Description
Grilled Honey Lemon Butter Salmon is a delicious and flavorful dish featuring salmon fillets grilled to perfection in a sweet and tangy honey lemon butter sauce, garnished with fresh parsley.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1.25 pounds skin-on salmon fillet
- 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice, from about 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh parsley, optional for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat outdoor grill to medium-high heat. Alternatively, preheat oven to 425F.
- Place salmon on a sheet of foil (with the longer side parallel with the longer side of the sheet pan) with the skin-side down. Raise the edges of the foil up about 2 inches.
- Nestle lemon slices underneath the salmon, spaced evenly around the fillet; set aside.
- To a microwave-safe glass measuring cup or bowl, add the butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the honey and lemon juice. Pour or spoon about three-quarters of the mixture over the salmon; reserve remainder.
- Evenly season salmon with salt and pepper.
- Seal up the foil, crimp or pinch the top and bottom pieces of foil together; get it as air-tight as possible.
- If you have time, set aside to marinate for about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Place foil pack on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes, or until done.
- Optionally, open the foil pack or remove the top piece of foil and spoon the reserved buttery mixture over the salmon, if desired.
- Broil salmon for about 5 minutes, or until salmon is as golden as desired.
- Optionally garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
Notes
- For additional browning on the top of the salmon, set your oven to Hi broil.
- Keep a close eye on it during broiling as all broilers are different.
- If you have extra buttery mixture, it can be served over the finished dish.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Grilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 0g
- Protein: 25g
- Cholesterol: 70mg