Description
Sweet and spicy glazed salmon, so easy and on the table in 20 minutes! Perfect for weeknights and getting your healthy fix on.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2–4 salmon fillets, skinless, about 6–8 ounces each
- 4 tablespoons dark brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons Cajun/Creole seasoning
- Kosher salt
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 400º.
- Mix: Mix brown sugar and Cajun seasoning in a small bowl.
- Season: Lightly salt both sides of salmon fillets.
- Coat: Place a heaping tablespoon of brown sugar mixture on top of each piece of salmon and gently rub all over both sides of salmon until evenly coated.
- Bake: Place seasoned salmon on foil-lined baking sheet and bake in middle of oven for 12 minutes.
- Rest: Take out of oven and let rest for 3 minutes.
Notes
This recipe is easily adaptable to one or more pieces of salmon. If your Cajun seasoning blend contains salt, adjust the amount of added kosher salt accordingly. You can use salmon with skin on or one larger piece of salmon (adjust baking time by 1-2 minutes longer).
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 169 kcal
- Sugar: 12 g
- Sodium: 41 mg
- Fat: 6 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 17 g
- Cholesterol: 47 mg
Keywords: Cajun salmon, brown sugar glaze, sweet and spicy salmon, healthy dinner, quick seafood