One-Pan Chili Maple Salmon

A simple spicy-sweet glaze lends incredible flavour to this easy pan-roasted salmon. ...MORE + LESS -

4 skin-on salmon fillets (113 g – 141 g each)

3 tablespoons pure maple syrup

2 tablespoons soy sauce

1 teaspoon sesame oil

1 teaspoon chili powder

1 tablespoon canola oil, for cooking

1 teaspoon sesame seeds

Scallions, for garnish

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Preheat oven to 350°F. In a medium bowl, whisk together maple syrup, soy sauce, sesame oil and chili powder. Pour over salmon fillets and marinate in the fridge for at least 10 minutes.
2

Heat a large oven-safe skillet over medium heat. Add canola oil and place salmon fillets in the skillet, skin-side down. Cook for 4 minutes.
3

Spoon fillets with any remaining glaze in the skillet or left over from marinade. Sprinkle fillets with sesame seeds. Move skillet to the oven and bake for another 6-8 minutes until salmon fillets are cooked through.
4

Remove fillets from oven and sprinkle with scallions. Serve immediately while warm.

Be sure to use pure maple syrup for this recipe. If you use maple-flavoured syrup, the sugar in it will just burn.
Be sure to buy skin-on fillets so the fish is protected a bit from the direct heat of the skillet.