Honey Glazed Salmon

By zhanghengshuo

4 Person

25 Minutes

0 Calories

Pan-Seared Salmon with Browned Butter Lime Sauce. Need we say more?? This is one of the best salmon recipes you’ll ever try! The salmon has a delicious golden brown exterior and the perfect blend of sweet and tart and buttery flavors. I’m going to be a little lazy about it and just tell you, you need to try this salmon! It is really the best salmon I have ever eaten!

Ingredients

Browned Butter Lime Sauce

1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 clove Garlic , minced
3 tbsp. Fresh lime juice
6 tbsp. Salted butter , diced

2 tbsp. Olive oil
2 tsp. Honey, divided
8 tsp. Flour, divided
4 (6 oz) salmon fillets

Method

01

Working in batches of two salmon fillets at a time (or using two skillets, because you don't want to overcrowd the salmon when cooking it on the stove-top so it cooks more evenly), place salmon fillets on a cutting board or plate and sprinkle 1 tsp flour over each side of the salmon fillets and spread flour to evenly coat. Evenly drizzle 3/4 tsp honey over each side of the flour coated salmon fillets.* Drizzle 1 Tbsp olive oil into a 10 inch non-stick skillet, swirl pan to evenly coat bottom and heat over medium heat. Once oil is hot, carefully place salmon in pan and cook over medium heat, 3-5 minutes per side until salmon has cooked through and bottom has nicely browned**. Plate salmon immediately, drizzle each fillet with 1 1/2 - 2 Tbsp Browned Butter Lime Sauce and sprinkle with lime zest. Serve warm.
02

Note that once you remove the salmon from the plate some of the flour and honey coating will stick to the plate so I'd recommend just scraping it up with a spatula and adding it to the salmon once it's in the pan, alternately you could just coat one side with the flour and honey then after adding it to the pan you can coat the top side with flour and honey. Either way works I'd just say don't waste any of that delicious coating.
03

If you feel the salmon is darkening too much before the center is cooked through, you can brown the salmon in pan on both sides for about 2 minutes then place in a sprayed baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 7 - 10 minutes to finish cooking through.
04

Place butter in a small (light-colored) saucepan. Cook over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally until butter is fragrant and has turned a tan shade (for a step by step tutorial on how to brown butter see link here, although I would recommend not to stir constantly rather swirl the pan occasionally). Remove from heat and add browned butter along with lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper to a blender. Blend on low speed for 30 seconds to 1 minute until well blended. Pour sauce into a small glass dish (note: whisk butter mixture with a fork before pouring onto salmon as it will separate, rewarm if needed).
05

I didn't have much of this left after drenching the salmon with it but I used what was left over fresh corn on the cob, so good! Try if you'd like.

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Honey Glazed Salmon

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( By zhanghengshuo )

01 Information

Grade easy
Serving 4 servings
Prep Time 15 Mins
Cook Time 10 Mins
Total Time 25 Mins

02 Ingredients

Browned Butter Lime Sauce

1/2 tsp. Freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tsp. Salt

1 clove Garlic , minced

3 tbsp. Fresh lime juice

6 tbsp. Salted butter , diced

2 tbsp. Olive oil

2 tsp. Honey, divided

8 tsp. Flour, divided

4 (6 oz) salmon fillets

03 Method

Step 1

Working in batches of two salmon fillets at a time (or using two skillets, because you don't want to overcrowd the salmon when cooking it on the stove-top so it cooks more evenly), place salmon fillets on a cutting board or plate and sprinkle 1 tsp flour over each side of the salmon fillets and spread flour to evenly coat. Evenly drizzle 3/4 tsp honey over each side of the flour coated salmon fillets.* Drizzle 1 Tbsp olive oil into a 10 inch non-stick skillet, swirl pan to evenly coat bottom and heat over medium heat. Once oil is hot, carefully place salmon in pan and cook over medium heat, 3-5 minutes per side until salmon has cooked through and bottom has nicely browned**. Plate salmon immediately, drizzle each fillet with 1 1/2 - 2 Tbsp Browned Butter Lime Sauce and sprinkle with lime zest. Serve warm.

Step 2

Note that once you remove the salmon from the plate some of the flour and honey coating will stick to the plate so I'd recommend just scraping it up with a spatula and adding it to the salmon once it's in the pan, alternately you could just coat one side with the flour and honey then after adding it to the pan you can coat the top side with flour and honey. Either way works I'd just say don't waste any of that delicious coating.

Step 3

If you feel the salmon is darkening too much before the center is cooked through, you can brown the salmon in pan on both sides for about 2 minutes then place in a sprayed baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 7 - 10 minutes to finish cooking through.

Step 4

Place butter in a small (light-colored) saucepan. Cook over medium heat, swirling the pan occasionally until butter is fragrant and has turned a tan shade (for a step by step tutorial on how to brown butter see link here, although I would recommend not to stir constantly rather swirl the pan occasionally). Remove from heat and add browned butter along with lime juice, garlic, salt and pepper to a blender. Blend on low speed for 30 seconds to 1 minute until well blended. Pour sauce into a small glass dish (note: whisk butter mixture with a fork before pouring onto salmon as it will separate, rewarm if needed).

Step 5

I didn't have much of this left after drenching the salmon with it but I used what was left over fresh corn on the cob, so good! Try if you'd like.

04 Author