Asian Style Oven Baked Salmon

Looking for a simple yet flavorful way to bake salmon? This simple Asian Style Oven Baked Salmon recipe has minimal ingredients that make one flavorful main dish! For more recipes like this one see my Main Dish page.

We hardly ever make fish for dinner around here. We know we need to add it to our diet, but for some reason, it seems daunting to make. So we usually skip it.

My husband has made salmon on the grill with cedar planks, and it was great, but soaking the wood and all gets to be too much. With this recipe, we switched to baking it instead.

Well, I am determined to make fish part of our weekly meals, and this recipe has achieved just that!

Asian Style Oven Baked Salmon

Super easy recipe and it tastes fantastic! Now that we have mastered one salmon recipe, we will be on the lookout for more ways to eat this flaky fish. We hope you enjoy our version of this recipe.

INGREDIENTS 

• ▢1 lb Fresh Atlantic Salmon Filet, cut into 3 to 4 sections (Our favorite is the salmon from Trader Joe’s)

MARINADE

• 3 cups honey
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 4 tbsp low-sodium soy sauce
• 4 tbsp Asian rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp Asian sesame oil
• 1 tsp ginger, freshly grated
• ¼ 1sp black pepper
• ½ tsp sesame seeds, optional

INSTRUCTIONS 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut salmon into 3-4-inch wide pieces.
• Place the fish in a shallow baking dish.
• Whisk together all the ingredients in the marinade. Pour the mixture over the salmon and turn to coat. Cover and marinate for 30 minutes or up to overnight.
• Place fish on a baking sheet with a rack, or in a glass dish (skin side down if you are baking salmon with the skin on).
• If the salmon was refrigerated, let it sit until it comes to room temperature. Around 15 minutes.
• Bake for around 10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish; you may need to add 3-4 more minutes. The internal temperature should be 145 degrees F for well done (see notes below on temperature). Use a thermometer to check the thickest part of the fish for doneness.
• Serve over rice, riced cauliflower, or a simple side.
• NOTES
• Salmon fillets are all different in thickness. There is no definitive bake time to follow. It is about when the desired internal temperature is reached. Smaller fillets will bake more quickly. Sockeye salmon fillets are thinner than Atlantic or farm-raised salmon, so they will bake more quickly.
• The temperatures for salmon are 125 to 130 degrees F for medium or 140 for well done, about 10 to 14 minutes depending on the size of the fillets. When you remove the fish from the oven, it will continue to cook while resting.

NOTES

Salmon fillets are all different in thickness. There is no definitive bake time to follow. It is about when the desired internal temperature is reached. Smaller fillets will bake more quickly. Sockeye salmon fillets are thinner than Atlantic or farm-raised salmon, so they will bake more quickly.

The temperatures for salmon are 125 to 130 degrees F for medium or 140 for well done, about 10 to 14 minutes depending on the size of the fillets. When you remove the fish from the oven, it will continue to cook while resting.

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