Recipe: Breaded Oven Baked Salmon

I tried out a new salmon recipe this week and promised to post it if it were a success.

Well, it was a HUGE success, so here it is...

Typically I bake salmon about once a week. I use the same recipe almost all the time because I know the kids love it. But the main ingredient in that recipe is soy sauce, and when I went to make it this week... we were all out of soy sauce! Oops!

Off to Google I went.

I found a few "oven baked salmon recipes" that sounded delicious, but I was missing at least one ingredient in almost every one. So I improvised and created this delectable creation:

Breaded Oven Baked Salmon

Ingredients:

• 4 Salmon filets
• 1 cup Italian bread crumbs (or Panko bread crumbs with some seasoning would also be great)
• 1 1/2 Tablespoon Honey
• 2 Tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 4 Tablespoons melted Butter
• EVOO for drizzling

Directions:

1. In a shallow dish, whisk together honey, Dijon mustard and melted butter until combined.

2. Place breadcrumbs in another shallow dish

3. Dredge salmon fillets in mustard/butter mixture making sure to cover all sides, then place in breadcrumbs and cover all sides with breadcrumbs. Place in a greased shallow baking dish.

4. Sprinkle any remaining breadcrumbs over salmon fillets, then drizzle with EVOO.

5. Bake at 400 for 12-15 minutes or until salmon is easily flaked with a fork.

Serve with a green veggie and some brown rice and you have a delicious, simple, healthy dinner.

(Sorry, I forgot to take a photo of the cooked salmon, but this is exactly what it looked like)

YUM!

Easy, Delcious Salmon Recipe

I love recipes that have only a few ingredients, yet yield delicious, impressive results. If you like salmon, and you like easy, this one is for you!

Stacy's Easy Salmon
Ingredients:
1 1/2 - 2 lbs. Salmon filet
2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 Tablespoon soy sauce
3 Tablespoons, choice of: chardonnay, bourbon, or whiskey
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1 Tablespoon brown sugar

Directions:
First, I prefer to cut my salmon into smaller "strips" before cooking them. It just makes for quicker serving once I'm done, but this is totally optional.

1. In a small mixing bowl, whisk together oil, ginger, brown sugar, soy sauce & wine until combined.

2. Pour into shallow dish, place salmon filets on top of marinade, skin-side up. Cover dish and put in fridge to marinate - preferably for several hours, but not necessary.

3. Heat a large skillet on medium high and pour in 1 teaspoon of oil (olive or vegetable).
Place salmon and marinade in skillet and cook SKIN SIDE UP for 5 minutes.

4. Flip salmon filets and cook for additional 5-6 minutes, or until salmon flakes.

5. Remove salmon from pan and place on serving dish. Whisk together remaining marinade in skillet and drizzle over salmon filets.

 This particular night, I served it with quinoa and mixed veggies. The entire family loved it!

 This recipe is SO easy and looks really fancy. Plus it's really quite delicious!

Hope you enjoy it too.

I'll be taking a break from blogging for the next few days, as I'm headed out of town for a girl's weekend with my aunt, mom, grandmother, and my mom's cousin. It's sure to be a wild & crazy weekend with these gals. I'll fill you all in with pictures when I return.