This Soy Glazed Salmon is prepared in 20 minutes, with tender salmon fillets basted in a sticky soy, sesame and brown sugar glaze. Served with garlicky stir-fried pak choi, spring onions and chilli, it’s a lightweight, speedy dinner with loads of sweet-savoury flavour, and don’t neglect to spoon over any further tray glaze.

Nicky’s Notes

This can be a sensible one for while you need one thing contemporary and flavour-packed, however you don’t need dinner to show into a giant mission.

The glaze is basically easy, it’s a mixture of gentle soy, darkish soy, sesame oil, brown sugar, garlic powder and black pepper. It solely takes a minute to stir collectively, however as soon as it hits the new salmon and begins effervescent below the grill, it turns shiny and sticky with beautiful little caramelised bits across the edges.

I like utilizing tail-end salmon fillets for this recipe as a result of they’re wider and flatter, which implies they prepare dinner shortly and evenly below the grill. In addition they offer you extra floor space for that glaze to cling to, which is at all times a great factor.

The greens prepare dinner within the time it takes the salmon to complete, so the whole lot can go straight onto plates whereas it’s scorching. Add rice or noodles if you wish to make it extra filling, or maintain it as it’s for a lighter dinner.

Why you’ll love this Soy Glazed Salmon

• Prepared in 20 minutes together with the prep time!
• Candy, salty, sticky glaze with sesame and soy for a wealthy umami flavour.
• Served with fast stir-fried greens for a simple full meal that’s additionally easy to bulk out with rice or noodles.
• Nice for a lighter weeknight dinner that also feels satisfying.

📋 Substances for Glazed Salmon

***Full recipe with detailed portions within the recipe card under***

The Salmon

The broader, flatter fillets prepare dinner shortly and offer you numerous floor space for the glaze. Thicker fillets will nonetheless work, however they might want an additional minute or two.

Word one Soy Sauce

The 2 soy sauces do barely completely different jobs right here. The sunshine soy provides saltiness and savoury flavour, whereas the darkish soy provides color, depth and richness to the glaze.

Greens

The greens are cooked shortly in sesame oil with pak choi, spring onions, garlic, sliced purple chillies and darkish soy sauce.

Pak choi is nice as a result of it softens shortly however nonetheless retains just a little chew. The spring onions go candy and barely charred within the pan, and the chilli provides the whole lot a mild warmth.

Swap out the pak choi and spring onions in your favorite quick-cook greens – equivalent to mangetout, peppers, spring greens or kale.

🧑‍🍳 Abbreviated Recipe

***Full recipe with detailed steps within the recipe card under***

Grill the salmon skin-side up for two minutes, then combine collectively the soy, sesame, brown sugar and seasoning glaze. Flip the salmon over, spoon over the glaze and grill for one more 4–6 minutes, basting just a few instances, till sticky and simply cooked. In the meantime, stir-fry the pak choi, spring onions, garlic, chillies and soy sauce for a couple of minutes till softened, then serve with the salmon, sesame seeds and any further tray glaze spooned excessive.

Mild brown sugar helps the glaze bubble and caramelise below the grill, giving the soy glazed salmon these beautiful sticky edges.

📺 Watch learn how to make it

• Preheat the grill (broiler) to excessive.

• Place the salmon fillets, skin-side up on a grill tray lined with foil.

  4 tail-end salmon fillets

• Place below the grill (broiler) for two minutes.

• In the meantime, in a small bowl, combine the oil, sesame oil, gentle soy sauce, darkish soy sauce, garlic powder, black pepper and lightweight brown sugar.

  1 tablespoon impartial oil, 1 tablespoon sesame oil, 1 tablespoon gentle soy sauce, 1 tablespoon darkish soy sauce, ¼ teaspoon garlic powder, ¼ teaspoon black pepper, 3 tablespoons gentle brown sugar

• Flip the salmon over and drizzle the glaze over the salmon (don’t fear in regards to the sauce pooling on the tray).

• Place below the grill (broiler) and prepare dinner for an extra 4-6 minutes, basting two or 3 times, till simply cooked.

• Whereas the salmon is cooking, make the greens. Warmth the sesame oil in a big frying pan (skillet) or wok over a medium-high warmth.

  2 tablespoons sesame oil

• Add the pak choi, spring onions, garlic, chillies and soy sauce and fry, tossing the whole lot collectively, till the pak choi and spring onions soften (about 3-4 minutes).

  400 g (14 oz) Pak Choi, 1 bunch spring onions (scallions), 2 cloves garlic, 2 purple chillies, 2 tablespoons darkish soy sauce

• Prepare the salmon and stir-fried greens on plates and high with sesame seeds.

  1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Tip: Swap out the pak choi and spring onions in your favorite quick-cook greens – equivalent to mangetout, peppers, spring greens or kale.

Energy: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 38g | Fats: 26g | Saturated Fats: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fats: 10g | Monounsaturated Fats: 11g | Ldl cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 1151mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 12g

Vitamin info is routinely calculated, so ought to solely be used as an approximation.

This Glazed Salmon Recipe was first posted in Jun 2026.

🍽️ What to serve it with

This glazed salmon is beautiful as a lighter dinner with the stir-fried garlicky greens, however you possibly can bulk it out with:

If I’m serving this with rice, I wish to spoon just a little further glaze excessive so the rice soaks up all that sweet-salty sauce.

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