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Sweet Bourbon Salmon Recipe

Published: Jul 18, 2021 · Modified: Mar 27, 2023 by Lois · This post may contain affiliate links.

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Sweet Bourbon Salmon Recipe. Can I just say A-MAZ-ING! It's so delicious, you will absolutely love it. Add this recipe to your recipe repertoire.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon is bursting with flavor.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon is bursting with flavor.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon. Smashing. Scrumptious. Salmon.

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?

Food Pairings

To complete your amazing menu, how about adding some Roasted Root Vegetables, Lemon Rice, and a beautiful Green Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette? Top it off with a terrific cup of coffee and a couple of Danish Sugar Cookies. My mouth is watering as I type this.

What You Need

Get yourself a nice set of white plates (affiliate link) and some quality cookware, and you will be able to impress your friends with this Sweet Bourbon Salmon recipe. Be elegant. Buy the best.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon. You're gonna love it.

Sweet Bourbon Salmon Recipe

Adriana
This Sweet Bourbon Salmon is so delectable, you won't want to have salmon any other way. Add it to your #Recipe-Repertoire.
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 20 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Fish, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2
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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  1. Judy Mawyer

    February 14, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    Hi there! So glad you liked the salmon! I enjoy scanning your recipes too. See you at the 50th reunion soon.
    Judy Mawyer

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    • Lois

      February 15, 2020 at 12:50 pm

      Hi Judy! We LOVED it. And we are looking forward to the reunion. See you in April.

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