Chipotle Salmon

Smoky. Sweet. A smidge fiery. Meet your new favorite dinner recipe: Chipotle Salmon. Featuring tender, buttery salmon lacquered in a lip-smacking honey adobo sauce kissed with robust tomatoes, punchy garlic, and bright lime, this dish is bold, balanced, and weeknight-easy, yet delicious enough for guests—and it’s ready in under 30 minutes.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 TBS Good-Quality Olive Oil
• 3 medium Garlic Cloves ( – peeled & thinly sliced)
• 2 tsp Ground Cumin
• 1 tsp Onion Powder
• 1/2 tsp EACH: Ground Coriander, Paprika, and Ground Ginger
• 1 whole Chipotle Chili + 1/2 teaspoon Adobo Sauce (– or more to taste; chili finely chopped)
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can Crushed Tomatoes ( (SEE NOTES))
• 1/2 whole Lime ( - juiced)
• 1/3 Cup Filtered Water
• 1 TBS Honey
• 4 6-ounce Salmon Filets ((sub: 24-ounce side of salmon))
• To taste Kosher Salt and Ground Black Pepper
• Optional Garnishes: Chopped Fresh Cilantro, Paprika, Crushed Red Pepper Flakes, Like Wedges

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Cook Aromatics: Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.Once the oil is shimmering, add in the sliced garlic and cook, stirring, for 30 seconds or until aromatic.Add the cumin, onion powder, coriander, paprika, and ginger to the pan and season with a ½ teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Cook, stirring, for 30 seconds to 1 minute, or until fragrant.
2. 2Add Remaining Chipotle Sauce Ingredients: Add the chopped chipotle, adobo sauce, crushed tomatoes, lime juice, water, and honey to the pan.Let the sauce come to a simmer, stirring occasionally. Once simmering, reduce the heat to low or just high enough to maintain a simmer.
3. 3Add the Salmon, Skin Side Up: Add the Salmon: Season the salmon generously with salt and pepper. Then, add the salmon filets to the chipotle sauce, arranging them so that the salmon is skin side UP (with the bottom of the fish facing you) in the pan.
4. 4Cover and Cook Salmon: Cover the skillet and let the salmon filets gently simmer in the sauce for 7-12 minutes, or until the thickest part of the filet reaches your desired temperature. (SEE NOTES)
5. 5Remove Salmon Fillets from Pan: Remove Salmon: Use a fish spatula to carefully remove the salmon filets from the sauce and transfer the salmon to a serving platter or individual serving plates.
6. 6Reduce Honey Chipotle Sauce: Increase heat to medium and continue to cook the sauce, stirring occasionally, until the sauce is slightly thickened, or thickened to your liking, about 2-3 minutes. Taste the sauce and adjust for seasoning with salt and pepper. (Tip: If you don’t like salmon skin, peel, and discard the skin from the filets while the sauce finishes cooking.)
7. 7Serve Honey Chipotle Salmon: Garnish and Serve Honey Chipotle Salmon: Spoon the chipotle sauce over the salmon filets. Next, garnish the top of the salmon with fresh chopped cilantro and a sprinkle of smoked paprika or red pepper flakes. Serve over rice with lime wedges on the side, if using. Enjoy immediately.