Grilled Glazed Salmon
Preparation and cooking time: 20 minutes
Using a natural sweetener like maple syrup or honey brings out the sweetness in the salmon. Combined with a bit of Balsamic it creates a rich, thick glaze, keeping the salmon moist and tender.
Ingredients:
- 2 salmon fillets, 350gr, 12.5oz
- 1 tsp chili powder, 2.5gr, .09oz
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1.4gr, .05oz
- 2 tsp maple syrup or honey, 13.2gr, .47oz
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
- 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 1 tbs fresh lemon juice, 15gr, .5oz
Instructions:
- In small bowl mix all ingredients except salmon and lemon.
- Drizzle over salmon and allow to marinate for 15 minutes or so.
- Put salmon in a grill basket if using barbecue grill or on mesh grill pan if you don't have a basket.
- Grill for 10 - 12 minutes, skin-side down, with the grill cover closed. Be careful not to overcook.
- OR put on baking sheet and roast in 400 F oven for 15 - 20 minutes, depending on thickness.
- In both case salmon will be done when it flakes easily, slightly pink in the center is fine.
- Remove from heat and slide the salmon off the skin if needed.
- Sprinkle with lemon juice and serve.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 910 / 455 Total Carbohydrates: 15 / 7.5 Dietary Fiber: 1 / .5 Total Fat: 61 / 30.5 Saturated Fat: 12 / 6 Cholesterol: 192 / 96 Protein: 72 / 36 Calcium: 53 / 26.5 Sodium: 214 / 107 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
