Grilled Orange-and-Bourbon Salmon

By Addie

This recipe is from "Cooking Light" magazine and is a favorite of everyone I have given it to. Loads of flavor and easy.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup bourbon
• 1/4 cup fresh orange juice
• 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce
• 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup chopped green onions
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh chives
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)
• Cooking spray

Preparation

Step 1

Combine first 8 ingredients in a large zip-top plastic bag, and add salmon to bag. Seal and marinate in refrigerator 1 1/2 hours, turning bag occasionally.

Prepare grill or broiler.

Remove salmon from bag, reserving marinade. Place salmon on a grill rack or broiler pan coated with cooking spray. Cook 6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, basting frequently with reserved marinade.
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REVIEWS:

I don't like salmon, but I made this anyway because my husband loves it.. And suddenly I like salmon. It was THAT good. After marinating, I thickened up the sauce on the stove and poured it over the cooked salmon. I would serve it to company anytime.

My daughter and I made this recipe last night - the salmon was scrumptious, and we also deglazed the sauce with a pat of butter and poured in on the salmon, and whipped potatoes - we mixed sweet and white potatoes. It was fantastic. We grilled red and yellow peppers and they tasted good dipped in the sauce. It was so good, we were still talking about it the next morning.

I didn't even get to eat this, just did the prep work. Made the marinade in the morning & left in fridge. That afternoon the salmon was added to the bag and brought to a cookout where I'm told it grilled perfectly, looked and tasted great. Will have to make it again and see for myself -or- find some other use for the leftover bourbon!

This is beyond outstanding. It is such an elegant entree. I have never gone without rave reviews when I serve this at a dinner party. I have used the marinade to glaze steelhead fillets which I smoke on our Traeger grill. Superb!!! I have used this recipe no less than 5 times this year alone. A list topper when I want to serve fish. It is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have been making this recipe for a number of years, and I have never found another one to taste as good as this one. Absolutely delicious!!

Excellent! We used salmon & halibut and both were very good. Quick & simple enough for a week night meal, but great for guests as well.

I did this recipe over the 4th of July and used Hawaiian Opah. Oh..My..Gosh!!! It was outstanding. I plan to use it on Salmon just to compare. I served this with a recipe found from this website, Asparagus Rafts. They both have a bit of soy and compliment each other deliciously Presentation was beyond what I had expected. A quick, casual, do ahead and yet impressive meal. Everything was made ahead and assembled last minute. This is most definitely a keeper.

Outstanding! So simple and delicious!

This dish is so easy to prepare and delicious. Our family will be using this recipe regularly.

I baked the salmon / marinade wrapped in foil a 350 oven rather than grilling. Usually we just bake the salmon and use a balsamic reduction as a sauce at the table. This recipe challenges my simpler preparation method and is sure to become a favorite way to have our weekly meal of salmon.

This is by far one of the best Salmon recipies I have ever eaten. Nothing was overpowering here, all the ingredients meshed. I will be making this again soon, next time for company, although it was a snap to prepare for everyday because I had all of the ingredients on hand. Love it when that happens!!!

I had everything on hand to make this so I thought I would give it a try. It had amazing flavor and was pleasantly surprised. I would cook it for less time though because my filets were bigger than what the recipe called for and I cooked them for less time and they were medium.

This is easy, quick and wicked good! What are you waiting for? Try it for supper TONIGHT--you won't be sorry!

Delicious recipe! I didn't have time to marinate the salmon, so I combined the marinade ingredients & boiled them down to a glaze which ended up working wonderfully. I just applied the glaze a couple of times throughout grilling -still full of flavor!

This is a great recipe. It's quicky, easy, and only has a few ingredients. I grilled it on a piece of aluminum foil until it came apart with a fork. I served it over rice with a salad on the side. My wife loved it - I will definitely make again.

The glaze alone is amazing. I made this for my husband and I for dinner tonight but can't wait to serve to guests.

This was great. I made a glaze becauase I didn't have time to marinate it. My husband loved it. He is taking it for lunch and he never reheats salmon. This will definatly be added to the recipe box. We have a lot of fresh Salmon from Lake Superior.

I have made this twice now, and will likely not make salmon any other way - if I can help it! Delicious, easy -- and I don't usually like salmon. I marinated it longer -- most of a day -- and love this on the charcoal grill. Thanks for a great recipe!

I have been making this recipe for a while now and it is absolutely the only way my family will eat salmon. We even get disappointed if any of us order salmon at a restaraunt! It is so so good & even better on the smoker after marinating all night!

My husband and I love this recipe. We make it at least once a month. We like it the best when cooking it on the grill on top of some aluminum foil. That way you can pour the marinade on as you are grilling it to make it more juicy and flavorful. We also marinade it for a VERY long time! Can't get ENOUGH of this marinade!

We made this recipe this past weekend out on the barbeque. I thought with the high ratings that this would be an unusual and good recipe. Unfortunately, I found it to be rather bland. It was like not using any marinade at all. I used steaks instead of fillets, and I actually marinaded it longer than stated. I marinated the steaks for 2 hours, an hour on each side. The only flavor I could taste when I really concentrated on the salmon, was just barely a hint of the bourbon. I don't think I'll try this recipe again except with the idea of only using bourbon. It took too much time all together for such little results. I'm rating it average because the salmon still tasted like salmon and wasn't ruined in anyway by the recipe.

We loved this dish! I was concerned it might have too bourbonny of a flavor, but you could not even pick that out as an ingredient when the fish was cooked. The blend of the bourbon, lemon, garlic and soy just proved to be wonderful with the salmon. We cooked this on the barbeque grill. It is a subtle flavor,not overpowering, but does take the fishiness out of the salmon.

I didn't have bourbon so I had to use my Jamaican Rum as a fast substitute but it turned out ok. Next time I will try bourbon though. I think it needed to marinade a bit longer but it may have been my substitution. Still one worth a second, third.....try.