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A perfectly flaky and tender salmon recipe that’s made with an easy homemade teriyaki sauce and baked to perfection. Makes for a perfect lunch or dinner recipe that can be ready in less than 3o minutes.
This baked teriyaki salmon recipe is so easy to make and can be ready in less than 30 minutes. Get dinner on the table in no time. They are also perfect for those who like to meal prep. The teriyaki sauce is so delicious, gluten-free, and is made from scratch. Enjoy tender, flaky, and perfectly cooked teriyaki glazed salmon with your family with a side of rice or quinoa.
Reasons to love this recipe
- Easy to make: Making this dish is really quite simple. You make the homemade teriyaki sauce, pour over the salmon filets, and pop it in the oven.
- Healthy and good for you: Salmon is such a great and healthy fish to add to your diet. They are low in carbs, high in protein, packed with omega-3 fatty acid, and has many other healthy benefits.
- Delicious: Super moist and flaky baked salmon. Packed with flavor you will thoroughly enjoy this meal.
- Perfect for meal prepping: If you meal prep your meals, this salmon dish is the perfect meal to make ahead and prep for the week.
Ingredients you will need and substitutes
- Salmon Fillets: about 6 oz each. you may get a whole salmon and cut them down into smaller-size filets or even cook the entire salmon steak. We recommend using wild-caught salmon if possible.
- Onion sliced: these are used for garnishing, so if you do not have any on hand no worries. But they are recommended.
- Sesame Seeds: also needed to garnish the salmon dish at the end.
what you need to make the teriyaki sauce
- Soy sauce: we used Low-sodium soy sauce to reduce the amount of sodium in this dish. You may use coconut aminos if you are watching your sodium levels.
- Fresh orange juice: better to use fresh than bottled orange juice
- Water: to thin out the sauce
- Honey: you may use other sweeteners like agave, maple syrup, or brown sugar.
- Garlic Cloves minced: we highly recommend you use fresh garlic rather than garlic powder.
- Minced fresh ginger: Fresh if possible. Tastes better than using ginger powder.
- Flakes or to taste: this is an optional ingredient but gives a nice boost in flavor.
- Lemon– use fresh lemon juice. From a fresh lemon instead of bottled lemon juice.
- Gluten-free flour: or any flour of your choice.
- Optional: 1 tablespoon of sesame oil
HOW TO MAKE this BAKED TERIYAKI SALMON
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
In a small bowl whisk together all teriyaki sauce ingredients, which are soy sauce, orange juice, water, ginger, garlic, honey, chili, lemon, and flour.
Spray a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and place the salmon in it.
Pour the sauce over the salmon and then bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until cooked through and flaky.
Once the salmon is cooked, remove from the oven, and spoon over with the thickened teriyaki sauce from the baking dish. Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy!
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
You do not need to cover Salmon when baking. It won’t hurt if you do but salmon generally doesn’t need to be covered to cook thoroughly. They are easy to bake and cook fairly quickly without being covered. Leaving it uncovered will give you that crispy top later. If you do prefer covering the salmon, uncover it halfway to get that crispy layer.
Teriyaki sauce contains soy sauce which contains gluten from wheat and soybeans. Unless you buy gluten-free soy sauce to make your homemade teriyaki sauce it won’t be gluten-free. Look for gluten-free teriyaki sauce like this one.
To thicken your teriyaki sauce there are a few options. Try adding a bit more flour or use thickeners like cornstarch, arrowroot powder, Tapioca Flour, or rice flour. Use in moderation. You may only need about 1 teaspoon of thickener. Dissolve in a small amount of water before adding to the sauce.
Two ways to cook teriyaki salmon
We will briefly show you two ways how to cook this teriyaki salmon recipe. You can either use the stovetop or the oven.
- Stovetop: Pan-sear salmon over medium heat. About 3 minutes on each side. Then add the teriyaki sauce and allow to cook for a few more minutes until the sauce thickens. Then serve.
- Oven: Bake, grill or roast the salmon in the oven over a greased sheet pan or dish. We prefer baking since it allows the salmon to cook through without the risk of overcooking or burning. You may hold off on adding the sauce until the salmon is half-baked or just add it in along with the salmon as we did to this easy-baked teriyaki Salmon recipe.
What goes well with teriyaki salmon
- White Rice, brown rice, or quinoa
- Cilantro Lime Cauliflower rice
- Garlic Roasted veggies
- Garlic Roasted Potatoes
- Roasted Sweet Potatoes
- Green Beans and Tomato Salad
- Vegan Mash Potatoes
Storage and reheating
- To store: if you have leftovers from this baked teriyaki salmon, you can definitely store them in the fridge for up to 3-4 days. Place the leftovers in a sealed container once they are cooled and store them in the fridge until you are ready to eat the next day. If you want to meal prep and freeze these, you can place them in a freezer-safe container and freeze them for up to 3 months,
- Reheating: To reheat these if they were in the fridge, place them in the microwave and reheat for 60-90 seconds or until it is heated through since all microwave temperatures vary. If they are frozen, you may allow them to thaw in the fridge the night before and reheat in the microwave, or just pop them in the microwave and hit the defrost button for one minute then heat for another minute.
More salmon recipes To Try
- Easy Salmon Patties
- Honey Garlic Salmon Recipe
- Easy Chili Salmon Zucchini Noodles
- Creamy Coconut Lime Salmon
- Tomato Stuffed Salmon
- Pan-Seared Southwestern Salmon
- Crispy Baked Salmon
- Easy Cajun Baked Salmon
- Creamy Salmon and Potato Skillet
- Spicy Salmon Maki Bowl
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Baked Teriyaki Salmon
Ingredients
- 4 Skinless Salmon Fillets, about 6 oz each
- 1 Green Onion, sliced
- 1 Tbsp Sesame Seeds
Teriyaki Sauce:
- ⅓ Cup Low-sodium soy sauce
- ¼ Cup Fresh orange juice
- 2-3 Tbsp Water
- 2 Tbsp Honey
- 2 Garlic Cloves, minced
- 1 Tbsp Minced fresh ginger
- 1 Tsp Chili Flakes, or to taste
- ½ Lemon, juiced
- ½ Tbsp Gluten-free flour
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a small bowl whisk together all teriyaki sauce ingredients. Spray a baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and place the salmon in.
- Pour the sauce over then bake in the preheated oven for 12-15 minutes until cooked through and flaky.
- Once the salmon is cooked, remove from the oven, and spoon over with the thickened sauce from the baking dish.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Enjoy!
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Notes
- Serving size per filet
- Store leftovers in the fridge for up to 3 days
- Freeze for up to 3 months
- You may use honey, brown sugar, maple syrup, or agave
- Use fresh ginger, fresh garlic cloves, and fresh lemon juice.
- Use skin on or skin off salmon filets
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This tasted amazing. The flavoring the sauce was excellent! Thank you for such a simple, quick, and tasty recipe!
Thank you
What is the best way to remove the skin from salmon without breaking the fish apart?
Bake it with it on first. Then it peels right off.
This was really great. Added a teaspoon of sesame oil and a little shake of MSG to the marinade as an extra (can never resist). Also left the skin on and seared them up in a pan for a minute before putting it into the oven to bake for about 10 mins – best of both worlds. Everyone loved it. So quick and simple – this recipe is a keeper.
Thanks for the feedback Kevin
Excellent recipe, easy and yummy
Easy to make and delicious. I doubled the sauce because I put it over white rice and put asparagus on the side. Very good healthier meal. I got compliments from my wife and a friend who came over to eat.
Thank you.
Thanks Shawn. Glad you liked it
Amazing dish I’m definitely gonna try it I love salmon
Great Teriyaki recipe! Probably should give it 5 stars because I didn’t follow the instructions and used salmon with skin on…so the oils from the skin while baking gave the sauce a stronger fishy taste…which I could’ve done without but my son loved it! I will try stovetop next time. Thanks for posting!
My family loves salmon so I’m always looking for new unique delicious ways to make it. This recipe was amazing & did not disappoint. It was packed with SO much flavour & was a huge hit. Thanks for this, it’s a keeper!
Awesome. Glad you loved it
Excellent. Up there with our favorite restaurant in Chicago!
That’s super awesome. Nice comparison. Glad you loved it
This recipe is so delicious and easy to put together. Everyone raved about the flavour. Definitely a 10/10.
Excellent! My hubby thinks better that a place we always visit in Chicago. Easy to make as well.
yay. Glad he loved it
I need prepared meals from a delivery service.
I love salmon, but rather loathe cooking fish. This recipe, however, is so easy and SO delicious! I just made it for the second time and added 1 Tbsp. cornstarch and 1/4 tsp. sesame oil. The sauce thickened up beautifully. I will make this again and again. Thank you!
Awesome. Glad you loved it
i followed the recipe almost exactly & it’s great but could use a couple improvements depending on preferences. I personally prefer slightly crispy salmon so I baked it a bit longer. The salmon was a little plainer than I would’ve wanted (I want pro, restaurant style teriyaki salmon), I’m also the type to tons and tons of spices, I love me some flavor. I think adding a little more flour to make the sauce thicker would be better so the sauce doesn’t run off as easy, if not, maybe marinate the salmon for 30 min to an hour would make a huge difference? Also a little more soy sauce might be good & I added 3 garlic cloves instead of 2, I think 4 maybe 5 would be better. I completely forgot to add sesame seed so that could’ve also made a huge difference. Also Instead of using nonstick spray I lined the pan with orange slices. I wanted to follow the recipe as closely as possible since I’ve never made this & don’t know what to expect, now I do! I’ll definitely be marinating in the future.
I don’t eat salmon but my husband is crazy about it. It hard to make something you won’t try or like He went crazy, said it was the best ever!!! woohoo me and you. Can’t wait to make for our folks
Awesome. Tell Hubby I am so glad he loved it.
Awesome flavour!
Thanks Karen
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Sauce tasted great but didn’t thicken up. Should I omit the water?
Thats odd.. you can for sure omit the water. What did you use for the thickener? did you changed anything?
The best teriyaki sauce made ever!!
Thank you
Super