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Honey Garlic Glazed Salmon

Sticky, glossy salmon with a five-ingredient honey garlic pan sauce. Twenty minutes, one pan, dinner sorted.

By LovaCook Editorial Team

Prep: 5 minCook: 15 minTotal: 20 minYield: 4 servingsDifficulty: Easy
Two salmon fillets in a skillet coated in a glossy dark honey garlic glaze with sliced garlic and a lemon wedge

This salmon sits somewhere between a proper glaze and a stir-fry sauce — sticky, savoury, and a little sweet, with broad appeal at the table.

Serve it over rice or alongside one-pan lemon salmon vegetables when feeding a table that can't agree on flavours.

Ingredients

  • 4 skin-on salmon fillets (about 150g each)
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
  • ¼ cup (60ml) honey
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or lemon juice
  • Pinch of chili flakes (optional)
  • Sliced spring onion and sesame seeds to serve

Instructions

  1. Pat the salmon dry and season with salt and pepper.
  2. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Place the fillets skin-side down and cook 4 minutes until the skin is crispy.
  3. Flip and cook 2 minutes on the other side. Transfer to a plate.
  4. Reduce heat to medium. Add the garlic to the pan and cook 20 seconds until fragrant, then pour in the honey, soy, vinegar and chili flakes.
  5. Simmer 1–2 minutes until glossy and slightly thickened.
  6. Return the salmon to the pan and spoon the glaze over. Cook 30 seconds more, then serve scattered with spring onion and sesame seeds.

Cooking tips

  • Dry salmon = crispy skin. Wet salmon steams.
  • Watch the glaze carefully at the end — honey burns fast.
  • Leftovers flake beautifully into a rice bowl the next day.

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