Grilled Orange Salmon Recipe with Maple Glaze

This Grilled Orange Salmon Recipe with a Maple Glaze is a delicious meal. Healthy, yet indulgent enough to eat on a date night! Throw in a glass of bubbly and you’ve got yourself a perfect meal.

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• Orange Glazed Salmon Recipe Highlights
• Sourcing Salmon and Preparation
• Grilling Salmon
• What Temperature do I Cook Salmon To?
• Wine Pairing for Grilled Orange Glazed Salmon
• More Salmon Recipes
• Grilled Orange Salmon Recipe with Maple Glaze

Focusing on healthy eating? Wanting to search for a great grilled salmon recipe? This is one of our favorites. Combine that with the perfect salmon pairing, Prosecco Superiore, and you’ve got a perfect date night meal.

Sourcing Salmon and Preparation

Look for wild caught salmon like Columbia River King (Chinook), or Coho. Great salmon with good fat content is best when grilling.

Ask the fist monger to remove the pin bones. These pin bones are cartilage that are not pleasant to eat or pick through as you eat the fish. It’s better to remove them prior to cooking. If you plan to cook a lot of fish with bones, invest in good culinary tweezers.

Grilling Salmon

Let’s make this simple, yet full of flavor.

1. Prep Salmon: Mix the dry rub and make the glaze. Set aside. When ready to grill, apply the rub to the salmon.
2. Grill Salmon: Place salmon over direct heat, skin side up. This will caramelize the rub and get us ready to add the glaze. Flip the salmon after 3 minutes or when it no longer sticks to the grill.
3. Glaze Salmon: Grill, skin side down, for three additional minutes, and then brush glaze on the salmon and continue cooking until salmon is done.
4. Finish: Remove salmon from the grill and brush one more time with the glaze. Serve.

Chefs Tip: Make sure your grill grates are clean and slightly oiled. Salmon skin and flesh will stick to dirty grills. But if you dab a little oil onto a paper towel over clean grates, it helps prevent the fish from sticking.

What Temperature do I Cook Salmon To?

Good quality salmon can be cooked to medium rare. We grill salmon until the internal temperature of the salmon in the thickest part reaches 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Carry over cooking will continue and cook it to about 130 – 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Use a good instant read thermometer like the Thermoworks MK4 Thermapen for the best salmon.

The less fat in the salmon, the more quickly it will cook. So be sure to account for your timing based on what type of salmon you buy.

Wine Pairing for Grilled Orange Glazed Salmon

Pair this dish with an Extra Dry style Prosecco Superiore DOCG or your favorite bottle of Prosecco. The tender meat and the flavorful orange maple glaze is the perfect compliment to the bright fruity sparkling wine. Alternatively a Pinot Gris/Grigio or off dry Riesling works great with this dish too.

More Salmon Recipes

• Perfect Grilled Salmon
• Maple Chipotle Cedar Plank Salmon
• Grilled Salmon Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette
• Smoked Salmon Dip
• Grilled Salmon Burgers
• Grilled Blackened Salmon
• Blackened Salmon Steaks

This post was originally published in December of 2018 and updated in May, 2022 to include more details on the salmon and the grilling steps.

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