These Maple Soy Glazed Salmon Bowls are both delicious and healthy. With maple syrup and soy glazed salmon, sauteed spinach and rice.
So often eating involves an bit of compromise. Sometimes, we compromise healthy for delicious. Other times, we compromise delicious for healthy. In the middle though, there are some dishes that manage to be both healthy and delicious at the same time. And I love it when I discover them!
These Maple Soy Salmon Bowls use healthy salmon, lots of spinach and rice for both hearty and delicious bowl. The sauce is a simple combination of lime juice, maple syrup and soy sauce and cooks up super quickly on the stove-top.
Once cooked, this easy sauce is used to glaze the salmon as it cooks, to slightly flavour the spinach and to spoon over the salmon once cooked. And you’ll even have a bit left for the rice.
Cook’s Notes for Maple Soy Glazed Salmon Bowls
Make it even healthier, by swapping the white rice with brown rice, other grain or cauliflower rice.
Love cooking savoury dishes with maple syrup? Try my Maple Mustard Grilled Salmon or my Maple Mustard Pork Tenderloin.
Recipe adapted from Self Magazine, June 2012
Maple Soy Salmon Bowls
Ingredients
Rice:
- 1 cup jasmine or basmati rice
- 2 cups less 2 Tbsp water
- 2 Tbsp lime juice
- Pinch salt
Sauce:
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 2 cloves garlic very finely chopped or minced
- 1/4 tsp red pepper flakes
- 6 Tbsp pure maple syrup
- 1 tsp lime zest
- 6 Tbsp fresh lime juice
- 6 Tbsp reduced-sodium soy sauce
- 2 tsp cornstarch
- 2 tsp water
Salmon:
- 4 salmon fillets skin removed
- Salt and Freshly Ground Pepper
Spinach:
- 1 tsp cooking oil
- 1 tsp reserved sauce above
- 10 oz baby spinach
Garnish:
- 2 tsp black sesame seeds
- Lime wedges for drizzling
Instructions
- Heat oven to 400°F.
- Cook rice: Cook 1 cup dried rice with water, lime juice and salt.
- Make Sauce: Melt butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook garlic and pepper flakes until garlic starts to colour, about 1 minute. Add maple syrup, lime zest, lime juice and soy sauce. Cook until mixture boils. In a small bowl, stir together the cornstarch and water. Add to sauce and cook, stirring, until sauce thickens slightly, about 1 minute. Remove from heat and set aside.
- Cook Salmon: Arrange salmon on a foil-lined baking sheet (for easy clean up). Season salmon with a bit of salt and pepper. Spread 1-2 tsp of the sauce over each fillet. Roast in preheated oven until just cooked through, about 12 minutes. Meanwhile, cook the spinach.
- Cook Spinach: In a medium skillet, heat oil and sauce over medium heat. Add 1/2 of the spinach and sauté until just wilted. Remove from pan and set aside. Repeat with second 1/2 of spinach.
- To serve: Divide rice among 4 bowls. Top each with 1/4 of the spinach and 1 salmon fillet, broken into large pieces. Drizzle with remaining sauce and sprinkle each with 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds. Serve with a lime wedge for drizzling and any extra sauce (nice with the rice).
Faye Behnsen says
This was delicious and fast. Next time I will only make half the sauce as there was a lot left over. I have frozen it for the next time I make this. Thanks for the recipe.
Jennifer says
Glad you enjoyed it, Faye :) Thanks!
Sue R says
This was fantastic. I’ll be making it all the time for sure. LOVED that sauce with the salmon and rice!
Jennifer says
So glad to hear, Sue :) Thanks so much!
diana says
love your blog and where did you purchase the beautiful black bowls thank you Diana from Toronto
Jennifer says
Hi Diana and thanks so much. I actually found these dishes at a thrift shop. They have no identification other than a white “N” on the bottom.
Irene says
The combination of ingredients sounded so good. And it was! It showed me that I have to brush up on my white basmati cooking skills (so used to brown basmati rice done in the Instant Pot).
Jennifer says
So glad you enjoyed it, Irene :) You could certainly use brown basmati here, if you prefer, too.
Sara says
Dear Jennifer,
thanks so much for the recipe. It is wonderfull – made it for Sunday dinner today. We loved it. Greetings from Germany. Sara
Jennifer says
Hi Sara and so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks :)
Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen says
You are knocking it out of the park with all of the delicious maple syrup recipes lately Jennifer! Another one that I must try!
Jennifer says
Thanks Mary Ann! I have 2 gallons of maple syrup in my fridge that keeps reminding me to make things with it :)
2 Sisters Recipes says
This looks and sounds wonderful Jennifer!
We adore salamon and absolutely fascinated with glaze! And your bowls look beautiful !!
Jennifer says
Thanks Anna :)
annie@ciaochowbambina says
So much flavor!! Love this dinner! :)
Jennifer says
Thanks Annie :)
sue | theviewfromgreatisland says
Wow, that glaze is everything ~ love your beautiful bowls, too!
Jennifer says
Thanks Sue!
Tricia @ Saving Room for Dessert says
This is one beautiful bowl of healthy deliciousness. I’m all about salmon lately and am intrigued by the soy maple combo. It must be delicious for sure. Great shots Jennifer! Scheduled and pinned :)
Jennifer says
Thanks so much, Tricia :)