This Sweet & Spicy Glazed Salmon recipe is the best! It’s so quick and easy – ready in less than 20 minutes. Serve with your favorite roasted veggies or side for a healthy dinner. Makes for a great meal prep dish too. Gluten-free, paleo-friendly.
I swear this seafood dish will change the way you eat salmon!
Salmon definitely has a distinct taste on its own – some love it, some need a lot more flavor and spice added.
If you’re on the fence about salmon or you’re looking for a new way to enjoy it, I really hope you try this sweet and spicy glazed salmon recipe. It’s easy to make, super flavorful and I’ve been told by many it converted them into loving salmon!
What You Need
For this salmon glaze recipe you don’t need much. Just some seasonings to cook the salmon with and some fridge staples to make the glaze to finish it.
For the Salmon
- wild-caught salmon – fresh salmon fillets are best but thawed from frozen works too.
- coconut sugar – for the sweet part of the rub. You can also use brown sugar.
- chili powder, salt & pepper – for the spicy part of the rub
Salmon Glaze Ingredients
- maple syrup
- coconut aminos
- stoneground mustard
- sriracha
How to Prepare Glazed Salmon
- Slice salmon fillet into four equal strips and pat dry with paper towel. Place skin side down on a lined rimmed baking sheet or in a baking dish.
- In a small bowl combine spices and sugar. then sprinkle mixture over salmon fillets.
- To cook the salmon I used the oven broiler, but it can also be baked. Watch your time carefully–whichever method you prefer–to prevent from over-cooking the salmon.
- Once the salmon has *almost* finished cooking, that is when you top with the glaze and broil another 1-2 minutes. Then allow the salmon to rest for 2-3 minutes before serving.
Cooking Tips
- Use fresh (thawed) wild-caught salmon if you can. I’ve learned my lesson the hard way (too many poorly cooked salmon fillets) but salmon is best when it is picked up fresh.
- No matter which route you choose from above (fresh or frozen) make sure the salmon is patted dry with paper towel to remove the excess moisture.
- Check the salmon after about 5 minutes – it’s best not to over-cook it! Check for for an internal temperature of 130ºF with a food thermometer.
Ways to Enjoy This Dish
- On a bed of greens with some quinoa and avocado
- With a side of your favorite roasted veggies, like these brussels sprouts.
- On a loaded salad, like this delicious Chickpea Kale Caesar or this Maple Balsamic Quinoa Lentil Salad
- Serve alongside my Caprese Pasta Salad – a reader favorite!
Storing
This glazed salmon recipe works well for meal prep, as long as you plan to enjoy the salmon within a couple of days.
To reheat, place salmon on baking dish and reheat at 350ºF for 8-10 minutes.
More Healthy Salmon Recipes to Enjoy
Let me know if you make this recipe by leaving a comment and review below! I love hearing from you and it helps others learn more about the recipe too. XX Ashley
PrintSweet & Spicy Glazed Salmon
Sweet & Spicy Glazed Salmon recipe! This recipe is so easy to make with lots of flavor, thanks to simple spice rub and glaze finish. Serve with your favorite roasted veggies or side for a healthy dinner.
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 7 mins
- Total Time: 12 mins
- Yield: 4 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
- 1 lb wild-caught salmon (fresh fillet is best)
- 1/2 tablespoon chili powder
- 1/2 tablespoon coconut sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon pink salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 2.5 tablespoon pure maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon coconut aminos (can sub tamari or soy sauce if not gluten-free)
- 1 teaspoon stoneground mustard
- 1 teaspoon sriracha (use a paleo-friendly sriracha if desired)
Instructions
- Preheat oven for broiling (400ºF) and place oven rack about 6″ from broiler.
- Slice salmon fillet into four equal strips and pat dry with paper towel. Place skin side down on lined rimmed baking sheet, or shallow baking dish.
- Combine spices and sugar in a small bowl; sprinkle mixture over salmon fillets and pat down gently.
- Broil: Transfer salmon to preheated oven and broil for about 6-8 minutes, until you see the crust start to form.
- Make the glaze, while the salmon is cooking: in a small bowl mix together maple syrup, coconut aminos, mustard, and sriracha. Once the salmon has finished broiling (around 7 minutes) brush with glaze and return to broiler for another 1-2 minutes.
- Rest & serve: Allow salmon to rest on pan for 2-3 minutes before serving with your favorite sides. Enjoy!
Notes
If baking salmon, follow steps as described for broiling, but preheat oven to 350ºF and bake salmon about 12-15 minutes, before covering with glaze during the last few minutes. Salmon will be done when meat flakes from fork.
Store leftovers in covered container in fridge; enjoy within 2 days for best flavor.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 264
- Sugar: 11
- Sodium: 391
- Fat: 14
- Saturated Fat: 3
- Unsaturated Fat: 0
- Trans Fat: 0
- Carbohydrates: 11
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 23
- Cholesterol: 50
Keywords: glazed salmon recipe, paleo salmon dinner, sweet & spicy salmon
photography by: Roberta Dall’Alba
Marina @ A Dancer's Live-It says
Go Mr FMK!!! This salmon looks delicious!
Ashley says
Haha yes! <3
Erin @ The Almond Eater says
I’m so excited for you and your new kitchen! I hope you provide photos. On the other hand, I’m allllll about salmon lately! Seriously, we’ve been eating it once a week for the past few weeks, so obviously I’ll have to try out this version.
Ashley says
Thanks Erin!! I honestly CANNOT WAIT. I have been avoiding doing heavy recipe testing days because I just can barely handle our current kitchen any longer. Not good, lol. But I will definitely provide photos! It is not in bad shape to begin with, I just really want to paint the cabinets and get some hardware 😀
Emily says
I’m with Erin! I’m really really excited to see your new kitchen too; you really made do for a long time with your kitchen and produced such GORGEOUS recipe. You would have thought that you had a big HUGE kitchen with all the bright, beautiful, multiple recipes you produced. 🙂 Sweet and spicy sounds really good! Is it easy to get salmon where you are?
Ashley says
Thanks Emily! I will definitely share some before and after pictures once we paint cabinets and such 😀 The kitchen definitely isn’t bad to start at all–pretty much anything is a huge upgrade at this point 😉
But yeah we can still get salmon from the local grocers. It may have been previously frozen… I can’t recall. Either way I’ve just had much better success when I buy it right from the meat counter–instead of frozen and letting it thaw myself. I probably just need to take extra time to allow it to thaw properly, and then dry out all the excess moisture.
Kelly @ Eat the Gains says
I despise my kitchen right now too. I legit have 2 feet of counter space and like 3 cabinets to store stuff in. It wasn’t that bad until I started meal prepping for people and now I freak out. Making so meals at once needs space. We just renewed our lease for anther year too 🙁
Ashley says
Gah I bet! Small kitchen spaces are tough! Maybe you could borrow a friend’s kitchen once a week? It’s a pain either way–I totally get it. <3
Liz @ pumpkin & peanut butter says
We are always looking for new salmon recipes!! Definitely adding this to our rotation 🙂
Ashley says
Yay thanks Liz! I hope you enjoy it 😀
Ellen @ My Uncommon Everyday says
My kitchen is soooo tiny (dorm apartment) and I have a solid 1 square foot of counter space. I’m itching to create, but… also it frustrates me whenever I do. I’m all about easy, delicious meals like this in that amount of space, though! I’ll have to give it a try. My go-to salmon preparations are caramelized, Caesar, and honey mustard, so this will be a nice change of pace! 🙂
Ashley says
Small kitchens are definitely rough! But I’ll have to give your go-to salmon preps a try–caesar sounds delish!
Tracy says
Hi Ashley! Thanks so much for this recipe. It was amazing! We eat salmon regularly but usually keep it pretty simple. Tonight we were feeling something different, so I pulled out your recipe, which I had flagged a while back. It was perfect! We will definitely be adding this salmon to the rotation. Thanks again!
Ashley says
Hi Tracy! I’m so glad you enjoyed this salmon recipe! It’s fun to change up the flavors when eating salmon regularly 🙂 Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by and leave a comment — I really appreciate it!!
Lisa says
Just made this!!! It was a huge hit. The glaze is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Ashley says
Hi Lisa! So glad you loved it! Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving feedback 🙂 I really appreciate it!
Drew says
Mr. FMK inspired…..give it a try people
★★★★★
Roberta Dall'Alba says
This quickly became me and my boyfriend’s favorite way to season and cook salmon ?
★★★★★
Ashley says
Yay! So glad you both love it 😀