grilled brown sugar and mustard glazed salmon Archives

This recipe for salmon couldn’t be more simple. My friend Mickey shared her recipe years ago and it’s been a favorite of mine ever since.

Amazingly, there are only three ingredients. Salmon, whole grain mustard and brown sugar. That’s it. It is best prepared on the grill. You’ll want to flip the salmon onto a piece of non stick foil to finish the cooking otherwise you will lose all the goodies in the grill.

Preheat the grill.

You will need:

4 6-8 ounce salmon fillets
8 tablespoons of whole grain mustard
8 tablespoons brown sugar

Start by rinsing the salmon and patting dry with a paper towel. Place on a plate for grill transport. Spread 2 tablespoons of mustard evenly over each piece of salmon. Add the brown sugar, patting it into the mustard.

Gently place the salmon fillets on the grill, skin side down. Close the lid and let them cook for about 8 minutes.
The fillets should now look opaque.
Gently slide your spatula between the flesh of the salmon and the skin and flip onto the non stick foil. You can see that I’ve turned the edges of the foil up to keep the topping from dripping into the grill. Close the lid and cook for 5-7 minutes. Discard the skin.
The salmon is done and you can see that the mustard and brown sugar have caramelized. Carefully remove the fish/foil from the grill. It is easy to slide onto a flat cookie sheet. Turn the salmon over onto a clean serving plate and spoon the mustard/sugar mixture over the salmon.