Easiest Way to Prepare Yummy Bourbon Grilled Salmon

Bourbon Grilled Salmon. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Remove all skin from the salmon. Place the salmon in a glass dish side by side. Pour some of the marinade over (reserve some for basting while grilling). Place salmon, skin side down, on the cedar plank.

For this Bourbon Glazed Salmon Recipe with Grilled Asparagus, I used it as both, which I think is kind of the ultimate one-two flavor punch. It's also fun to cook with bourbon because naturally, you get to drink a few swigs while you cook :-). This easy grilled salmon recipe gets its sweet, mellow flavor from the marinade of bourbon, orange juice, brown sugar and soy sauce. You can have Bourbon Grilled Salmon using 20 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Bourbon Grilled Salmon

1. You need of Glaze.
2. Prepare 4 tbsp of butter.
3. It's 1/4 cup of brown sugar.
4. You need 1 1/2 tsp of bourbon.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Mediterranean Sea Salt.
6. It's of Salmon.
7. It's 6 oz of salmon filets.
8. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Mediterranean Sea salt.
9. You need 2 tbsp of fresh dill weed.
10. You need of Asparagus.
11. Prepare 6 oz of asparagus.
12. Prepare 1/2 tsp of sea salt.
13. It's 1/2 tsp of freshly cracked peppercorns.
14. You need 1 tsp of worcestershire sauce.
15. Prepare 1 tsp of soy sauce.
16. Prepare 1 of zest of 1 medium orange.
17. Prepare of Spinach.
18. Prepare 6 oz of fresh baby spinach.
19. It's 2 tbsp of olive oil, extra virgin.
20. You need 3 tsp of minced garlic.

Bourbon Marinated Salmon was one of the very first recipes that I ever posted. I updated the pictures and tweaked the post a bit. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Melt butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat.

Bourbon Grilled Salmon instructions

1. Heat your grill for a high temp, laying out whiskey barrel wood chunks to infuse the fish with a nice smokey scent and flavor. (I have a gas grill so I got a sheet of foil, laid the wood pieces in it, wrapped it up, then poked some holes in it to allow the smoke to escape.).
2. Lay out salmon on a sheet of aluminum foil and curl the edges to prevent liquids escaping..
3. Top with Mediterranean Sea salt and fresh dill..
4. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan over medium-low heat ..
5. Add the brown sugar and the bourbon ..
6. Stir until incorporated and pour on salmon..
7. Cut the bottom ends off the asparagus to remove any white bits and add to a sheet of aluminum foil curled as mentioned in step 2..
8. Add salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and the orange zest to the asparagus; mix to combine..
9. Add the fish and asparagus to the grill and cover..
10. Add olive oil to a pan and heat over medium heat..
11. Once the oil is hot, add the spinach and garlic..
12. Toss until slightly wilted and remove frome heat..
13. Cook fish until an internal temp from the thickest part reads 145°F and remove salmon and asparagus from heat..
14. Plate the spinach as a bed for the fish, then add the salmon to rest upon it. Add asparagus as you see fit..
15. I recommend serving with a nice glass of bourbon..

Place salmon fillets on top of brown sugar mixture. Turn salmon, and pour bourbon around the fillets. Spoon glaze over the salmon, and serve. Remove salmon from marinade (discard marinade). Grill fish over white-hot coals until just cooked…a little rare in the center is perfect!