Not the most appetizing-looking pic I’ve snapped in the kitchen, but I know what the end result of this work will be…
I took equal parts honey and chili garlic sauce and whisked it all together with a couple glugs of lower sodium soy sauce together for a sweet and spicy marinade with a touch of umami to make these salmon fillets glaze up nicely under the broiler.
I thought I was tough, but sheesh. I’ve never sliced salmon before and the last teeny part connected to the skin was hard to slice through..I had to stop and wash and sharpen my knife more, and try again. Now my forearms feel as though they should look like Popeye’s. I’m cutting these into smaller pieces because I want to.
Sweet heat glazed salmon fillets
Going to try making broiled marinated salmon – I’ve actually never made salmon before, I’ve only enjoyed it made by others (and before you hop in with your tips and recommendations, trust me…when I saw the fish was on sale a couple weeks ago, I researched the crap out of cooking methods and I have a plan–oh, and I paid $13 for 2 lbs.–each tray has an uneven weight of fish but it adds up to 2.). At first, I really wanted to just throw butter on it and bake it but it’s not the big heaping sockeye salmon dripping with butter that we usually get as part of Easter brunch at the Machine Shed. Sooooo I’m excited at the prospect of a hot and sweet marinade that will also be a glaze that caramelizes the fillets as they broil (I will cut this one down into 3 pieces for even cooking. If I like this method, I’ve got another identical fillet in the freezer waiting for me to do it again. As you can see in the other pics, I’ve already tried whipping up the marinade. Its base is the Huy Fong Foods chili garlic sauce, aka my new most favorite shit ever…with about equal parts honey and a splash of soy sauce – sounds deadly, right? RIGHT. I’ll will provide a post-marinate report as soon as it’s available.
I have 2 lbs of Coho salmon fillets in my freezer from this source, and will be trying something new with them soon. Stay tuned.
My next project…
