This fresh and healthy mustard glazed salmon is a great family dinner for a busy weeknight. Serve the sweet and sticky salmon with an easy citrus salad and scoop of couscous for a quick meal.
Ingredients
- Salmon Fillets: Cut into individual portions, skin removed. You can ask your fish seller to do this for you.
- Brown Sugar
- Whole Grain Mustard
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Onion
- Olive Oil
How to Make It
Heat the broiler with rack in top position.
In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium-high.
Saute the onions until translucent.
Add vinegar and cook until nearly evaporated.
Add the mustard and brown sugar and heat through. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
Put half of the glaze into a small bowl, reserve the rest.
On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, line up the salmon fillets.
Brush the fish with the glaze you separated into the bowl. Be sure to get the sides.
Broil until the glaze is bubbling but watch so that it doesn't burn. It happens quickly because of the sugar!
The salmon should be opaque throughout. Roughly 5 - 10 minutes depending on the thickness.
Remove the pan from broiler and brush the salmon with the reserved glaze.
Serving Suggestions
This mustard glazed salmon would pair perfectly with my warm couscous salad with sweet oranges.
You could also use it on top of a my simple citrus salad witih baby spinach.
The oven roasted mini potatoes has a hint of mustard and would be a great crispy side dish, too.
Want to try mixing things up even more?
Check out my 30 easy salmon side dish ideas here.
Leftover Salmon Tips
I stored the leftover salad (minus the dressing) in the fridge and ate it for lunch the next day with some leftover salmon.
It makes an amazing salad if you want to serve the salmon right on top because the dressing ingredients are very similar to the salmon glaze.
📖 Recipe
Mustard Glazed Salmon
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ small onion minced
- ¼ cup red wine vinegar
- ¼ cup whole grain mustard
- ¼ cup packed brown sugar
- salt and pepper
- 8 fillets of salmon skin removed
Instructions
- Heat the broiler with rack in top position.
- In a small saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium-high. Saute the onions until translucent.
- Add vinegar and cook until nearly evaporated. Add the mustard and brown sugar and heat through. Season with salt and pepper and remove from heat.
- Put half of the glaze into a small bowl, reserve the rest.
- On a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper, line up the salmon fillets.
- Brush the fish with the glaze you separated into the bowl. Be sure to get the sides. Broil until the glaze is bubbling but watch so that it doesn't burn. It happens quickly because of the sugar! The salmon should be opaque throughout. Roughly 5 - 10 minutes depending on the thickness.
- Remove pan from broiler and brush with the reserved glaze.
- Serve with the salad and couscous. Makes excellent leftovers.
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