Hoisin Glazed Salmon with a Quick Pickled Cucumber
This Hoisin Glazed Salmon with a Quick Pickled Cucumber is the perfect balance of sweet, sour and umami. Super healthy, and ready in under 20 minutes, this seafood dish is the perfect weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
Salmon
- 4 salmon filets
- ¼ cup hoisin
- 2 Tbsp soy sauce
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- ½ Tbsp rice vinegar
Pickled Cucumbers
- 1 cucumber thinly sliced
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- 1 tsp brown sugar
- pinch of red pepper flakes optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- While the oven is preheating, combine all of the cucumber ingredients into a mason jar and shake to combine. Set aside to let the cucumbers get slightly pickled.1 cucumber, ½ cup rice vinegar, 1 tsp brown sugar, pinch of red pepper flakes
- Spray oil on a baking sheet and put the salmon on it (skin side down, if it still has it).4 salmon filets
- Combine the ingredients for the hoisin glaze in a small bowl and mix well.¼ cup hoisin, 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 1 Tbsp brown sugar, ½ Tbsp rice vinegar
- Brush the sauce over the filets, reserving about ¼ of it.
- Put the salmon in the oven and bake 10-12 minutes.
- Halfway through, brush the remaining sauce over the filets.
- Serve with pickled cucumbers and brown rice!
Notes
You can make the cucumbers ahead of time - they stay good up to one week in the fridge.
Nutrition Facts
Hoisin Glazed Salmon with a Quick Pickled Cucumber
Amount per Serving
Calories
315
% Daily Value*
Fat
11
g
17
%
Monounsaturated Fat
4
g
Cholesterol
94
mg
31
%
Sodium
859
mg
37
%
Potassium
981
mg
28
%
Carbohydrates
14
g
5
%
Fiber
1
g
4
%
Sugar
10
g
11
%
Protein
36
g
72
%
Vitamin A
123
IU
2
%
Vitamin C
2
mg
2
%
Calcium
44
mg
4
%
Iron
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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