Asian Salmon in Foil
The best and easiest way to make salmon in foil – and you won’t believe how much flavor is packed right in!
You know that signature line by The Most Interesting Man in the World? Well, I’m going to have to steal his meme for just a second here to say this.
I don’t always cook salmon, but when I do, I prefer foil. Stay hungry, my friends.
No, but really, foil is the only way to cook salmon. The only way. It seals in all that flavor and the clean-up is a breeze. All you have to do is toss the foil. It doesn’t get easier than that, right?
And the flavors are soaked right in, leaving you with the most tender, flavorful salmon ever that flakes so easily. You can’t beat that!
Asian Salmon in Foil
The best and easiest way to make salmon in foil - and you won't believe how much flavor is packed right in!
Ingredients
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 1 tablespoon freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon Sriracha, optional
- Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 pounds salmon
- 2 green onions, thinly sliced
- ½ teaspoon sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with foil.
- In a small bowl, whisk together honey, garlic, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, ginger, Sriracha and pepper, to taste.
- Place salmon onto the prepared baking sheet and fold up all 4 sides of the foil. Spoon the honey mixture over the salmon. Fold the sides of the foil over the salmon, covering completely and sealing the packet closed.
- Place into oven and bake until cooked through, about 15-20 minutes.* Open the packet and broil for 2-3 minutes, or until caramelized and slightly charred.
- Serve immediately, garnished with green onions and sesame seeds, if desired.
Notes
*Baking time may need to be adjusted depending on the thickness of the salmon.
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I made this tonight first time making baked salmon and I must say it came out picture perfect and taste soooo good moist, and tasty. Looking forward to following your recipes can’t wait to make something else!
Hi. Is the nutritional info per serving or for the whole recipe? I’m doing the Weight Watchers Smart Points program and I’m trying to figure the points. Thanks.
The nutritional information is per serving.
Kids-8 and 11 were fighting over the left-overs for lunch the next day. Winner!
What would go well with this dish?
My absolute favorite side dish is the garlic parmesan roasted potatoes. But please feel free to check out all of my side dish recipes here.
What a great and healthy recipe to serve for the family.
I used chicken instead of salmon. Just cooked a little longer before broiling. It was delicious.
I love Salmon dishes. I made your salmon in foil. I marinated the salmon for about 6 hours. I held back about eight of the marinated sauce. Cooked the salmon half the cooking time the opened the package and turn the fillets over removed the skin with a fork, it’s easily removed, then brushed the remaining sauce over the fillets then finished cooking the salmon. It was Aaaawesome. your good Chungah keep it up.
I apologize if this question was answered already, but can I use frozen filets? I saw a recipe similar on Cooking Light that cooked them from frozen in a similar way. Just wondering if anyone has tried it from frozen.
Why would you ever buy frozen salmon?
First of all, rude.
Second of all, most wild salmon you buy at the grocery store has been frozen when it’s caught. The difference is that the grocery store thaws it for you. So you’re probably buying frozen salmon anyway, unless you buy farm raised, which is much less delicious and worse for the environment.
Turned out great, thanks for the recipe! 🙂 The flavor was similar to the ginger salmon recipe (also very good) but this one was even easier thanks to foil.
I tried this recipe a few days ago and it was really tasty. The sauce made the flavor of the salmon pop in a really great way. I made this again last night to the same delicious reception! This is a really great dinner piece! I put a picture of how it came out on my blog: http://didishowyoulove.blogspot.com/2015/09/asian-salmon-in-foil-packets-love.html
Great recipe! We loved it. Saved a little of the sauce and used it in my noodle stir fry and that was amazing too! Thanks!
This was delicious! I put the green onions in with the sauce. I did not have sesame oil either but it still turned out great. Next time I will use it. I saved some of the sauce and used it in my stir fry that I made to go along with it. My Husband loved it !
Thank you for the recipe! It was delicious. 🙂
has anyone ever tried this recipe with chicken?
I was wondering, now that I’ve taken a side of salmon out of the freezer for dinner….could I do this on the BBQ gas grill?
Yes, absolutely.
I’m not one that usually writes comments on anything, but this recipe is so good, I can’t not leave a message. I makes this at least twice a month – for a husband who doesn’t like fish…or anything healthy. So let’s keep that healthy thing to ourselves. 🙂 Thank you for this wonderful recipe!
My local store had salmon steaks on sale, so I’m looking for some good recipes. Do you think this recipe would work with salmon steaks instead of fillets? Or would another method of cooking or another one of your recipes work better? Thank you so much!
Jennie, I’m sure salmon steaks will work just fine but you may have to adjust cooking time as needed.
Thank you for your quick reply! It worked really well, although broiling for just 1 minute overcooked it slightly. I will skip that next time. I added some thinly sliced onions and peppers and carrots to the foil packs, and that worked well too.
I made this recipe for supper the other day, and it turned out fantastic! Super easy and super delicious! Followed the recipe exactly as written (except I didn’t have any sesame seeds to put on top), and wouldn’t change a thing. As others have mentioned, without the broiling step the salmon does not come out looking as it does in the pictures posted here, but don’t let this discourage you– it still tastes awesome! My picky boyfriend devoured his salmon, and he is very hard to please, so I give this a big thumbs up! Will be making again, a great and quick budget-friendly dinner for sure.
If I am not able to eat sesame oil what could I substitute it with?
I recommend omitting.
I was looking for a specific Asian recipe for salmon but couldn’t find the one so I used this one tonight. Excellent recipe! I will now be using this one to replace the one I lost and now I’m glad I lost the other one. The only thing I did differently was cook it on the grill wrapped in the foil boat. I transferred the wrapped and marinating Salmon from the counter to the grill using a cookie sheet but didn’t grill with it.
PS I almost left the Syracha out of the recipe but at the last minute decided to trust the chef and added it.. Awesome decision 🙂