this recipe, so flavorful! Will surely have this again! It’s really easy to make and it tasted so delicious! Highly recommended!
What a beautiful dish! It was delicious and special enough to serve to company. Thanks for the tasty recipe!
These flavors sound fantastic! Thanks so much for linking this up to The Friday Frenzy!
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Love the sauce and the almonds seem like a nice touch. Thanks so much for bringing this dish to foodie friday.
Found you via Tutorial Tuesday- this looks DELICIOUS! You can’t go wrong with sweet + salmon! Thanks for sharing, can’t wait to try this 🙂
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