I love fish, especially salmon, but truth be told, I don’t always love how it tastes when I cook it at home. Well that was until I made this Easy Baked Salmon with Spicy Peanut Butter Glaze recipe! And bonus, it’s easy to prepare and cook on a weeknight!
Salmon is brain food, the essential fatty acids in the fish like omega 3 fat (DHA) and fat soluble vitamin vitamin D3 are nutrients found in the brain, eyes, and are so important for preventing disease… specifically cancer and Alzheimer’s! It may not be a surprise but these two nutrients are under consumed in the diet, mostly because we don’t eat enough fish. A 3 ounce serving of wild sockeye salmon has about 2000mg omega 3s and 450 IU vitamin D.
While you can also get vitamin D from the sunshine, there are many barriers to getting enough like working in an office, sun screen (which we need to wear!), and living up north in the winter where the sun’s rays aren’t in the right position in the sky to penetrate the atmosphere for vitamin D synthesis in the skin.
Oh and researchers have found that wild caught salmon has the highest levels of vitamin D, with farm raised about 25% less. But eating fatty fish is better than not eating fish! So eat whatever variety that you enjoy!
And while we love a good grilled salmon with a little salt, pepper and olive oil… easy baked salmon with spicy peanut butter glaze is pretty awesome. The spicy PB glaze takes salmon to another level.
This spicy peanut butter glaze is so tasty, I may or may not have been found licking the pan after dinner.
- 1 pound salmon
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- Freshly ground pepper
- ¼ cup natural no sugar added peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce
- ¼ cup 100% orange orange juice
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F and line baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place salmon on baking sheet, drizzle with olive oil and season with pepper. Bake salmon for 15-20 minutes until cooked through.
- In small sauce pot over medium low heat, whisk together peanut butter, chili garlic sauce, and orange juice and cook until warm.
- To serve, pour peanut butter glaze over salmon.
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Avocado Tuna Salad on Apple Slices
Tart Cherry Tuna Salad Avocado Bowls
I’d never think of pairing salmon and peanut butter! Peanut sauce is so common in Thai dishes so it makes sense, but it’s not a combination I would have considered – I’m excited to try it out.
This sounds really good and the recipe is fast and easy. The spicy peanut butter glaze reminds me a little of Asian peanut sauce… yumm
What an interesting glaze! It sounds delicious.
Ooh that does look good, not thought to try peanut butter iwth salmon before but intrigued by the idea, must try it!
That glaze sounds amazing! I love peanut sauce and it goes great with fish!
I live in Wisconsin, so vitamin D is just not something our bodies make a lot OF in this part of the country! I hate taking supplements, so I’m always hunting for foods like this that are nutrient-rich. I had honestly never thought of pairing salmon with a peanut butter-based glaze, but this sounds delicious!
Yum!! What a tasty, easy recipe! Love quick fish bakes for busy weeknights!