Best Maple Baked Salmon Recipes

MAPLE BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. Place salmon fillets in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, syrup, soy sauce, mustard and pepper. Pour over salmon., Cover and bake 10 minutes. Uncover and bake 8-10 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with fork. Sprinkle with almonds if desired.

MAPLE-BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• Remove salmon from the refrigerator. Heat oven to 325 degrees.
• Bundle the cilantro sprigs by their stems and hold them tightly, then slice the stems crosswise until you get to the leaves. Reserve leaves for garnish. Transfer sliced stems to a small bowl and stir in the maple syrup, mustard and mayonnaise until well mixed.
• Season the salmon all over with salt and pepper and place in a baking dish, skin-side down if there is skin. Slather the maple sauce all over the top.
• Bake until a paring knife slides into the center with only a little resistance, 15 to 20 minutes. When you remove the knife and touch the blade to your upper lip, it should feel very warm but not hot. The salmon will continue to heat through out of the oven while in the baking dish. Top with the reserved cilantro leaves, and squeeze lemon wedges all over just before serving.

BAKED MAPLE-GLAZED SALMON WITH WILTED SPINACH

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F).
• Line a baking tray with baking paper.
• Place orange juice, maple syrup, ginger and garlic in a small pan over medium heat, and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 8 minutes or until slightly reduced and syrupy.
• Place salmon on prepared tray. Use half the maple glaze to brush over salmon fillets.
• Bake for 8-10 minutes, until cooked to your liking, brushing salmon with reserved glaze halfway through cooking.
• Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a large non-stick frypan over high heat. Add the baby spinach leaves and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes, until just wilted. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• To serve, divide the wilted spinach and salmon fillets among four serving plates, and drizzle salmon fillets with any remaining reserved glaze.

ORANGE MAPLE GLAZED BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• If you use dry rind instead of fresh you will need to rehydrate it with orange just for the best results.
• Wash salmon and pat dry.
• Combine ginger, basil, pepper, rind and shallots.
• Lightly brush salmon with Grand Marnier. Coat salmon on both sides with herb mixture and refrigerate overnight (at least 4 hours).
• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Dissolve cornstarch in enough hot water to make a smooth paste. Slowly whisk in liquid glaze ingredient. Whisk until smooth.
• Place salmon in shallow baking dishes. Spoon glaze over fish.
• Cook until done (about 20 minutes for 1 inch fillets or 25 for 2 inch fillets. )Baste the fish once or twice during cooking It should flake easily.
• Decorate with orange slices. Shown in the picture here with a lemon pig.
• To make a lemon pig - choose the snout end of the pig and decide which will be the bottom. Cut the bottom off so the pig will sit flat. At the snout end cut two flaps for the ears. Pull them out a little so the will stand out but not too much or it will break. Use cloves for the eyes.

SPICY MAPLE BAKED SALMON

Steps:

• In a small saucepan cook first 7 ingredients till boiling.
• Reduce heat and simmer till reduced to about 1/2 Cup.
• Season Salmon with Salt & Pepper.
• Brush sauce on salmon and bake skin side down for 10 minutes in a 350 oven.
• Brush again and continue to bake for another 10 minute.
• Brush again and bake for final 10 minute.
• Do not turn fish.