Easy Grilled Maple Dijon Salmon… with Bacon.
It’s disturbingly fitting that I should share a dinner recipe with you on this fine little Monday.
Because last night… I ate ice cream for dinner.
But it’s summer! So it’s okay.
And yes. I DID grill some salmon and covered it in bacon. How wrong is that? I mean, how right is that? Don’t fear, due to prior experience, I knew it would work.
The thing is that I tend to go through salmon lulls. If you’re no stranger to this place on the web where I talk about food to my invisible internet friends, then you know that I have about a billion and one salmon recipes. Or you know, like twelve. Same thing. I say this every time. The point is that I’ve covered it in a dijon cream, broiled it with brown sugar and made a toasted sesame version and occasionally when I buy salmon? I have NO idea how to prepare it. Still. It’s like my brain is wiped clean and I’m starting from scratch. I find myself covering it in my favorite BBQ sauce and calling it a day.
Then there are other days when I can’t get my hands on a filet fast enough (like this one a few weeks ago? hello copper river salmon) because I’m dying to cover it in a mix of maple syrup and mustard and then top it with bacon. It just feels inappropriate. But it tastes so good.
Since we are all about grilling everything this summer, that salmon filet found itself directly on the grill just in time for dinner. I’ve also decided that grilling the fish is my perfect solution for when I buy salmon with the skin on. I’ve tried to cut it off myself and due to my horrifically embarrassing knife skills (or lack there of) I end up destroying the entire piece of fish. WAH. I often broil my salmon skin-side down, but this is even easier. Freaking.love.it. when my life is made easy and I get to eat the results.
I feel like there has been a severe shortage of bacon in my life lately and for no fault other than my own. Our fridge has been so jam-packed that I actually sort of… lost the bacon. And then I got too lazy to find it and the worst thing on Earth to me was digging through that fridge and then I ended up buying two extra pounds of bacon when I couldn’t find any and and and… ugh. Now I have a lot of bacon. This was pointed out to me last week my husband made me a BLT. Which, um, hi – is huge. He made me something that is not chicken or steak and did so all on his own. It was even his idea!
He’s learning.
Easy Grilled Maple Dijon Salmon with Bacon
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds fresh salmon filet, skin-on (about 1-inch thick)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 3 tablespoons dijon mustard
- 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 slices bacon, cooked and crumbled
Instructions
- Preheat the grill to medium-high heat. Brush both sides of the fish with the olive oil.
- Whisk together the dijon and maple syrup. Sprinkle salt and pepper on the salmon, then spread the entire top with the dijon mixture. Place the salmon on the grill, skin-side down. Grill for 12 to 14 minutes, or until fish is flakey and opaque. Remove and crumble bacon on top. Slice salmon into pieces and it should easily come away from the skin. Serve immediately.
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64 Comments on “Easy Grilled Maple Dijon Salmon… with Bacon.”
Ohhhh, yum! I love the flavor combination you used!! And ohhhh, the bacon on top! Yes please!!! Gosh I have’t had salmon in a long time. You have inspired me! I need to make some salmon this week and add bacon to it!!!! Have a great week Jessica!
Salmon is one of my fav fish. Love this recipe!
This would be my hubby’s dream meal! He loves salmon and with bacon, even better. I just want the maple dijon all over everything :)
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Surf and turf salmon! what a great idea. I the contrast of very crispy bacon and the rich firm flesh of the salmon. I can not wait to see what things you come up with that bacon.
I couldn’t even finish my last thought. So much do I want to eat this Salmon.
UMMM salmon and bacon, yesss please!
This sounds amazing. I’m always looking for good salmon recipes that doesn’t involve the BBQ, as I live in NYC and barely anyone has one.
Thanks for sharing.
xo Quinn
Quinn Cooper Style
Love Love Love salmon…. I am defiantly trying this !!!
I seriously love me some salmon. It is such a great fish. I am totally going to put this in the docket for meal ideas!
Ohmygoodness this has my name written all over it. Salmon? Check. Bacon? Check. Maple? Check. Totally making this sometime this week!
Ohhhh this looks so good, but it’s rather tragic because last night I ran out of propane!!! Gah as soon as it’s refilled… this will be happening. :)
Yes! Look freaking perfect!
salmon and bacon! and maple and mustard! So many good things here.
Looks good, I like the addition of maple syrup!
This is one flavor combination that I love with salmon! I’ve never done the bacon with maple and mustard, but it looks and sounds like a winner to me!
I just really need a grill. This dinner looks so awesome.
The BEST part of grilling salmon is eating the crispy skin. It’s almost as good as chicken skin! Don’t let it go to waste!
MMM! Delish! I actually just so happen to have bacon AND salmon in the fridge! I think this was meant to be!
Wow!!! Amazing!!! Want for dinner!
Um… hi, lover. ♥♥♥
I made a dish so similar to this! (Sans the bacon though) – Maybe I’ll post it on my site!
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Dana Ivy
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Yummm… I’m seeing salmon everywhere right now and it makes me wish someone other than me liked it in my house! My roommate gets grumpy when the house smells of fish :( But grilling will surely be the way to go!
This looks incredibly delicious! Definitely going to try this!
oooh yum. salmon is like my favorite thing to order at any restaurant… love it with dijon, so flavorful.
Salmon perfection!!
Salmon and bacon together sounds like a great combination! Can’t wait to try it!
You might attract some Paleo fans with this recipe. Damn it looks so good. I’m not even really a bacon person (I know, I know) but this looks incredible!
Can’t go wrong with salmon and bacon deliciousness!
Love ice cream for dinner!!!
Someone just told that mustard is great on salmon. I need to give that a try!
Salmon is my favorite fish and I cannot get enough of it right now. Filling but oh so light in this wicked hot weather.
I love salmon, and can imagine this coating will make it taste great! Will try it the next time I take wild salmon.
This looks so good – salmon is just a great palate for sauces like this! Did you put the salmon directly onto the grill? Mine always sticks…even with oil! Have any tips for that?
I WILL be trying this very soon! OMGosh!
yay for husbands making food for us! And i’m sorry, i just don’t understand what’s wrong with a surplus of bacon!
I don’t eat bacon, but everything else about this recipe looks absolutely delicious! Cannot wait to try out the salmon!
our go-to salmon recipe is embarassingly easy but literally is so addictive that sometimes i have to go to the store and get salmon because i just HAVE to have it right.that.second.
Honestly, I swear I’m not this type of home cook who just uses a bunch of pre-prepped ingredients but do me a favour and try this the next time you’re making salmon and feeling lazy. Mix mayo and Club House Salmon spice in a bowl and then slather it on the salmon. Then cook the salmon for 20 minutes at 400º. Honestly…it’s like heaven.
Kate
What is Club House Salmon Spice and where do you buy it? Thanks!
Never enough salmon recipes! Never had it with bacon. Made buffalo salmon on the grill not long ago!!
Maple
Mustard
Bacon
Salmon never tasted this good!
Some of my favorite flavors all in one dish? I’m sold.
This looks SO good. I’ve just been getting back into salmon and since I’m pretty sure I have all the ingredients, I shall make this.
Love!
Oh my…I love salmon and this looks crazy delicious. This will be dinner tomorrow night! Dinner last night was your awesome chopped salad with feta, bacon and avocado – my family loved it! I’m craving it as I type this! :-)
*sigh* all of my favorite things…
Can you make this in the oven, and if so, at what temperature and for how long?
Made this last night and loved it! I don’t have a grill (#apartmentliving) so I just cooked it for 12 minutes on a hot cast iron on the stove top and it turned out great!
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Made this for dinner tonight–it’s great. I would have never thought to put bacon on salmon, but this works! Thanks!
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This recipe is easy and delicious. I made this last night for dinner for my husband (who is obsessed with anything bacon) and I. We had to restrain ourselves from eating the whole piece of fish, it was that good. Sadly, during prep time, we had terrible thunder storms so I used my grill pan and the broiler setting on my oven to make it…This would have tasted even more incredible on the grill.