Easy Baked Salmon with Mayonnaise
Baked salmon with mayonnaise is a simple but ultra-delicious recipe. The salmon is baked in a creamy but beautifully-balanced sauce, resulting in a melt-in-your-mouth piece of fish.
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 ½ tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 ½ lb fresh salmon fillet
- ¼ cup sliced almonds
- 1 tbsp minced chives or green onion
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425ºF.
- Whisk together first 4 ingredients and spread this sauce over the salmon to just coat (don't pour it over the pan). Reserve remaining sauce to serve.
- Sprinkle fish almonds and bake 12-16 minutes, until 120ºF-125ºF internal temperature is reached.
- Rest salmon for 5 minutes. Sprinkle with chives and serve with more sauce.
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Notes
- It is important to just coat the fish and not let the sauce run over the pan (because the natural sugars in maple syrup will burn).
- The total time will vary based on how cold your salmon was when it went into the oven, how thick it was, how long your oven was preheated, even the colour of your baking sheet. I strongly recommend using the internal temperature to ensure perfectly flaky, buttery-soft results.
Nutrition
Calories: 330kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 24g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 12g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.04g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 435mg | Potassium: 599mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 58IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg