The best salmon marinade recipe that is healthy, easy, simple, and quick to make. This marinade for salmon is made with a few ingredients, and your baked, fried, or grilled salmon comes out packed full of flavor, tender, and super tasty.
Add the honey, soy sauce, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, onion granules, parsley, thyme, and black pepper to a bowl. Mix till well combined.
To use to marinade salmon, put salmon in a Ziploc, then pour the marinade over it. Zip the bag and put it in the fridge for the salmon to marinate.
Marinate salmon for 30 minutes.
How To Marinate Salmon
Pat salmon dry with paper towels.
Add it into a Ziploc or small bowl. Pour the marinade into the Ziploc or bowl. Massage the Ziploc to get the marinade all over the fish.
Put it in the fridge to marinate for 30-60 minutes.
When ready to cook salmon, discard the marinade that has been in contact with the fish. Let the fish come to room temperature then cook.
Marinated salmon can be baked, grilled, pan-fried,
Notes
To marinate frozen salmon, it's best to thaw them first.
Use low-sodium soy sauce for reduced salt.
Salmon can be marinated and then frozen for later.
You can cook frozen marinated salmon in the air fryer or oven from without thawing first.
Don't reuse marinade that has come in contact with salmon unless you cook the marinade to get rid of any harmful bacteria.
To CookGrill- Grill on medium heat for 4 minutes on a side then flip and grill for another 4-5 minutes or until it is cooked through to how you like it. It's best to cook with the skin side down first so it is crispy and nicely seared.Bake- Put the marinated salmon in a baking dish or tray, and bake in the oven at a temperature of 200C/400F for 20 minutes or till it's cooked through and tender. Cook with the skin side down.Air Fry- Put the marinated salmon in the air fryer basket skin side down. Air fry for 4 minutes on each side. Bring out the basket and serve salmon. Follow the tips and detailed instructions in this air fryer salmon recipe.