Hot Honey Slow Roasted Salmon
Nov 17, 2025
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This hot honey slow roasted salmon is zesty, spicy, sweet and melt in your mouth tender. The salmon is coated in a generous mix of warm spices, slathered in a buttery hot honey sauce and slow roasted until it flakes apart with the lightest touch. It is an effortless yet impressive dish that feels perfect for the holidays, special occasions or your next dinner party.
Why you’ll love this Hot Honey Slow Roasted Salmon!
Just like my honey garlic butter salmon, brown butter salmon and olive oil and citrus salmon, this hot honey roasted salmon is incredibly impressive yet so simple to make. It is the perfect Christmas or Thanksgiving centrepiece, but it also works beautifully as a quick midweek meal that you can enjoy for days. I love eating the leftovers warm or cold, tossed through a leafy green salad or served alongside my creamy cucumber salad for something fresh and delicious.
It is one of those effortless dishes that proves you do not need hours in the kitchen to make something truly special. Which is what we all need on those busy entertaining nights!
Ingredients for Hot Honey Slow roasted Salmon
Here is everything you need to make this zesty, spicy and buttery hot honey slow roasted salmon.
- Large salmon fillet – Skinless is easiest, but if yours has skin, pour boiling water over it to help it contract so the skin peels off cleanly. It will slide right off!
- Limes – cut them into thin circles so they caramelise in the butter
- Jalapeño – Brings a gentle, bright spice that pairs beautifully with honey and butter.
- Westgold butter – one of the best butters you can get your hands on! It’s from New Zealand and their cows are grass fed!
- Hot honey + Tabasco – The sweet heat duo that creates the perfect sticky, spicy glaze. You can use pre-made hot honey or make your own!
A full list of ingredients can be found in the recipe card below
how To Make Hot Honey Slow Roasted Salmon
While it looks impressive, this hot honey roasted salmon could not be easier to make!
Step 1: Place the salmon on a large pre-lined baking tray. Rub the spices all over the salmon until well coated. Season with salt and pepper. Set to the side while you prepare the sauce.
Step 2: In a large frypan on a medium– high heat, melt the butter. Once the butter is melted and foaming, add the lime slices and jalapeños to the pan.
Step 3: Cook for 2 – 3 minutes, making sure you do not stir, or until the limes are slightly caramelised. Add the red chilli, honey and tabasco and stir through. Cook for 3 minutes or until the sauce is sticky and thick.
Step 4: Pour the sauce all over the salmon and bake for 15 – 20 minutes.
Step 5: Sprinkle over the coriander and serve immediately with some crusty white bread or some greens to mop up all of that sauce!
Faq’s
Yes, smaller pieces work well! Just make sure they are skinless and slightly reduce the cooking time.
Skinless is best for this recipe as the skin will get soggy in the oven. If yours has skin, pour boiling water over it to help the skin contract — it will peel away cleanly.
Absolutely. Red chillies, serranos or long green chillies all work well depending on what you can find. You can also completly leave the chillies out if you are not a spice lover!
No, slow roasting uncovered gives you tender, buttery salmon with a slightly caramelised finish.
Yes. Just add extra Tabasco or a pinch of chilli flakes and heat it through the honey on a low heat to create your own version. Store in a glass jar for several months in your pantry!
How To Serve
- Serve with roasted potatoes, rice, a fresh green salad or freshly baked focaccia to soak up the buttery sauce.
- Slice the salmon into large flakes and serve family-style on a platter for an easy dinner party presentation.
- Add it to your Christmas or Thanksgiving menu alongside some other delicious sides dishes such as hot honey roasted carrots, garlicky green beans and garlic butter jacket poatoes.
How to Store
- Store leftover salmon in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.
- Keep any extra hot honey in a glass jar stored in your pantry. It will keep for a few months!
- Enjoy the salmon cold or gently reheat it at a low temperature to keep it tender.
This recipe is sponsored by our lovely friends at Westgold Butter.
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Hot Honey Slow Roasted Salmon
Ingredients
- 3.3 lbs skinless salmon
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp smoked paprika
- 1 tbsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper, optional
- 8 tbsp Westgold butter
- 3 limes, finely sliced
- 2 jalapeños, sliced
- 1 chilli, sliced
- 2 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp tabaso
- salt and pepper
- coriander, to serve
Instructions
- Preheat oven: Preheat the oven to 300°F / 150°C
- Marinate salmon: Place the salmon on a large pre-lined baking tray. Rub the spices all over the salmon until well coated. Season with salt and pepper. Set to the side while you prepare the sauce.
- Sauce: In a large frypan on a medium– high heat, melt the butter. Once the butter is melted and foaming, add the lime slices and jalapeños to the pan. Cook for 2 – 3 minutes, making sure you do not stir, or until the limes are slightly caramelised. Add the red chilli, honey and tabasco and stir through. Cook for 3 minutes or until the sauce is sticky and thick.
- Bake: Pour the sauce all over the salmon and bake for 15 – 20 minutes.
- Serve: Sprinkle over the coriander and serve immediately with some crusty white bread or some greens to mop up all of that sauce!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Hi Daen! This recipe looks delicious and I am so excited to try it out. I have a family member who cannot have very much butter. Could I substitute some of the butter used in the sauce with olive oil?
You absolutely could! It will have a different flavour but will still be so yummy. I actually have a slow roasted olive oil and citrus salmon recipe on my website. You might like that one a bit better!
What a lovely recipe! We all loved this one so much and will be making again. I may even add it to my Christmas menu!!