4-Ingredient Orange Marmalade Salmon

4-Ingredient Orange Marmalade Salmon is as tasty as it is easy.  Just mix up a quick flavorful topping and bake, for a healthy entrée that’s ready in minutes.  

Salmon is a wonder.  To make a healthy and flavorful entrée, you can simply take a nice fillet, season it, pop it into the oven, then sit down to a lovely dinner.  

Until the hundred and eleventh time.  Then, if you’re like me, it’s starting to feel a little boring.  And that’s your sign to switch things up–while still keeping everything easy, of course!

4-Ingredient Orange Marmalade Salmon anyone?  

In this quick and easy recipe, the tartness of the orange perfectly complements the slightly oily and flavorful fish. Which means you gain flavor without sacrificing a relaxing evening!  

Count me in! 

Why You’ll Love This!

Flavorful.  Since orange marmalade is already delicious, a little balsamic vinegar is all it takes to turn it into an easy and tasty topping.

Healthy.  If you’re like half the populations you’re probably trying to increase the healthy omega-3s in your diet.  This can help–and even better, it won’t stress you out.

Quick & Easy.  With four ingredients (not including salt and pepper) and about 20 minutes of prep time, it doesn’t get much better than this!  Take back your evening!

What You’ll Need

Ingredients

• Orange marmalade.  This provides a bright orange flavor.  You can use other types of marmalade as well, in fact I used a homemade cranberry orange marmalade.
• Balsamic vinegar.  This adds a nuanced flavor to the topping.
• Salmon fillets.  I use wild Alaskan salmon.  Farm raised salmon is sometimes moister, but it isn’t always raised under the best conditions and I like to skip the research project.
• Olive oil.  This helps the salmon retain moisture.  You can use another oil such as avocado oil if you prefer.
• Salt, pepper.  Salt and pepper function as flavor enhancers.

Special Tools

·      No special tools are needed.

Step by Step Overview

Mix marmalade and vinegar.  Set aside.

Brush fillets on each side with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Bake skin side up, for 8 minutes at 400F.  Turn fillets over then top with marmalade and vinegar mixture.

Return to oven and bake until desired doneness, 5-10 minutes.  Or broil for a couple minutes until topping is bubbly.  Enjoy!

Variations

If you have some quick cooking vegetables to serve (I use spring peas below), consider popping them in pan with the salmon.  In that case, don’t broil at the end, just bake after you flip the fish over. 

And for another easy salmon dish, try this Horseradish Crusted Salmon with Asparagus or Lemon Tarragon Salmon with Quick Béarnaise.  Or for a crowd-pleasing and cost effective salmon lunch, you can’t beat an Easy Salmon Melt!

Tips & FAQs

Should I remove the salmon skin before baking?  If your salmon has skin, know that it is a lot easier to remove after cooking than when it’s raw.  So except for using preparation methods like breading or frying, I usually leave it on. 

And some people will eat the skin knowing that “the skin of a salmon contains the highest concentration of omega-3 fatty acids on the fish” (source: Healthline).  Of course if your fish came from contaminated waters that may outweigh any benefits.

Can I leave the pin bones in? Packaged salmon fillets may come with or without (pin) bones, which are a row of bones down one side of the fillet.  Suppliers often say that leaving those bones in keeps the quality of the fish higher. 

I’ve left pin bones in when cooking if I’m in a big hurry, but usually I remove them before.  I’m fortunate enough to have a fish bone tweezer, but I’ve even used a (cleaned) pliers in a pinch). 

Orange Marmalade Salmon

4-Ingredient Orange Marmalade Salmon is as tasty as it is easy.  Just mix up a quick flavorful topping and bake, for a healthy entrée that’s ready in minutes.  

Author: Inger

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Total Time 20 minutes mins

Course Main Dish

Cuisine International

Servings 2

Calories 409 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1/4 cup orange marmalade or cranberry orange marnalade
• 1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 12 ounces salmon fillets 2 6-ounce fillets
• 1 Tablespoon olive oil
• Salt pepper

Instructions

 

• Mix marmalade and vinegar. Set aside.
• Brush fillets on each side with olive oil, then sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Bake, skin side up, for 8 minutes at 400F.
• Turn fillets over then top with marmalade and vinegar mixture.
• Return to oven and bake until desired doneness, 5-10 minutes. Or broil for a couple minutes until topping is bubbly.
• Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 409kcalCarbohydrates: 28gProtein: 34gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 99mgPotassium: 857mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 25gVitamin A: 93IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 2mg

I am not a health professional and nutrition data is calculated programatically. Accuracy may vary with product selection, calculator accuracy, etc. Consult a professional for the best information.

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Updated from the original dated Apr 27, 2017.

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