Marinated Grilled Salmon
Recipe VIDEO above. Make your next grilled salmon AMAZING with a simple yet incredible Salmon Marinade that will infuse the salmon with extra flavour! It's savoury with a touch of sweet and hint of garlic, and does double duty as a sauce for serving!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 12 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 4 salmon fillets (, skin on best (150-180g/5-6oz each, Note 1))
- Olive oil (, for cooking)
- 1/3 cup (85 ml) soy sauce (, low sodium)
- 2 tbsp lemon juice
- 3 tbsp honey
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves (, minced)
- Parsley, chives or green onion (, finely chopped)
- Lemon slices
Instructions
- 1
Place marinade in a ziplock bag and mix to combine.
- 2
Add salmon and massage to coat. Marinate for 3 - 24 hours (1 hr minimum).
- 3
Take out of fridge 30 minutes prior to cooking.
- 4
Remove salmon onto plate, allowing excess marinade to drain off.
- 5
Pour remaining marinade into a small saucepan and simmer over medium high for 3 to 5 minutes until syrupy.
- 6
Pour into bowl/jug (some used for basting, some for serving).
- 7
Brush BBQ grills with oil. Then preheat to medium (or medium low for strong BBQ's).
- 8
Drizzle salmon with oil, the place onto the BBQ flesh side down (skin side up).
- 9
Cook for 3 minutes or until golden, then use tongs to carefully turn.
- 10
Brush the flesh with Sauce, then close BBQ lid.
- 11
Cook for 3 - 4 minutes, basting one more time halfway through, or until the internal temperature is 50C/120F(medium rare) or 55C/130F (medium).
- 12
Transfer salmon to plate and serve with remaining Sauce.