Maple Glazed Salmon (Three Ways)

This Maple Glazed Salmon is flavored with sugar-free maple syrup, lime juice, and a contact of spicy Sriracha Sauce! And this tasty low-carb salmon recipe may be made on the grill, within the Air Fryer, or within the oven!

PIN the Maple Glazed Salmon recipe to attempt it later!

Years in the past I made this tasty Maple Glazed Salmon on the grill, and I beloved this recipe the place the salmon is flavored with a glaze made with sugar-free maple Syrup, lime juice, and spicy Sriracha Sauce. However once I determined to replace the photographs for this favourite salmon recipe, I thought of how I additionally love air fryer salmon and oven-roasted salmon, and determined to do that salmon recipe with all three of these cooking strategies. And it was so successful with each methodology!

In fact it’s the flavorful glaze that makes this recipe so good! And having a number of choices for a cooking methodology for the maple-lime-Sriracha glazed salmon means now you can make this tasty salmon dinner concept any time of yr! And I’m pondering this identical kind of candy and spicy glaze would style nice on different varieties of fish and even rooster as properly.

What components do you want for this recipe?

Are you able to make Maple Glazed Salmon with common maple syrup?

I do know some persons are going to wish to make this with common maple syrup as a substitute of the sugar-free maple syrup I used, so I wish to speak about {that a} bit. I think (however don’t know for certain) that common maple syrup shall be extra more likely to burn in the event you’re cooking the salmon on the grill. If you wish to use common maple syrup I’d begin with the grill temperature a bit bit decrease, and probably flip the salmon a bit earlier than the recipe states. For Air Fryer or oven cooking, I feel common maple syrup will in all probability be superb, however once more I haven’t tried it that means. If anybody tries this with common maple syrup, please tell us the way it works!

Do it’s important to let the salmon come to room temperature earlier than you cook dinner?

Should you cooked the salmon straight out of the fridge, the chilly inside a part of the salmon items might not get completed when the skin is cooked. That’s why I like to recommend you let the salmon come to room temperature earlier than you cooking, and letting the glazed salmon sit a couple of minutes may even assist it take up a number of the flavorful glaze.

Which cooking methodology is the quickest for Maple Glazed Salmon?

Whether or not you cook dinner this salmon on the grill, within the Air Fryer, or within the oven, all three cooking strategies are fairly fast. However as soon as the salmon is able to cook dinner it is going to take solely about 8-10 minutes on the grill, 7 minutes in a preheated 450F/232C oven, 10 minutes in a 400F/204C oven, or about 6 minutes within the Air Fryer.

How will you inform the salmon is completed?

How agency salmon ought to be when it’s completed is partly a matter of non-public choice. And even the consultants don’t agree; the USDA recommends you cook dinner salmon till it measures 145F/62C on an Prompt Learn Meat Thermometer (affiliate hyperlink). However America’s Take a look at Kitchen recommends an inside temperature of 125F/52C. I’m guessing most individuals would like a temperature considerably between these two numbers. Should you don’t have a meat thermometer, the salmon ought to really feel agency (however not exhausting) to the contact while you press down with a finger.

Maple Glazed Salmon on the grill:

(Scroll down for full printable recipe together with dietary data.)

1. Rub thawed salmon with olive oil and fish rub. 
2. Spray grill with non-stick grill spray or excessive smoke level oil and warmth to excessive.
3. Whisk collectively Sugar-Free Maple Syrup (affiliate hyperlink), lime juice, and Sriracha Sauce (affiliate hyperlink) to make the glaze.
4. Brush salmon on each side with glaze and let it come to room temperature.
5. To cook dinner, lay salmon on the grill at an angle and instantly flip warmth to medium-high.
6. After about 4 minutes, examine grill marks, and if marks are exhibiting rotate salmon to the alternative angle throughout the grill.
7. Prepare dinner 3-4 minutes after you rotate after which fastidiously flip fish to the opposite aspect. 
8. Prepare dinner 1-2 minutes on the opposite aspect.  Serve scorching, with additional glaze so as to add on the desk if desired.

Maple Glazed Salmon within the Air Fryer:

1. Rub salmon with olive oil and fish rub, and let it come to room temperature. 
2. Many air fryers don’t want preheating, however preheat to 400F/204C for a couple of minutes if wanted.
3. Whisk collectively components to make the glaze.
4. Brush the salmon liberally on each side with the glaze, put in Air Fryer basket, and proceed to let it come to room temperature as wanted.
5. Prepare dinner salmon about 6 minutes within the Air Fryer, then examine for doneness by urgent down on the fish with a finger. It ought to really feel barely agency however not exhausting when it’s completed. It’s also possible to examine the temperature with an Prompt-Learn Meat thermometer if desired.
6. No want to show the salmon for Air Fryer cooking.
7. Serve scorching, with additional glaze so as to add on the desk if desired.

Maple Glazed Salmon within the oven:

1. Rub salmon with olive oil and fish rub, and let it come to room temperature. 
2. Preheat to 400F/204C (or 450F/232C). (You may put the baking dish within the oven to preheat if desired. This can barely shorten the cooking time.)
3. Whisk collectively components to make the glaze.
4. Brush the salmon liberally on each side with the glaze, put in a baking pan you’ve sprayed with non-stick spray and proceed to let fish come to room temperature as wanted.
5. Put salmon within the oven and roast for 10 minutes for 400F/204C oven temperature, or about 7 minutes for 400F/204C oven temperature.
6. No want to show the salmon for oven-roasted cooking methodology.
7. Serve scorching, with additional glaze so as to add on the desk if desired.

Make it a Low-Carb Meal:

This was scrumptious with the Spicy Szechuan Inexperienced Beans you see within the photographs. It might even be tasty with Garlic-Lover’s Vegetable Stir Fry, Cauliflower Rice with Basil, Parmesan, and Pine Nuts, Barely-Cooked Asparagus with Lemon Mustard French dressing, Straightforward Grilled Greens, or Roasted Asparagus with Garlic.

Extra Scrumptious Salmon:

Salmon with Tomato Olive Relish

Air Fryer Salmon with Mustard Herb Sauce

Salmon Foil Packets with Tomatoes and Olives

Greek Salmon with Tzatziki Sauce

Gradual Cooked Salmon with Butter, Capers, Garlic, and Lemon

Low-Carb Weight loss plan / Low-Glycemic Weight loss plan / South Seaside Weight loss plan Solutions:
So long as you employ sugar-free maple syrup, all the things on this Maple Glazed Salmon can be accredited for any kind of low-carb consuming plan or for all phases of the unique South Seaside Weight loss plan or one other low-glycemic weight-reduction plan.  (Even with common maple syrup, the quantity of sugar can be minimal, because you’re solely consuming the glaze that sticks to the fish, however this was scrumptious with the sugar-free maple syrup.)

Discover Extra Recipes Like This One:
Use Grilling Recipes, Air Fryer Recipes, or Oven Dinners to seek out extra recipes like this one. Use the Recipes by Weight loss plan Sort photograph index pages to seek out extra recipes appropriate for a selected consuming plan. You may additionally prefer to Observe Kalyn’s Kitchen on Pinterest to see all the nice recipes I’m sharing there.

Historic Notes for this Recipe:
This recipe was first posted in 2013. It was final up to date with three completely different cooking strategies in 2022.

Share This: