Hot honey salmon is my most repeatable weeknight dinner. When it feels like there’s no time left in the day, I know I can stir together hot honey, lemon, salt and pepper, brush the mixture over salmon fillets, and bake them in the oven in less than 20 minutes. Out comes sticky-sweet and slightly spicy salmon fillets, juicy and flaking apart at the touch of my fork. I drape them over a bed of rice and fill out the bowl with whatever vegetables are in the fridge (or, let’s be honest, the freezer). Every bowl is nutritious, filling and quick—everything I want from weeknight dinners.
Ingredients for Hot Honey Salmon
- Salmon fillets: Buy four fillets of your favorite type of salmon. Each portion should weigh around 4 to 6 ounces. Remove the skin if you prefer, and allow your salmon to sit at room temperature for 20 to 30 minutes before cooking it.
- Salt and pepper: We season the salmon sparingly so the salmon’s natural flavor and the hot honey can shine. Season the four fillets with 1 teaspoon of salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper.
- Lemon: We’ll use lemon zest and juice to brighten up the salmon. Zest the lemon (avoid the bitter white pith) before juicing it.
- Hot honey: You won’t use the whole bottle for this hot honey salmon recipe, so save it for other hot honey recipes like hot honey sweet potatoes or hot honey chicken tenders. It’s also a great condiment for pizza, tacos, sushi and anything else that could use a kick of swicy (sweet and spicy) flavors.
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