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chili brown sugar salmon

20-Minute Chili Brown Sugar Salmon

This chili brown sugar salmon recipe is moist, zesty, with just the right amount of spice! Paired with the garlic and soy sauce, this fish has an incredible flavor that took only 20 minutes in the oven! Totally an easy weeknight dinner for the family!
Prep Time:5 minutes
Cook Time:20 minutes
Total Time:25 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Keyword: chili brown sugar salmon
Servings: 4

Ingredients

  • 1 pound salmon
  • 1 tablespoon chili sesame oil
  • cup brown sugar
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 minced garlic cloves
  • cup chopped cilantro
  • pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Fill the bottom of the BROILER PAN with water. Preheat oven to 400° F and put the bottom of the broiler pan with the water in the oven as it preheats.
  • In a small bowl, mix together the chili sesame oil, brown sugar, soy sauce, lemon juice, minced garlic, and pepper to taste.
  • Score the salmon (cut about 4 slits into the salmon lengthwise and horizontal). Put the salmon in the bowl with the sauce and baste the salmon while the oven is preheating. After every couple minutes, spoon the brown sugar mixture over the salmon until the oven is done preheating.
  • Place aluminum foil on the top part of the BROILER PAN. Put the salmon, skin side down, on top of the aluminum foil. Pour the brown sugar mixture on top of the salmon, and fold the aluminum foil over the salmon to tent it.
  • Bake the salmon for 20 minutes. At the 10-minute mark, baste the salmon with the brown sugar mixture from the aluminum foil (try to spoon the mixture all over the salmon). Put the salmon back in the oven with the aluminum foil unfolded so the top of the salmon is exposed. Bake for the remaining 10 minutes. Garnish with chopped cilantro. Enjoy!

Notes

  1. For this recipe, I used Fresh Atlantic Salmon and the Knorr Original Liquid Seasoning as my soy sauce for the best combination. See the Key Ingredients – Chili Brown Sugar Salmon section for further discussion.
  2. For a simple way to baste the salmon in the oven, refer to Sam’s Pro Tips for this Chili Brown Sugar Salmon on how I baste my salmon.