Name: Sweet Bourbon Salmon
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 2 salmon fillets (I like wild caught Alaskan salmon which I get frozen); 2 tablespoons butter; 2 tablespoons brown sugar (light or dark); ⅓ cup bourbon

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Since this recipe is so outstanding, we thought you would appreciate this Sweet Bourbon Salmon recipe reprise, along with a full menu suggestion. Make the weekend special with an amazing homemade meal.

Don here. The weekend of my last college reunion at the Virginia Military Institute at breakfast on Sunday morning, we were talking, what else?, food. Judy Mawyer said she didn't like fishy tasting fish, but she had a wonderful recipe for salmon. Some brown sugar, butter, and bourbon in a skillet with salmon for 10 to 12 minutes and she has a beautiful, tasty supper.

So we stopped on the way home and bought some wild-caught Alaskan salmon and I fixed this new recipe while Lois made some Gluten Free Bread and Roasted Pumpkin to accompany it. Lois and I both loved this meal.

I'm coming up on my 50th+1 reunion in September (postponed by a year because of the pandemic, of course). I wonder what delicious ideas we will learn this time?

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Sweet Bourbon Salmon Recipe

Sweet Bourbon Salmon

Don Crawford/Recipe Idea Shop inspired by Judy Mawyer

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Prep Time 5 mins

Cook Time 20 mins

Total Time 25 mins

Course Fish, Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 655 kcal

Ingredients

2 salmon fillets I like wild caught Alaskan salmon which I get frozen
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons brown sugar light or dark
⅓ cup bourbon

Instructions

Over low heat melt the butter in a skillet.
As the butter melts, add the sugar and mix.
Increase the heat to medium high.
When the butter-sugar mixture bubbles, add the salmon fillets skin side up and reduce the heat to medium.
After 5 or 6 minutes, turn the salmon over and add the bourbon.
Cook for another 5 or 6 minutes, occasionally basting the salmon.

To Serve:

Spoon a small amount of the sauce onto a plate. Place the salmon fillet skin side down on the sauce. The sauce gets sticky as it cools and holds the skin to the plate, making it easy to separate the delicious salmon from the skin with just a fork.

Notes

If you are cooking more fillets than will fit in the skillet at the same time, cook the second batch in the remaining sauce but don't add additional bourbon.

Nutrition

Serving: 16-ounce salmon filetCalories: 655kcalCarbohydrates: 8.8gProtein: 88.2gFat: 30.1gSaturated Fat: 10.4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 13.6gCholesterol: 232.5mgSodium: 313mgSugar: 8.7g

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Recipe Nutrition Information

This recipe is GF, NF, SF, EF, CF*

The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist's advice.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon Nutrition Label. Each serving is one 4-ounce salmon fillet with sauce.

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*Allergen Key

Note: If you have serious allergies or sensitivities, to be considered free of these allergens, you need to use products specifically marked "gluten free," etc. There can be cross-contamination in facilities.

This post was first published on Recipe Idea Shop September 14, 2015 and updated July 18, 2021.