Chili Maple Salmon
Chili Maple Salmon ~ pan seared salmon with a spicy-sweet 3 ingredient Thai chili – maple syrup glaze. Perfectly cooked restaurant quality salmon all in one pan in under 20 minutes!
Servings: 2
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Ingredients
- 2 6-8 ounce salmon filets
- 1/4 cup sweet Thai chili sauce NOT chili sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Instructions
- Whisk 1/4 cup of Thai chili sauce,1 1/2 TABLESPOONS of maple syrup and 1/2 TEASPOON of Dijon mustard together in a small bowl then set aside.
- Heat the olive oil in an oven-safe nonstick skillet over medium to medium-high heat. See body of post if you don’t have an oven-safe skillet.
- Pat the salmon dry with a paper towel, season the flesh side with salt and pepper and transfer to the skillet skin side UP.
- Cook for 4-5 minutes or until seared (the salmon will be cooked about 3/4 of the way at this point) then turn the salmon over. Brush the top and sides of the salmon with the glaze then pour any remaining glaze around the sides of the salmon. Cook 2-3 more minutes over medium to medium-low heat or until it’s cooked through. NOTE: cook times will vary depending upon the size of your filets.
- Optional broiling: once the salmon is cooked through, transfer the skillet to the broiler for 1 minute (or less depending on your broiler – watch closely!) then eat right away.