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Bridget Makes: Balsamic Glazed Salmon

March 25th
2008

Salmon is one of my favs- it’s filling, delicious and incredibly healthy. It’s always such a treat for me to prepare salmon because we have to drive across the city to get it (at the crack of dawn Saturday morning for the best choice, I might add), so I usually stick to tried-and-true recipes. This is a great recipe because it’s so easy– it literally takes, like, 15 minutes. Blake isn’t a huge salmon fan (he’s weird sometimes; he also doesn’t like avocados- no guacamole for us…sigh…), but he really likes this dish.

Recipe courtesy of The Gourmet Cookbook.

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 1/2 tsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 T plus 1 tsp packed light brown sugar
  • 4 (6 oz) center-cut pieces salmon fillet w/skin
  • Salt and black pepper
  • 2 tsp vegetable oil

Directions:

  • Stir together vinegar, water, lemon juice, and brown sugar in a small bowl.
  • Pat salmon dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking. Increase heat to high, add salmon skin side up, and sear until well browned, about 4 minutes. Turn fish over and sear until just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more.
  • Transfer salmon to plates and carefully add vinegar mixture to skillet (liquid will bubble vigorously and steam). Simmer, stirring, until thickened and reduced to about 1/3 cup, about 2 minutes. Spoon glaze over salmon.

15 Responses to “Bridget Makes: Balsamic Glazed Salmon”

  • “He really likes this dish?” That’s an understatement. Beez, I loved this! Make it this week. Please! bk

    Posted by Blake on March 25th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

  • Im not a big salmon fan, but my hubs loves it. I will def give it a go. Fantastic photo btw!

    Posted by laurie on March 25th, 2008 at 9:12 pm

  • Looks delicious! Unfortunately, this will have to be something I make for myself, dh isn’t a fan of salmon. : (

    Posted by Ally on March 25th, 2008 at 9:21 pm

  • Something about adding a bit of sweet to salmon makes it acceptable to salmon haters. Personally I love salmon, but I can’t get anyone in my life to eat it unless I add maple syrup or molasses or brown sugar. Great recipe! Love the steam rising in the photo.

    Posted by Ellie on March 25th, 2008 at 10:17 pm

  • I love salmon, but never try to put brown sugar. I found this very interesting and delicious recipe

    Posted by Sylvia on March 26th, 2008 at 6:10 am

  • That glaze looks delicious. I’ll have to try this soon, we love salmon!

    Posted by Karina on March 26th, 2008 at 6:17 am

  • Nate is not a fan of salmon either, but I am going to try this. Looks delicious!

    Posted by Melissa on March 26th, 2008 at 7:20 am

  • Love salmon Bridget. Even though we live inland our BC salmon is fresh every day:D Of course if I lived on the coast I could catch my own:D

    Posted by Bellini Valli on March 26th, 2008 at 9:45 am

  • I love salmon, this looks like a wonderful dish. I’ve never used balsamic vinegar with salmon before, I’m intrigued!

    Posted by LyB on March 26th, 2008 at 9:50 am

  • I made this salmon tonight-it was fabulous! I blogged about it as well.

    Posted by Nicole on March 26th, 2008 at 6:48 pm

  • Are you serious? I don’t like avocados either! I thought I was the only person on earth who didn’t!

    I do like salmon though. My fave is a marinade of 1/2 soy and 1/2 maple syrup (must be REAL) for 12-24 hours. Then crust one side of the salmon is crushed black pepper and broil. Delish! Salty, sweet and spicy!

    Posted by Geggie on March 26th, 2008 at 8:45 pm

  • Oh, oh, and the other thing I love is to just cook it in a skillet like this and after you turn it the first time to add a mixure of half balsamic and half raspberry preserves and you get this fabulous, rich glaze. I need to make salmon this week, I think.

    Posted by Geggie on March 26th, 2008 at 8:47 pm

  • I love me some balsamic salmon!

    Posted by Carrie on March 27th, 2008 at 4:51 pm

  • We tried this tonight and were very impressed. It was so good! It was so easy! This is definitely going into our regular rotation. Thanks so much for a great recipe.

    Posted by Brittany on April 6th, 2008 at 10:22 pm

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