Baked Salmon with Spicy Creamy Sauce
This baked salmon with spicy creamy sauce recipe is so delicious, your family is going to love it. The flaky fish tastes amazing with the spicy creamy sauce. This fish recipe is perfect for weeknights when you want an easy and flavorful dinner. In fact, this entire dinner recipe only takes 25 minutes to make from start to finish. Plus, cleanup is a breeze.
About this Baked Salmon with Spicy Creamy Sauce Recipe
Let’s first talk about some of the ingredients. Gochujang is a Korean chili paste, so it adds a slight amount of heat to the sauce. You can use sriracha instead, but sriracha is much spicier. Gochujang has a sweet, salty and spicy flavor. Perfect for mixing into sauces. You would not want to add gochujang to anything on its own.
Liquid aminos are commonly used as a soy sauce substitute since it’s gluten free. It is a little stronger than soy sauce so if you plan to substitute it in recipes, be careful because it’s not one-for-one substitution. One tablespoon of soy sauce equates to about a 1/2 tablespoon of liquid aminos.
Vegenaise is a brand of mayonnaise that tastes so delicious but is completely plant-based. Meaning no animal products are used in making it. But don’t worry, it still has the zippy, tangy flavor we all love. You can also use a traditional mayonnaise if you prefer. Whatever you choice, just be sure to try this baked salmon with spicy creamy sauce recipe. You’re going to fall in love with its texture and flavor. I can guarantee this will be your new go-to fish recipe.
Storage
Any leftover salmon should be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for three to four days. Turn any leftover salmon into my baked salmon salad with spicy creamy sauce. This salmon salad recipe can be added to toast, placed on top of a salad or tucked inside of a wrap. It’s absolutely delicious.
Baked Salmon with Spicy Creamy Sauce
Ingredients
- 12 oz Scottish salmon, two 6 ounce filets , deboned – but you can leave the skin on
- ¼ cup vegenaise, regualr mayonnaise will work as well.
- 1 teaspoon gochujang, you can substitute sriracha
- 1 teaspoon maple syrup
- ½ tablespoon liquid aminos, soy sauce will work as well but you will need to use 1 tablespoon. Also, this recipe will no longer be gluten free.
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- pinch black pepper
Equipment
- baking sheet
- small mixing bowl
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a baking sheet with cooking spray.
- Debone your salmon filets and season them with salt and pepper. Option to score the skin to prevent it from buckling and constricting as it bakes.
- Grab a small mixing bowl and combine vegenaise, gochujang, maple syrup and liquid aminos. Once well mixed, spoon the spicy creamy sauce evenly on top of the salmon filets. Make sure they are both well covered.
- Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees, then broil for an additional 3 minutes until the everything gets lightly browned on top. This will cook your salmon to a medium-well temperature. If you salmon filet is larger, you may need to bake it for 1-2 more minutes to get to medium well.
- Serve with a side of rice and veggies of your choice. You can also substitute the rice for cauliflower rice too.
Nutrition
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One Comment on “Baked Salmon with Spicy Creamy Sauce”
I used greek yogurt instead of mayo . Asked my 5 year old to rate the salmon out of 5 stars, she said 10! (Husband rated 5 out of 5) Thanks for the recipe!