This sweet and spicy marinade made with honey and sriracha is one of the best marinade recipes I've used for cooking salmon in the oven or air fryer. I recently added air fryer instructions to the recipe.
I've been making a lot of Asian recipes for dinner lately since they don't have dairy in it. A couple of nights ago, I made Honey Coconut Cashew Chicken and that was delicious. My brother actually made this salmon recipe the last time I was over at his place and everyone loved it. It's a recipe that comes from Gina's recipe book over at her website Skinny Taste. He served it with this Thia Quinoa Salad. Very healthy and delicious.
What Ingredients do I need for Sweet and Spicy Air Fryer Salmon?
In this section, you can find substitutes or suggestions for certain check here
Fresh Salmon - Can be cooked either in the air fryer or the oven. I prefer my air fryer because it takes about 12 minutes. Sometimes I’ll get bags of frozen salmon at either Costco or Sams and just let it defrost for a couple of hours before cooking it.
Soy Sauce - Use a Low Sodium or if you don’t have that on hand go for Tamari or Coconut Amino Acids
Honey - Always go for a raw honey and one that is unfiltered. Preferably locally sourced.
Rice Vinegar - some good substitutes for this type of vinegar is White Wine, Apple Cider, or Sherry Vinegar
Sriracha Sauce - for some heat
Grated Fresh Ginger - I like to use the stuff that comes in the tube cause all you have to do is squeeze it.
Minced Garlic - cause it just goes in anything, can never have too much garlic
Sesame Oil
Freshly Chopped Scallions or Sesame Seeds for Garnish
What to serve with Sweet and Spicy Glazed Salmon?
Cook up some basmati rice on the stove or in a rice cooker. Then serve it with some fresh edamame or avocado.
How to Make Sweet and Spicy Salmon
In a 1-gallon zip-top plastic bag, combine the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, Sriracha, ginger, and garlic. Add the salmon, toss to coat evenly, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 8 hours, turning the fish once.
Remove the salmon from the bag, reserving the marinade. Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the sesame oil. Rotate the pan to coat the bottom evenly and add the salmon. Cook until one side of the fish is browned, about 2 minutes. Flip the salmon and cook until the other side browns, 2 more minutes. Reduce the heat to low and pour in the reserved marinade. Cover and cook until the fish is cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
Place a piece of salmon on each of 4 serving plates and sprinkle with the scallions.
Air Fryer: Set the temperature to 350 degrees and the timer to 12 minutes. Take the fresh salmon out of the zip lock bag and place it down in the air fryer basket. Use any leftover marinade on top of the fish after cooking.
Tools Used for Sweet and Spicy Salmon
Here are some tools that will help you with the recipes. All links will open in Amazon. Yes I do get a small earning if purchase from the link
Ninja Foodi Air Fryer - for cooking the fish
Glass Mixing Bowls or Plastic Zip Lock Bags - for mixing the marinade
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Sweet 'n' Spicy Sriracha-Glazed Salmon
- Prep Time: 30 min
- Cook Time: 10 to 12 min
- Total Time: 56 minute
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- ¼ cup reduced-sodium soy sauce (or tamari for gluten-free)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Sriracha sauce (or to taste)
- 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 pound wild salmon fillet, cut into 4 (4-ounce) pieces
- 1 ½ teaspoons sesame oil
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallions, for garnish
Instructions
- In a 1-gallon zip-top plastic bag, combine the soy sauce, honey, vinegar, Sriracha, ginger, and garlic. Add the salmon, toss to coat evenly, and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to 8 hours, turning the fish once.
- Remove the salmon from the bag, reserving the marinade. Heat a large sauté pan over medium-high heat and add the sesame oil. Rotate the pan to coat the bottom evenly and add the salmon. Cook until one side of the fish is browned, about 2 minutes. Flip the salmon and cook until the other side browns, 2 more minutes. Reduce the heat to low and pour in the reserved marinade. Cover and cook until the fish is cooked through, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Air Fryer: Set the temperature to 350 degrees and the timer to 12 minutes. Take the fresh salmon out of the zip lock bag and place it down in the air fryer basket. Use any leftover marinade on top of the fish after cooking. Place a piece of salmon on each of 4 serving plates and sprinkle with the scallions.
Notes
myWW points: Blue 2; Green 5; Purple 2
Personal Points 9
- Category: Easy
- Method: Air Fryer or Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 salmon fillet
- Calories: 229
- Sugar: 2
- Fat: 8.5
- Saturated Fat: 1.5
- Carbohydrates: 12
- Fiber: .5
- Protein: 26
Keywords: sweet and spicy air fryer salmon
Recipe from the cookbook The Skinnytaste Cookbook by Gina Homolka
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