Hot Honey Salmon Recipe
Before You Get Started
- Let the salmon sit at room temperature for 15-20 minutes before cooking it. It’ll cook more evenly throughout if it’s not cold when it hits the pan!
- Salmon cooks up quickly. If your sides need more than 15 minutes, start those first!
How to Make This Recipe
Sear the Salmon
Season your salmon fillets however you like, then heat avocado oil in a large skillet. When the oil is hot, place the salmon fillets in the skillet skin-side down. Now walk away! OK, wait, don’t walk away. Just leave the salmon to cook undisturbed for 5 minutes or so, until the skin is golden and crispy.
Cheryl’s Tip: If the salmon skins stick to the skillet, don’t pull or pry or force them to come up! Just let them sear a little longer and then try again. Once they release from the pan easily, then you can move on to the next step.
Add the Hot Honey Sauce
Once the salmon skins are nice and crisp, take the skillet off the heat and flip the salmon over. Leave the skillet off the heat for just a minute or so, just enough time to let the pan cool a bit, then pour the hot honey mixture into the skillet around the salmon fillets.
Finish the Salmon
Put the skillet back on the heat and turn the stovetop temp down to medium. Cook the salmon fillets, spooning the hot honey sauce from the pan over the tops of the fillets every minute or so, until the salmon is as cooked as you want it to be. I’ve included a temperature guide in the recipe card below!
Cheryl’s Tip: Be careful not to overcook the salmon! A fillet should give a little when you press on it (gently!) with tongs, but not much that you’d consider it “soft”. For foolproof results, use an internal meat thermometer!
Serve and Enjoy
When you’ve hit your target salmon temperature, move the fillets over to your serving plates and let them rest 5 minutes. Spoon the hot honey sauce from the pan over the salmon and serve with your favorite sides!
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Nutrition Information
- Fiber: 0.2g
- Sugar: 28g
- Added Sugars: 28g
- Net Carbs: 35g
- Vitamin A: 78 IU
- Vitamin C: 0.03mg
- Calcium: 26mg
- Iron: 2mg
Note: Number of total servings shown is approximate. Actual number of servings will depend on your preferred portion sizes. Nutritional values shown are general guidelines and reflect information for 1 serving using the ingredients listed, not including any optional ingredients. Actual macros may vary slightly depending on specific brands and types of ingredients used. To determine the weight of one serving, prepare the recipe as instructed, then weigh the finished recipe (not including the weight of the container the food is in) and divide the weight of the finished recipe by the desired number of servings.
