During the summer I use my grill as much as possible. Being in the south, the last thing I want to do is heat up my kitchen on a 90+ degree day in Georgia! I have a great grill recipe that all of my guys will eat just as readily as a cheeseburger – Asian Salmon!
This recipe is the reason I never give up in my exploration to find foods and recipes that my children will eat. I have prepared various types of fish in numerous recipes and the typical reaction I get from my 5 and 7 year old boys is always a big fat – “YUK”!
We have a rule at my house that my kids have to at least attempt the food that is presented. I think that is a fair request. I take the time to cook it so they need to take the time to try it. Imagine my surprise when both of my boys devoured this Asian Salmon the first time I served it! In my mind I was doing a huge happy dance – I had images of salmon salads, poached salmon and so many more recipes. So far no other recipes have received the enthusiastic response that this recipe gets…but I will keep trying!
I think you guys will like this recipe too. It is super simple and ready in no time flat. I typically serve it with my Ginger Rice. I start them both at the same time and the fish is ready by the time the rice is done.
- 2 pounds salmon
- 2 tablespoons honey dijon mustard
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- ½ teaspoon fresh ginger (peeled and minced)
- ½ teaspoon minced garlic
- Combine mustard, soy sauce, brown sugar, olive oil, ginger and garlic.
- Whisk to combine.
- Pour half of marinade over salmon and reserve the remainder.
- Refrigerate fish in marinade for 10 minutes.
- Remove fish from marinade and place skin side down on hot grill for 4 minutes.
- Carefully flip fish and cook an additional 4 minutes.
- Remove from grill, brush with reserved marinade and allow to rest for 8 - 10 minutes.
Tip: I like to add about a tablespoon of Ponzu sauce to the reserved marinade. The sauce is wonderful drizzled over rice and veggies as well.
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I know you are just getting started with this site so I am sure you have a lot of nifty things your creative mind will come up with for this. I wanted to ask, will there be a way for us to create some kind of a favorites for your recipes that you post? This may require a log in in order for it to save correctly which may not be something you want to deal with. I was just curious.
BTW- thank you so much for all of your hard work and dedication. I am so grateful for all of your help in assisting our family save money:) And now for helping me with new recipes to spice up our dinners
This site allows you to clip and save recipes from all over the internet. You can also create shopping lists for the items in the recipes. http://get.ziplist.com. I have found it to be really helpful. I have many of the recipes from this site as well as Iheartpublix in my favorites. 🙂
Omg! This was amazing! What a great way to get my husband to eat more fish. This is a keeper! Thank you.
Thanks for another great recipe.
OMG! printed this awhile ago as we aren’t fish eaters. With Salmon on sale this week, I convinced my husband to try it. It was AMAZING! You should repost this one this week with Salmon being on sale again this week.