Honey Salmon with Ginger Scallion Sauce | Gimme Some Oven (2024)

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Honey-roasted salmon is topped with a sizzling ginger scallion sauce and served over rice with a squeeze of lime. So fresh and flavorful and ready to go in 30 minutes!

Say hello to our latest favorite 30-minute meal!

I’ve been on a major ginger scallion sauce kick these past few months, sizzling up a quick batch of the Cantonese-inspired, 5-ingredient sauce to drizzle on everything from veggies to steak, salads, noodles, and more. But one of my favorite pairings has been this simple honey-roasted salmon and green beans situation, roasted up on a single sheet pan, served over rice, drizzled with the ginger scallion sauce and finished with a generous squeeze of fresh lime. The blend of sweet, salty, umami, tangy flavors here is just perfect. And it all comes together easily in just 30 minutes…always a win!

We’re quite partial to the pairing of salmon and green beans here in our home, but you could easily swap in a different protein or veggie here if you prefer. We’ve also made this one successfully on the grill, if you don’t feel like heating up the oven this time of year. And while the dish is lovely served over rice (I take a shortcut by heating up frozen brown rice from Trader Joe’s), you could just as easily serve it over noodles or another grain, or just enjoy the fish and veggies on their own.

Enjoy, enjoy!

Honey Salmon Ingredients

Here are a few brief notes about the ingredients you will need to make this honey salmon recipe:

• Salmon filets:When shopping for salmon, look for filets that are fresh, firm, moist, and vibrantly colored (no browning), ideally with an even thickness so that they will cook uniformly.
• Soy sauce:Low-sodium soy sauce adds salty, umami flavor to the marinade to balance out the sweetness of the honey.
• Honey:Honey brings a natural sweetness to the dish and forms a sticky, caramelized glaze when roasted.
• Lime:The bright and tangy flavor of lime juice helps to cut through the richness of the salmon and brighten up all of these yummy flavors. Highly recommend serving the dish with extra limes for squeezing.
• Green beans:We love roasting up a batch of French green beans (haricots verts), whose thin and tender texture cooks perfectly alongside the salmon filets.
• Rice:We’ve been saving time by heating up a frozen bag of pre-cooked brown rice (I buy mine from Trader Joe’s!), but feel free to serve this dish over whatever rice or noodles that you love best.
• Ginger scallion sauce:Easy to make with 5 classic ginger scallion sauce ingredients — scallions (both the green and white parts), fresh ginger and garlic (grated or finely minced), soy sauce (I used low-sodium), and a mild-flavored high heat oil (such as avocado, sunflower, grapeseed or vegetable oil).

Recipe Tips

Full instructions for how to make this dish are included in the recipe box at the bottom of this post, but here are a few additional tips to keep in mind:

• Please be sure to use a heatproof bowl when mixing the sauce. It’s *critical* to use some type of heat-proof bowl, measuring cup or saucepan that can withstand the heat of the oil when making the ginger scallion sauce. (Please don’t use a plain ceramic or glass bowl — it can break or explode!)
• Or…just use mix the sauce in the saucepan. If you’d rather not risk any accidents with pouring hot oil, you can also just remove your saucepan from the heat and add the scallion, ginger, garlic and soy sauce directly to the oil in the saucepan.
• Use an instant-read thermometer for the salmon.As always, I highly recommend using an instant-read thermometer to measure the temperature of the salmon. I generally pull it from the oven once the thickest part of the filets reaches 135°F, as the salmon will continue to cook slightly more as it rests, but feel free to cook more or less to taste. (The FDA recommends cooking salmon to an internal temperature of 145°F.)
• Add plenty of lime juice.The tangy flavor of freshly-squeezed lime juice is essential for finishing this dish, so I recommend serving each bowl with extra wedges for squeezing over the salmon, green beans and rice.

Recipe Variations

This recipe is quite flexible, so please feel free to customize it as you wish! For example, feel free to…

• Make it spicy: Add a spoonful of sriracha, chili crisp, or crushed red pepper flakes to the sauce.
• Add sesame: Add sesame seeds or a drizzle of toasted sesame oil to the sauce.
• Add herbs: Serve the dish topped with chopped fresh chives, cilantro, mint or Thai basil.
• Use a different protein: Use chicken, steak, pork, shrimp or scallops in place of the salmon. (Cooking times will vary according to the protein.)
• Use different veggies: Roast a different type of vegetable alongside the salmon, such as asparagus, bell peppers, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, mushrooms, onions, or zucchini. (Cooking time will vary according to the type and cut of vegetables used.)
• Cook it on the grill:We’ve also cooked this recipe outside on the grill and it’s extra-delightful with that hint of charred flavor! I recommend using a grill basket to cook the green beans.

More Easy Salmon Recipes

Looking for more easy salmon recipes to try? Here are a few of our favorites:

• Blackened Salmon
• Green Curry Salmon
• Salmon with Burst Tomato Sauce
• Greek Salmon Salad Bowls
• Honey Mustard Salmon