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Garlic Honey Salmon Bowls are an easy weeknight dinner recipe the whole family will love! Load rice bowls with sliced avocado, cucumbers, and a drizzle of sriracha mayo! So easy and yummy!
Garlic Honey Salmon Bowls are the best salmon bowl recipe around.
Start with easy marinated salmon that we pop in the oven to bake instead of pan-searing it in a skillet. While the salmon bakes, I like to make a simple sauce with butter, garlic, honey, and lime juice. It’s slightly sweet, tangy, and of course, it’s loaded with garlic.
We’ll pour this over the salmon and broil until golden brown. The salmon is wrapped in a sweet, spicy, sticky glaze when it comes out of the oven.
The easiest build-it-yourself weeknight meal. Serve over fluffy rice made in your rice cooker. Then drizzle with sriracha. Load the bowls up with shelled edamame, cucumbers, avocados, or anything else you like on your bowls!
Ingredients for Honey Garlic Salmon Recipe
- Salmon filet: use fresh salmon fillets for this recipe. I ask the fish monger to remove the bones and skin side of seafood so you’re left with just the flesh. Dice the fish into roughly 1-inch pieces
- Avocado oil: you can use other oils as well. I just suggest using something that is high heat, avoid olive oil since we’ll broil the same at the end
- Sauces: you’ll need honey, sriracha, and soy sauce.
- Butter: A small knob of melted butter is the base of the honey lime sauce we’ll toss the salmon with.
- Minced Garlic: gives the honey garlic sauce a delicious flavor.
- Lime juice and wedges: we’ll use the lime juice to make the sauce and the lime wedges are for squeezing on the salmon with serving the bowls.
- Prepared rice: pop the rice into a rice cooker on the quick mode giving it a 10 minute head start and salmon and rice will we be done at the same time
- Avocado: Avocados are a great source of healthy fats and fiber. I love using them in bowls with protein and carbohydrates
- Cucumbers: Diced or sliced cucumbers add a nice layer of crunch to the dish.
- Cilantro: earthy cilantro gives this dish a delicious flavor that pairs beautifully with the lime and honey. If you aren’t a fan, you can omit it from the recipe and use green onions instead.
- Sesame seeds: I use toasted sesame seeds for this recipe.
- Sriracha mayo: Gives the bowl a good kick!
Why you’ll love this family favorite recipe!
It’s an easy customizable bowl recipe that starts with salmon. Build the bowl with your favorite vegetables, use roasted broccoli, or garlic green beans, swap the sauce for chili crisp, or use lemons in stead of lime. It’s truly a weeknight dinner recipe that’s customizable to your needs.
If you like this recipe, you might also like:
- Chicken Teriyaki with Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
- Teriyaki Salmon Bowls with Ginger Noodles
- Thai Sweet Chili Salmon Bowls
- Blackened Hot Honey Salmon with Broccoli
- Chili Crisp Salmon with Cucumbers and Sweet Pepper Salad
Garlic Honey Salmon Bowls
Ingredients
Garlic Honey Salmon:
- 24 ounces salmon skin removed and cubed into 1-inch pieces
- 1 tablespoon avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons sriracha or more
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Bowls:
- Prepared rice for serving
- 1 large avocado diced or sliced
- 1 cup diced cucumbers
- 2 tablespoons cilantro chopped (or green onions)
- Limes wedges for serving
- Sesame seeds for garnish
- Sriracha Mayo for serving
Instructions
- OVEN: Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 425ºF. Spray a nonstick sheet pan with cooking spray; set aside for now.
- SALMON: Add the salmon piece to a bowl. Drizzle with avocado oil, soy sauce, and sriracha. Spread the salmon pieces out on the prepared baking sheet.
- BAKE: When the oven has preheated, bake for 8-10 minutes depending on the thickness of the salmon. You might need to adjust the cooking time based on the thickness of the salmon.
- SAUCE: While the salmon cooks, melt the butter in a hot pan on the stove over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté for 15 seconds when the butter melts. Add the honey and lime juice and stir to combine. Bring to a gentle simmer, then remove from heat. If the sauce separates, don't worry, just stir.
- BROIL: When the salmon is done, spoon half of the prepared honey lime sauce on the salmon and broil or 30-90 seconds or until the salmon starts to develop a little color. Remove from the oven when the salmon browns.
- BOWLS: Portion rice into bowls, top with the salmon pieces. Add avocado, cucumbers, and leftovers honey lime sauce as desired. Top with cilantro. Serve with lime wedges, sprinkle with sesame seeds, and add a squeeze of sriracha mayo if desired!
Notes
- Air fryer:To make the bites in the air fryer, preheat the air fryer to 375ºF. Bake the salmon pieces for 5-7 minutes depending on the thickness, then drizzle with sauce and cook for another 30-90 seconds or until the salmon is cooked to your liking and browns a bit on top.
- Leftovers: pop into an airtight container and reheat in the microwave before serving.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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