Firecracker Salmon OAMC

"Had this at my sisters and had to find the recipe on the web. Even folks who don't care for salmon love this recipe. I tweaked it a little to lower the sodium and fat. Update: I bought some frozen salmon, made the marinade, and poured into Seal-A-Meal bags with the frozen salmon, and put all in the freezer. Defrosted in the frig overnight. Yum, yum. Pulling the air out with a Seal-A-Meal or Food Saver draws the marinade deep into the fish. Also used the marinade on a very thick sirloin steak for two. Wow! Going to try it on chicken, too."
 
Download
photo by boy named Sous photo by boy named Sous
photo by boy named Sous
photo by boy named Sous photo by boy named Sous
Ready In:
20mins
Ingredients:
11
Serves:
8
Advertisement

ingredients

Advertisement

directions

  • Whisk together all ingredients except filets in medium bowl.
  • Place filets in a glass baking dish, cover with marinade, cover, and refrigerate 4 to 6 hours.
  • OR: Place filets in freezer bags (either all in one, or separately for individual servings) with marinade; if using separate bags, divide marinade equally.
  • Place bags in freezer (remove from freezer the day before serving day and thaw in refrigerator).
  • Prepare outdoor grill with coals about 5 inches from grate; oil or spray grate lightly.
  • Grill 10 minutes per inch of thickness, turning halfway through cooking.
  • NOTE: I substitute olive oil for the peanut oil, and then bake or broil the filets (olive oil does not stand up well to the intense heat of an outdoor grill).

Questions & Replies

Got a question? Share it with the community!
Advertisement

Reviews

  1. Pretty much the only way I like salmon, and I have served it to other salmon-haters who also LOVED it! My husband is lukewarm about salmon but immediately said "I could eat this every week!"<br/> I double the red pepper flake because we like spicy food, and I've found that marinating for several hours doesn't do it any harm, but if you pour the marinade over the fish while cooking the first side, it also comes out great if you only marinate a little while. As someone who really doesn't care for salmon, I'd highly recommend this if you're serving to others like me. I served with brown rice and grilled vegetables with sun-dried tomato vinaigrette.
     
  2. Yay! We found a salmon recipe we like! My husband and I are not fans of salmon, but would like to enjoy the health benefits from eating it. We actually enjoyed this. I think I would add a tad more balsamic next time. We liked the heat from the pepper flakes. Thanks for sharing!
     
  3. This is the best salmon I have EVER had! My husband (who hates salmon) likes this recipe more than shepherd's pie (his absolute favorite dish). That is a huge accomplishment. I stuck strictly to the recipe and froze it. This is now our go-to salmon recipe and we will be cooking it more often. Thank you SO much for the awesome recipe.
     
  4. Great meal & so easy to prepare. Didn't seem like much marinade & there wasn't much firecracker, although I marinated for 24 hours. It still had a lovely taste. Will definitely make this again & may try freezing next time. This was my first OAMC recipe ever & I'm hooked already! Thanks Spankie for sharing this keeper.
     
  5. Fabulous. Absolutely fabulous. This was just delicious. It made a wonderful, quick, scrumptious mid-week meal. A DEFINITE keeper -- thanks so much for posting it.
     
Advertisement

Tweaks

  1. An interesting dish that tasted quite good. I did use canola oil instead of peanut oil as I was broiling the fish. Next time however I will cut the soy sauce in half as the "light" soy sauce has 580mg of sodium in each 1 tablespoon (that's 1/16th of a cup). I also will omit the extra salt the recipe calls for.
     

RECIPE SUBMITTED BY

<p>Live and work in the heart of the US - Ohio! I work as a Risk Management Consultant, and I do have to work to pay the bills (at least for now), but my passion is cooking.....and eating with as much variety as I can find. I am incredibly lucky in that my BF will eat anything I cook and will give me his honest opinion. What more can you ask from a guy? Well.....let's not go there...at least not online LOL. <br />We share our home with four rescued cats and two Beagle Dachshund mixes (beaners!). We'd rescue more if I could afford the vet bills. <br />Other passions include my vegetable and herb garden, and BF provides the needed grunt work (laughs).</p>
 
View Full Profile
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Find More Recipes