Maple-Bourbon Glazed Salmon

Makes: 4 servingsTime: 30 minutes
ingredients

• 1/3cup  pure maple syrup or maple-flavor syrup
• 1/3cup  orange juice
• 3tablespoons  bourbon whiskey or orange juice
• 44 - 5 ounces  skinless salmon fillets
• Salt
• Ground black pepper
• 1/4cup  coarsely chopped pecans or walnuts

directions

1.Preheat broiler. For syrup glaze, in a small saucepan combine maple syrup, orange juice, and whiskey. Cook, uncovered, over medium heat while preparing salmon.

2.Lightly sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Place on a lightly greased broiler pan. Broil 3 to 4 inches from heat for 5 minutes. Remove 2 tablespoons glaze and brush on all sides of salmon. Turn salmon and broil 5 minutes longer or until salmon flakes easily when tested with a fork.

3.Stir pecans into remaining glaze; heat on high about 5 minutes or until glaze reaches the consistency of syrup. Serve salmon topped with pecan syrup.

nutrition facts (Maple-Bourbon Glazed Salmon)

• Servings Per Recipe 4,
 
• cal. (kcal) 386,
 
• Fat, total (g) 20,
 
• chol. (mg) 62,
 
• sat. fat (g) 4,
 
• carb. (g) 21,
 
• Monosaturated fat (g) 7,
 
• Polyunsaturated fat (g) 6,
 
• fiber (g) 1,
 
• sugar (g) 18,
 
• pro. (g) 24,
 
• vit. A (IU) 97,
 
• vit. C (mg) 15,
 
• Thiamin (mg) 0,
 
• Riboflavin (mg) 0,
 
• Niacin (mg) 10,
• Pyridoxine (Vit. B6) (mg) 1,
 
• Folate (µg) 36,
 
• Cobalamin (Vit. B12) (µg) 4,
 
• sodium (mg) 215,
• Potassium (mg) 537,
 
• calcium (mg) 40,
 
• iron (mg) 1,
 
• Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Courtesy of: http://www.bhg.com/recipe/seafood/maple-bourbon-glazed-salmon/