Grilled Honey Glazed Salmon — EASY, ready in 10 minutes, and a FOOLPROOF way to make grilled salmon!! Wonderfully tender, so juicy, just melts in your mouth, and has FABULOUS flavor!!
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If you’re looking for a fast, foolproof, and flavorful way to cook salmon, save this honey grilled salmon foil pack recipe.
It’s so easy and the grilled salmon in foil is wonderfully tender and perfectly moist. This is one of the best grilled salmon recipes thanks to the super easy salmon marinade I used!
I use my outdoor grill but you can bake the foil packets in your oven if you don’t have a grill.
This easy grilled salmon recipe can also be made using a grill pan on your stovetop. It’s a flexible recipe and can easily be adapted to suit whatever appliances you have!
Ingredients for Grilled Honey Glazed Salmon
To make the honey glaze for the grilled salmon, you’ll need:
- Skin-on salmon fillet
- Lemon slices and juice
- Unsalted butter
- Honey
- Kosher salt and pepper
- Fresh parsley
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Grill Honey Glazed Salmon
I’ve used this basic honey-lemon butter sauce many times before and love it so much. It’s impossible to ever have a dry piece of salmon when it’s cooking in that luxurious buttery elixir!
- Add a salmon fillet to a sheet of foil, nestle lemon slices under it, and drizzle it with a mixture of melted butter, honey, and lemon juice.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then seal up the foil.
- Throw the salmon on the grill, and you’re all set!
Finishing Grilled Salmon Under the Broiler
I love it when the top and edges of the honey grilled salmon are slightly browned, so I pop it under my oven broiler for 5 minutes. This is totally optional and is more for the texture and visual aspects.
If you choose to finish the salmon under the broiler, you don’t have to broil on the top rack. You can use the second rack, and while it will take longer, there’s less chance of it burning. Keep a close eye on it because all broilers are different and you don’t want the salmon to burn. Open up your kitchen windows because the honey in the butter mixture is prone to burning and smoking.
Exact broiling time will depend on the size and thickness of the salmon, climate and oven variances, and personal preference. Check after 2 minutes and go from there.
Grilled Salmon FAQs
The salmon cooks in about 7 minutes on an outdoor grill and then I like to finish it under the broiler in my oven.
A little color on the edges helps the photographs look nicer and I am a texture junkie with all food. I don’t risk ‘adding color’ from the grill because I am scared to flip the salmon over at this point in the cooking process. First, there is way too much precious buttery juice that would leak. Secondly, the salmon is fall-apart-tender and it could quite literally just fall apart on the grill grates. The broiler feels much safer.
Yes you can cook some veggies alongside the grilled salmon in foil such as zucchini, broccoli, or summer squash. You’d want to add veggies that cook at the same rate as the lemon butter salmon. Or, simply make a separate foil pack with your vegetables of choice and grill at the same time.
Yes, of course you can! I recommend following the general gist of the recipe in this Sheet Pan Honey Lemon Salmon, baking at 375F for about 20 minutes, but it will depend on the size of your piece of salmon. That recipe is a great one for perfect oven-baked salmon.
Sides for Grilled Salmon
Storage and Reheating Instructions
In the fridge: Salmon is best hot and fresh off the grill, but if you end up with leftover salmon it’ll keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for about 4 days. I don’t recommend freezing this recipe.
To reheat: Warm salmon gently in the microwave for 30-second intervals. You don’t want to dry it out!
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Grilled Honey Lemon Butter Salmon
Ingredients
- 1.25 pounds skin-on salmon fillet
- 1 lemon, sliced into thin rounds
- ¼ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¼ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice, from about 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh parsley, optional for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat outdoor grill to medium-high heat. Alternatively, preheat oven to 425F.
- Place salmon on a sheet of foil (with the longer side parallel with the longer side of the sheet pan) with the skin-side down. Raise the edges of the foil up about 2 inches (or enough so that when you pour the buttery mixture over the top it will be contained in the foil).
- Nestle lemon slices underneath the salmon, spaced evenly around the fillet; set aside.
- To a microwave-safe glass measuring cup or bowl, add the butter and heat on high power to melt, about 1 minute.
- Stir in the honey and lemon juice. Pour or spoon about three-quarters of the mixture over the salmon; reserve remainder.
- Evenly season salmon with salt and pepper.
- Seal up the foil. Likely you will need to add another sheet of foil on top in order to seal it. Crimp or pinch the top and bottom pieces of foil together; get it as air-tight as possible but it doesn’t have to be perfect.
- If you have time, set aside to marinate for about 10 to 15 minutes (enhanced flavor).
- Place foil pack on the grill and cook for about 7 minutes, or until done.
- Optionally, if you want additional browning on the top of the salmon, set your oven to Hi broil.
- Open the foil pack or remove the top piece of foil so the salmon is exposed but keep the edges raised to contain the buttery mixture.
- Spoon the reserved buttery mixture over the salmon, if desired. Use your judgment and if there’s already lots of juice you don’t need to add it because you don’t want it to start leaking. If you have extra buttery mixture, it’s great served over the finished dish.
- Broil salmon for about 5 minutes, or until salmon is as golden as desired. Tip – You don’t have to broil on the top rack, you can use the second rack, and while it will take longer, there’s less chance of it burning. Keep a close eye on it because all broilers are different and you don’t want the salmon to burn. Exact broiling time will depend on the size and thickness of the salmon, climate and oven variances, and personal preference.
- Optionally garnish with parsley and serve immediately.
Notes
- Salmon is best warm and fresh but will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Originally posted August6, 2018 and reposted September 5, 2022 with update text.
I just made this Honey Lemon Butter Salmon for dinner tonight and I LOVE it. I couldn’t decide which recipe to use, so just added spice to this one. I added red pepper flakes and the pepper to the honey and lemon juice and let it set before adding the butter. Then, followed the instructions, including letting it rest in the butter marinade. Yum!!! Thank you!!!
I just made this Honey Lemon Butter Salmon for dinner tonight and I LOVE it. I couldn’t decide which recipe to use, so just added spice to this one. I added red pepper flakes and the pepper to the honey and lemon juice and let it set before adding the butter. Then, followed the instructions, including letting it rest in the butter marinade. Yum!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks for the 5 star review and I am glad you loved it!
Delicious! Perfectly cooked and I loved the flavor and moisture the lemon slices added to the fish. Will definitely make it again.
Delicious! Perfectly cooked and I loved the flavor and moisture the lemon slices added to the fish. Will definitely make it again.
Thanks for the 5 star review and I’m glad it you loved the flavor and moisture from the lemon slices – me too! Great you’ll make it again.
great
This is a very delicious, foolproof recipe. Easy peasy but everyone swooned. Even my teen son, who hates fish, devoured it. I’m always worried about over- or under-cooking fish, but this recipe gets it just right. Tender on the inside but a nice golden crust on the exterior.
This is a very delicious, foolproof recipe. Easy peasy but everyone swooned. Even my teen son, who hates fish, devoured it. I’m always worried about over- or under-cooking fish, but this recipe gets it just right. Tender on the inside but a nice golden crust on the exterior.
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad everyone swooned even the fish hating teen!
This salmon looks amazing! Totally wish I was eating it for dinner tonight!
Paige
https://thehappyflammily.com
Thank you! I hope you make it soon!
Your honey lemon butter salmon looks fabulous! Do you think I could do this using parchment paper and baking in the oven?
Yes and I also have quite a few other baked salmon recipes if you check the Relate Recipes underneath the recipe section that were designed to be baked in the oven or broiler.
Your salmon dishes are always so gorgeous! Pinning!
Thanks for pinning!
I never grow tired of this simple yet classic salmon recipe! :)
I agree! So classic but tasty!
Yum–I love your salmon recipes and the honey lemon butter sounds amazing!
It’s the best thing ever! I want to put it on everything :)