Best Bourbon Salmon Recipes

SALMON WITH BROWN SUGAR AND BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar. Place salmon fillets on top of brown sugar mixture. Cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. Turn salmon, and pour bourbon around the fillets. Continue cooking for 5 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Spoon glaze over the salmon, and serve.

MAPLE BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Place salmon in a shallow dish. Combine brown sugar, maple syrup and bourbon; pour over salmon; let stand 15 minutes. In a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add salmon; cook until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 4-6 minutes on each side. Remove and keep warm. Add walnuts, green onions and bacon to skillet; heat through. Serve with salmon.

BACON-WRAPPED BOURBON-MARINATED SALMON

Steps:

• Mix steak seasoning sauce, 6 tablespoons brown sugar, bourbon, and scallions together in a large bowl to make marinade.
• Toss salmon cubes in marinade. Cover with plastic wrap and let sit in the refrigerator, 4 to 6 hours.
• Wrap each salmon cube with bacon; use a toothpick to hold bacon in place. Sprinkle remaining 2 tablespoons brown sugar on top.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Grill bacon-wrapped salmon, turning frequently, until bacon begins to crisp, about 5 minutes.

AIR FRYER SALMON WITH MAPLE-BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat an air fryer to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C) for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper and place into the air fryer basket.
• Air-fry for 6 minutes, or 8 minutes if the fillets are thick.
• Meanwhile, melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in bourbon, maple syrup, Sriracha, and salt. Continue stirring while glaze comes to boil. As soon as it boils, immediately lower heat to medium-low, and cook until glaze has thickened, about 10 minutes.
• Brush glaze onto salmon fillets using a silicon brush. Lower air fryer temperature to 370 degrees F (187 degrees C) and air-fry for an additional 6 minutes, or 8 minutes if the fillets are thick.

HONEY BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Combine marinade ingredients and pour over salmon, soak for 1 hour.
• Spray grill with cooking spray.
• Grill salmon for 2 minutes on each side.

GRILLED BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Combine juice, soy, brown sugar, bourbon, pepper, garlic powder and oil in a bowl.
• Remove all skin from the salmon.
• Place the salmon in a glass dish side by side. Pour some of the marinade over (reserve some for basting while grilling). Refrigerate for at least 1 hour a few hours will be even better.
• Drain and grill over med.-high about 5-7 minutes per side or until fish flakes-basting with the reserved marinade.

BOURBON-GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine all ingredients but salmon. Bring to a boil. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved, about 1 minute; set aside., Place salmon on oiled grill rack, skin side down. Grill, covered, over medium heat for 5 minutes. Brush with bourbon mixture. Grill until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 8-10 minutes longer.

HICKORY BOURBON SALMON RECIPE - (4.1/5)

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, brown sugar, bourbon, soy sauce, pepper and garlic powder in a bowl. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add the oil. Remove skin and bones from salmon fillets. Put fillets in baking dish and pour marinade over and let sit in the fridge for one hour or longer. Note: do not use a metal baking dish, glass baking dish recommended. The longer it can sit the more the marinade seeps into the fillets. Cook the salmon filets on the grill or on the stove top on medium heat. 5 to 7 minutes per side or until the fillets are cooked to your desire. Brush the extra marinade over the fillets as they are cooking. Arrange the fillets on a plate and sprinkle with the chopped chives.

HONEY BOURBON GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• 1) Rinse salmon & pat dry. 2) Gently place in a large plastic bag. 3) In a small bowl- stir together bourbon, brown sugar, honey, soy sauce, ginger & pepper. 4) Pour sauce over salmon into bag. Marinate in frig for 1 hour, turning occasionally. 5) Get out your fish bag, set aside marinade. Take salmon out 6) Spray down the grill with non-stick spray. 7) Place fish on grill, brushing the fish down with leftover marinade. 8) Grill for 8-10 minutes. Your salmon will be done when it easily flakes with a fork. Enjoy, you've created a masterwork!

MAPLE-BOURBON BASTED GRILLED SALMON RECIPE - (4.3/5)

Steps:

• Preheat grill to high. Brush grill grate with oil. Combine maple syrup, bourbon, butter, and vinegar in a small saucepan on the stove top; boil over medium-high heat until thickened, about 3 minutes. Season fillets with salt and pepper. Grill fillets, covered, 3 minutes. Flip fillets, baste with maple glaze and grill until firm to the touch, 2-3 minutes more. Baste fillets again before serving.

BOURBON - GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Combine first 7 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add fish to bag, seal. Marinate in refrigerator 1 1/2 hours, turning occasionally.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat Coat pan with cooking spray. Add fish and marinade to pan (see my note at the top of the page under Description), cook fish for 4 minutes on each side until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.
• Place 1 fillet on each of 4 plates; drizzle each serving with about 2 t. sauce. Sprinkle each serving with 1 T. green onions. And if using, sprinkle with the toasted sesame seeds.
• NOTE: I would consider doubling the sauce portion of the recipe. I did and was glad I did. Since there are just the two of us, I also put the remaining two uncooked pieces of salmon in the freezer and added half the marinade to the bag. I'll include an update when I cook the salmon. I'm not sure if freezing it in the marinade might not be too much for a delicate piece if fish. UPDATE: Worked great!

BOURBON-GLAZED SALMON AND BAKED ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Rinse asparagus under cold water and snip off the bottom of each sprout. Dry with a paper towel and lay flat on a baking sheet.
• Rinse salmon; pat dry with paper towels. Lay salmon face-up on a separate baking sheet.
• Drizzle olive oil over asparagus; season with salt and pepper and rub through and around the asparagus.
• Bake asparagus in the preheated oven, turning over halfway, until lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
• Rub about 2 tablespoons brown sugar over the salmon. Drizzle 1/2 the bourbon over salmon. Let marinate, 15 to 20 minutes.
• Melt butter spread in a medium nonstick pan over medium-low heat. Add the remaining brown sugar; stir to dissolve. Add salmon fillets; cook until fish flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 7 minutes per side. Pour in the remaining bourbon during the last 2 minutes of cooking. Serve with the asparagus.

MAPLE-BOURBON GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• 1. Preheat broiler. for syrup glaze, in a small saucepan combine maple syrup, orange juicie, and whiskey. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat while preparing salmon. 2. Lightly sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Place on a lightly greased broiler pan. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat for 5 minutes. Remove 2 tablespoons glaze and brush on all sides of salmon. Turn salmon and broil 5 minutes longer or until salmon flakes easily when tested with a fork. 3. Stir pecans into remaining glaze; heat on high for about 5 minutes or until glaze reaches the consistency of syrup. Serve salmon topped with pecan syrup.

BOURBON MARINATED SALMON

Steps:

• Stir together the first 4 ingredients in a sahllow dish. Add salmon, gently turning to coat, and let stand for 10 minutes. Place salmon on a lightly greased aluminum foil-lined broiler pan, reserving marinade. Sprinkle evenly with salt and pepper. Pour marinade over salmon.
• Broil 5 inches from heat for 8-10 minutes or until fish flakes with a fork.

SALMON WITH BOURBON AND BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Stir in brown sugar.
• Place salmon fillets on top of mixture and cook for 5 minutes.
• Turn salmon, and pour bourbon around the fillets.
• Continue cooking for 5 minutes or until fish tests done with a fork.
• Serve salmon with the glaze spooned on top.

GRILLED ORANGE-AND BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag, and add salmon to bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 1 1/2 hours, turning bag occasionally. Prepare grill or broiler. Remove salmon from bag, reserving marinade. Place salmon on a grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Cook 6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, basting frequently with reserved marinade. Yield: 4 servings NUTRITION PER SERVING CALORIES 365(35% from fat); FAT 14.1g (sat 2.5g,mono 6.8g,poly 3.1g); PROTEIN 36g; CHOLESTEROL 111mg; CALCIUM 34mg; SODIUM 575mg; FIBER 0.3g; IRON 1.4mg; CARBOHYDRATE 18g Cooking Light, JUNE 1999

BAKED BOURBON AND BROWN SUGAR SALMON NUGGETS

Steps:

• Place peanuts in a large resealable bag and pound into fine crumbs with a rolling pin, meat mallet, or flat side of a can. Add pepper; mix well.
• Melt butter in a nonstick saucepan over medium heat. Add brown sugar, bourbon, soy sauce, garlic, and onion powder. Bring to a boil; cook until sauce thickens and has a syrupy consistency, 20 to 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool until it is still hot to the touch but not scalding, about 5 minutes.
• Cut thinner parts of salmon fillets into strips and place in a small bowl. Coat with a little bit of the sauce. Cut thicker parts of salmon fillets into 1-inch cubes and place in the saucepan; stir to coat with sauce. Let sit until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Grease a large glass baking dish with cooking spray.
• Place strips of salmon on one side of the baking dish and cubes on the other, making sure all pieces are coated with sauce but not overlapping. Sprinkle peanut and black pepper mixture evenly on top.
• Bake in the preheated oven until strips flake easily with a fork, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from the dish and continue baking until cubes flake easily with a fork, about 5 minutes more.

BOURBON GLAZED SALMON WITH PEANUTS AND BACON

Steps:

• For the glaze, combine the juice, brown sugar, bouillon, pepper, bourbon and soy sauce. Bring to a boil and cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Turn heat down to a simmer. Thicken to your desired thickness with cornstarch slurry (equal parts cold water mixed with cornstarch -- be careful, it will thicken quickly!).
• For the topping, fry the bacon in a skillet over medium heat until crisp. Add peanuts and cook until the peanuts are heated through and hot, about 1 minute.
• Grill the salmon over medium-high heat to desired doneness. (I cook 2 minutes, turn 45 degrees and cook 2 minutes more, flip the salmon and cook 2-3 minutes, rotate 45 degrees and cook 2-3 minutes more, until it flakes nicely) Baste with the glaze while you are grilling the salmon.
• Finish by topping the salmon with the bacon and peanuts.

GRILLED ORANGE AND BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Combine first 8 ingredients in a large zip top bag, and add salmon to bag.
• Seal and marinate in refrigerator for 1& 1/2 hours, turning bag occasionally.
• Prepare grill or broiler.
• Remove salmon fillets from bag, reserving marinade.
• Place salmon on broiler pan coated with cooking spray.
• Cook 6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with fork, basting frequently with reserved marinade.

SWEET BOURBON SALMON

Steps:

• Combine the pineapple juice, soy sauce, brown sugar, bourbon, pepper and garlic powder in a medium bowl. Stir to dissolve the sugar. Add the oil.
• Be sure all the skin is removed from the salmon. Place the filets in a shallow dish and pour the bourbon marinade over them, saving a little to brush on the fish as it cooks. Put a lid over the fish and refrigerate for at least an hour. A few over is even better.
• Preheat your barbeque or stovetop grill over medium-high heat. Cook the fish for 5 to 7 minutes per side or until each filet is cooked all the way through. Regularly brush the filets with the marinade.
• Arrange the filets on each plate with the chives sprinkled over the top.