Yield: 2

Adapted from many

This delicious, easy-to-make Bourbon Glazed Salmon Recipe comes together in under 30 minutes and is jam packed with flavor.

• 2TBS chopped scallions + more for garnish
• 1tsp peeled and finely grated ginger
• 2tsp finely grated garlic
• 2TBS Maker’s Mark, Jim Beam or other good bourbon (or Jameson Irish Whiskey 😊)
• ⅓cup soy sauce
• ⅓cup brown sugar
• 2TBS honey
• 26-oz fresh salmon fillets
• 3TBS sesame oil
• sea salt and pepper to taste

Add the scallions, ginger, garlic, bourbon, soy sauce, brown sugar, and honey to a medium-size pot and simmer over medium-low heat until thick while occasionally stirring, which takes about 10 to 15 minutes. Set it aside and keep warm.

Season the salmon on both sides with salt and pepper.

Heat 1 TBS olive oil in a large nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium heat until shimmering. Place the salmon skin-side up in the skillet, then press down on them with a flat spatula so that there’s a lot of contact with the pan and it browns evenly. Cook without moving, gently pressing down on fish every so often, until the bottom is golden-brown, about 8 minutes.
Flip the salmon and cook for 2 minutes. Pour the sauce over the salmon. Cook, spooning some of the sauce over salmon as it cooks, until the sauce is thickened and reduced by about half, and the salmon is just cooked through, 3 to 6 minutes.

Move the salmon to a plate and spoon the remaining glaze over the salmon.