Maple Rum Butter Grilled Salmon

20m
Prep Time
10m
Cook Time
30m
Ready In


"I put this recipe together when I was gifted a beautiful chunk of fresh salmon a while back and have been making this often since. It is my favorite way to enjoy salmon! I prefer grilling this over a sheet of foil because I find the salmon can easily fall apart if not handled properly and fall through the grates, make sure you coat the foil layer well with non-stick spray or cooking oil."

Original is 2 servings

Nutritional

  • Serving Size: 1 (219.4 g)
  • Calories 401.8
  • Total Fat - 15.4 g
  • Saturated Fat - 5.7 g
  • Cholesterol - 105.4 mg
  • Sodium - 537.4 mg
  • Total Carbohydrate - 28 g
  • Dietary Fiber - 0.4 g
  • Sugars - 26.8 g
  • Protein - 36.5 g
  • Calcium - 63.2 mg
  • Iron - 1.2 mg
  • Vitamin C - 0 mg
  • Thiamin - 0.3 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Mix together the rum, maple syrup, ground ginger, salt, pepper and ground cloves in a large re-sealable plastic bag.

Step 2

Add the salmon and remove as much of the air as you can in the bag and seal; marinate refrigerated for 4 hours.

Step 3

Remove the fish from the marinade and set it aside.

Step 4

Pour the marinade in a sauce pan, add the butter and bring to a boil over medium-high heat; continue to boil until thickened; remove from heat and set aside.

Step 5

Cut a piece of foil big enough to hold the fish with a couple of inches overlapping all around the fish; coat it with non-stick spray and place the fillet on top of foil, flesh side down.

Step 6

Place on a preheated medium-high grill over direct heat and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, until you have grill marks; carefully turn it over and continue to cook brushing it with all the reduced glaze until it is cooked through. The cook time will depend on the thickness of the fish, it will flake easily when poked with a fork.

Step 7

Enjoy!

Tips


  • Grill

5 Reviews

JostLori

Excellent recipe! This is very similar to my all-time favorite salmon recipe - from Weber's Art of the Grill. Been making that one for many, many years! This one kicks it up a notch with the addition of the rum and subbing maple syrup for the brown sugar. The cloves were a great addition, too! This is a definite keeper - thanks for sharing!

5.0

review by:
(4 Jan 2023)

ForeverMama

Came out delicious and we loved the flavor of what the rum and maple syrup imparted. I did go with adding a touch of cloves which was really enjoyable – had never tried cloves on fish, but here it was lovely. I cooked the marinade down to apply it on the fish, which made it tasty (sorry not on pic. as it had already been forked before I could take a pic with the sauce on). Thank you, Bea, for sharing. Made it for “Pick Me” tag game: https://www.recipezazz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=15049

5.0

review by:
(21 Jul 2022)

TwisSis

Made for the FF&F For Your Consideration Tag Game & I confess I had the same goal as another reviewer. Even on an enclosed balcony, Feb in Iceland is not ideal for grilling. So I was mainly interested in using the marinade for oven-broiled salmon fillets. My fillets were very large, so I marinated them the full 4 hrs & then served them w/wild rice & lightly-buttered broccoli florets. This is my favorite seafood meal & I was very pleased w/the outcome. The fillets were moist & well-flavored. I had an excess of the marinade & hate any waste, so I made a light sauce w/the addition of cream cheese + dill as an extra feature to enjoy. Thx for sharing this excellent & sure-to-be-repeated recipe w/us.

5.0

review by:
(13 Feb 2016)

Mikekey

made a couple of changes. I was really interested in the glaze more than the method. We are without a grill this summer, so broiled salmon. I also only marinated 1 hour. I find longer marinating times tend to start "cooking" the fish and drying it out. I boiled the marinade as instructed and pour it over the cook salmon before serving. DELICIOUS! Spices were perfect. I think this would work on chicken breasts also.

5.0

review by:
(13 Aug 2015)

dienia b

very nice way to do fish, i never had tried maple with salmon and it was a nice change of pace

5.0

review by:
(11 Aug 2015)

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