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Honey Sesame Salmon with Rice Noodles and Asparagus - you'll love this Asian-style dinner. The salmon is first marinated in a sauce made with sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, and ginger. Then, the salmon is baked in the oven.
If you don't like salmon because it's fishy or dry, you will change your mind after you try this Asian salmon recipe! The salmon in this recipe is very moist, flaky, juicy, and flavorful. The Asian sauce is smooth and silky, with just the right amount of garlic. The whole dish is very easy to make - I make this for dinner right after a long day at work! Rice noodles and asparagus in addition to honey sesame salmon make this a complete meal - you don't need to worry about side dishes!
The key to the moist and juicy salmon is is to bake it at 350 F for only 15 minutes, and then broil it for 5 minutes ((or longer if you like it more charred). This way you get the very best out of salmon: it will be moist and juicy (not dry), and it will also have a nice charred look, which is much more appetizing and pretty than if you just baked it.
I like to serve this honey sesame salmon over a small bed of very thin rice noodles, which will absorb some of the sauce from the fish, and also the sauce that you will pour on top of Asian-flavored salmon after condensing it a bit. You can serve any type of your favorite greens: cooked spinach, green beans, or Asian greens (baby bok choy, Chinese spinach, etc.). I only had asparagus, so that's what I served it with. Enjoy!
If you enjoyed this honey sesame salmon, you might like these Asian seafood recipes as well:
Honey Sesame Salmon with Rice Noodles and Asparagus
Ingredients
Honey Sesame Salmon:
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce (for gluten free, use gluten-free soy sauce)
- 4 tablespoons rice vinegar
- 4 cloves garlic , minced
- a pinch of ginger , powdered
- 1.2 lb salmon
Rice Noodles and Asparagus:
- 8 ounces rice noodles , very thin
- 1 lb asparagus
- salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
How to cook honey sesame salmon:
- To prepare the marinade, in a medium bowl, combine the sesame oil, honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic, a pinch of ginger and whisk to blend.
- Place salmon in a baking dish, skin-side down. Pour the marinade over the salmon, cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Bake the salmon uncovered for 15 minutes at 350 degrees Fahrenheit in the same baking dish in which you marinated it. Remove the salmon from the oven, pour the marinade from the baking dish into a small saucepan.
- Preheat the broiler.
- Slide the spatula under the salmon the remove the skin. Broil salmon (without the marinade or the skin) for about 5 minutes (or more, depending on your broiler), until it caramelizes nicely. Remove from pan.
- While the salmon is broiling, reduce the sauce (the marinade) in the sauce pan on the stove top by boiling it down a little bit. Be careful – don’t over do it – reduce it just a bit to have enough to pour over each of 4 serving of fish.
How to cook rice noodles and asparagus:
- While your salmon is baked and broiled in the oven, prepare rice noodles and asparagus.
- Cook very thin rice noodles according to package instructions, drain.
- Place asparagus in a glass baking dish, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
- Bake in the preheated oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit (at the same time with salmon, but in a separate dish), until soft but still crispy.
How to serve Asian salmon with rice noodles and asparagus:
- Place a scoop of rice noodles in the center of each serving plate.
- Add several sprigs of asparagus on the side.
- Place a serving of salmon on top of noodles. Pour the condensed sauce on top.
Nutrition
Nutrition Disclaimer:
The nutritional information on this website is only an estimate and is provided for convenience and as a courtesy only. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed. It should not be used as a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.
Oooh, this looks delish. I have been eating Asian-inspired food a lot recently; we're homemade sushi fiends in this house and we like stirfries and noodle dishes a lot. I really like them because they're usually healthy and light but packed full of flavour (even if I'm not good with chillis!)
That salmon looks cooked to perfection!
Gooorgeous action shots, and this looks absolutely delicious!
This looks delicious!
I am always looking for good healthy fish recipes. My fiance doesn't like salmon, but he likes Asian flavors and I bet I could convince him to eat this. It looks really good!
Love the idea of serving it over a bed of rice noodle.. The sauce looks so dang intriguing!
My family adores local salmon and I am always searching for new recipes to try. Atop a bed of rice noodles with asparagus would make them very happy!
This looks so good! Love that you served it over rice noodles! GORGEOUS dish....
We love Asian style cooking in our household. This salmon looks so delectable 😀
We cook a lot of salmon in our house, it is delicious fish. Your recipe sounds very tasty, what's not to like?-)) So good-)) Yummy! I wish we can have a lunch together-)
Although I don't eat salmon, I have to say that this one looks absolutely fabulous. And the pictures make mouths water for sure.
This looks absolutely divine! A must try!
So appetizing..love rice noodles.. Who is your spoon holder?
I could never take such a fabulous..shot(s) and hold a spoon..:)
Wonderful!
Monique, the spoon holder is me - while the camera is on timer and on tripod. It was getting dark, and my exposure time was longer so I had to hold that spoon longer than I cared for. 🙂
Great idea!! Still darker? and look how brilliant the shots!
I'm going to make this tonight! I love your asian inspired recipes, the peanut sauce salmon was also deeeeelishious.
i made it and forgot to show you 🙂 http://instagram.com/p/gD5EGuwqZO/
With green beens instead of asparagus since my hubby is a baby with a juvenile palette was yummy! I should have seared it more at the end but was too hungry 🙂 Last minute I threw sesame seeds on top just because they're pretty and I don't use them enough.
Alla, your salmon looks so delicious! It's making me hungry. Green beans go so well with Asian flavors - yum!
This looks absolutely marvelous!! This is how I cook my salmon too - though sometimes I sear it with sea salt first and finish it in the oven. Either way, that lovely crust is the BEST! 🙂