cooking honey butter salmon dinner

Why This cooking honey butter salmon dinner Beats Every Other Version

Restaurant versions of this usually taste flat. I ordered one at a seafood place last month for $22.47 and the salmon was overcooked and the sauce was watery. Honey flavor was barely there.

Online recipes add soy sauce or extra spices that drown everything. This stays simple. Salmon. Butter. Honey. Garlic. Lemon. The oven does the work so the top gets glossy and the fish stays tender.

I tried it with frozen salmon once. Watery mess that made the sauce thin. Fresh or properly thawed only. 400 degrees. About 18 minutes in a glass baking dish.

And cleanup is one dish. I used to hate scrubbing. This fixed that.

What You Need

• 2 salmon fillets (about 6 oz each, the pack from Costco runs around $11.87)
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon mixed dried herbs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 lemon, sliced

Don’t use pre-seasoned salmon. The packet flavors fight the honey. And skip the cheap squeeze honey. Real honey from a jar sticks better.

I tried margarine once. Greasy mess that never browned right. Real butter only.

External link for salmon safety: USDA seafood guidelines

How I Actually Make cooking honey butter salmon dinner

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Grab a glass baking dish and place the salmon fillets in it skin side down if they have skin.
2. Sprinkle the dried herbs, salt, and pepper over the top of each fillet.
3. In a small bowl mix the melted butter, honey, and minced garlic until it looks smooth.
4. Pour the honey butter sauce all over the salmon. Let it pool around the edges.
5. Lay lemon slices on top of each fillet.
6. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes until the salmon flakes easily and the sauce is bubbling.

7. Spoon the sauce from the bottom of the dish back over the top before serving.
8. Rest two minutes. The fish will finish cooking in the residual heat.

The sound of the sauce bubbling when you pull it out is the best part. Smell of honey and garlic hits first. Texture of the salmon is flaky and moist if you timed it right.

First time the lemon slices burned on the edges. I moved them to the side halfway through and it fixed it. Second time I added them later and it stayed bright.

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If you make this tonight leave a comment with how long your oven actually took. I collect that stuff for my own notes.

Leftovers, Storage, and Random Stuff

Day-two cooking honey butter salmon dinner is still solid if you reheat it right. Fridge it in a sealed container. Next day warm in a 300 degree oven for 8 minutes covered. Microwave makes the fish rubbery.

I usually flake the leftovers and toss them over leftover rice from my basic rice post. Or stuff them into a tortilla with the extra sauce from my quick wrap guide.

The dish holds up better than expected. Just keep the sauce with it so it doesn’t dry out.

External link on leftover seafood: FDA food storage

Another solid reference: Wikipedia salmon

cooking honey butter salmon dinner FAQs

How long does cooking honey butter salmon dinner keep in the fridge?

Two days max. After that the texture starts to go soft.

Can I use frozen salmon for cooking honey butter salmon dinner?

Thaw it completely in the fridge first. Straight frozen releases too much water and thins the sauce.

Why is my cooking honey butter salmon dinner dry?

You probably left it in too long. Check at 15 minutes and pull it when it flakes.

Do I need a special dish for cooking honey butter salmon dinner?

Any glass baking dish works. Mine is an old one from Target that cost $9.99 years ago.

Go make the cooking honey butter salmon dinner tonight. Set the timer and leave it alone. Comment if the honey amount felt right.

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 28 minutes
Yield: 2 servings

Ingredients

• 2 salmon fillets
• 3 tbsp butter, melted
• 2 tbsp honey
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp dried herbs
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 lemon, sliced

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400. Place salmon in a glass dish.
2. Season with herbs, salt, and pepper.
3. Mix butter, honey, and garlic. Pour over salmon.
4. Top with lemon slices.
5. Bake 15-18 minutes until flaky.
6. Spoon sauce over and serve.

Notes
(Yes the sauce looks thin at first. It thickens.)
(Don’t skip the rest time. Fish finishes cooking.)
(Yes the lemon looks like a lot. Keep going.)