Honey Mustard Baked Salmon
Dinner is 6 ingredients and 20 minutes away with this Honey Mustard Salmon. Honey mustard is an easy way to dress up salmon, and baking it in the oven means your hands are free to throw together a salad or other side dish.
Photography Credit: Elise Bauer
Featured in 12 Easy Recipes for New Cooks
Take one part honey, one part Dijon mustard, mix, and now you have one of the most versatile sauces possible, for chicken, ham, corned beef, and in this case, baked honey mustard salmon. This baked salmon recipe never fails.
It’s one of those couldn’t-be-easier, how-to-impress-without-doing-much baked salmon recipes. Takes 10 minute to prep, and 10 minutes to bake the salmon in the oven.
VIDEO! How to Make Honey Mustard Salmon
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Tips for Baked Salmon
First, use good quality salmon. That cheapest fillet at the fish counter that looks like it’s seen better days, has seen better days. There is nothing you can do to improve old fish. How do you tell? The best way is to smell it. If it smells strongly of fish (or something worse), don’t buy it. I’ve actually taken fish back to the market that didn’t smell right when I took it out of the package. Trust me, you don’t want to eat it.
Second, don’t overcook the salmon! It’s so easy to do. Do not bake the salmon until it is completely flaking apart, that’s overdone. When baked salmon fillets come out of the oven they should still be just a little bit rare in the center. They’ll continue to cook in the residual heat and be perfect when you go to eat them.
Updated August 24, 2020 : We updated this post with a new video. Enjoy!
Honey Mustard Baked Salmon Recipe
If you don’t have already prepared honey mustard, just combine equal amounts of honey and Dijon mustard.
Ingredients
1 1/2 to 2 pounds (680 to 900g) salmon fillets
3 tablespoons honey mustard (1 1/2 tablespoons honey plus 1 1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard)
3 cloves garlic, minced (about 3 teaspoons)
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil (divided into 2 tablespoons and 1 tablespoon)
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
Pinch of salt
Method
1 Preheat the oven to 400°F.
2 Make the honey-mustard glaze: In a small bowl, whisk together the honey mustard, garlic, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil, lemon juice, dill, and salt.
3 Prep the salmon: Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil. Brush the salmon fillets on both sides with olive oil. Place fillets skin-side down (if your fillets have skin-on) on the foil-lined pan. Use a basting brush to coat the top side of the fillets with the honey mustard mixture.
4 Bake the salmon: Place in oven and bake at 400°F for 8 to 10 minutes, until just barely cooked through (please don’t overcook salmon!). It’s okay if the salmon is still a little rare in the center, when you remove it from the oven, the residual heat will cook it through.
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