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If you love a entrées that deliver big flavor with minimal effort, this horseradish crusted salmon is a recipe you’ll want to add to your dinner routine. It’s spicy, sweet, and buttery with just the right amount of crunch. Best of all, it’s quick enough for weeknights and versatile enough to pair with everything from salad to mashed potatoes.
Ingredient Notes and Substitutions
Here’s what you need to know about the key ingredients in this recipe. The complete list, including quantities, is in the printable recipe card below.
SALMON: We recommend center-cut, skin-on salmon fillets for this recipe. Leave the skin on during cooking. It helps keep the fish moist, adds flavor, and makes the fillets easier to handle once cooked.
BREADCRUMBS: Fresh breadcrumbs are our choice for this recipe because they absorb the other topping flavors so well. Panko crumbs are a good substitute, but because they have a drier texture, they don’t adhere quite as well as fresh.
HONEY: Honey adds balance to the heat of the horseradish, but maple syrup could work as a substitute. The quantity would remain the same.
Overview
How to Make Baked Horseradish Crusted Salmon
Planning to make this recipe? Here’s a quick overview of how it’s done. Detailed, step-by-step instructions are in the printable recipe card below.
Preheat the oven and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Add the salmon, skin side down, season lightly, and set aside.
Combine breadcrumbs, a little salt, melted butter, horseradish, and honey in a small bowl. Spoon the mixture on top of the salmon and pat down with your fingers to form an even crust.
Bake the salmon until done, then switch the oven from bake to broil to toast the crumbs. Use a thin spatula to separate the fillet from the skin and transfer to serving plates immediately.
Kitchen Tip
Use an instant-read thermometer to check your salmon for doneness. Salmon is ready when it flakes easily and reaches an internal temperature of 125 to 130°F.
More Crispy Oven-Baked Fish Recipes
Here are a few more of our favorite crumb crusted fish recipes:
Try our Crispy Fish Sandwiches, oven-fried and packed with flavor, they come together in just 30 minutes and are way better than any drive-thru version. For something easy and light try Garlic and Parmesan Topped Tilapia, where flaky fish fillets are topped with a garlicky breadcrumb crust. And don’t miss the Oven Fried Fish with Lemon Basil Butter. It’s crisp on the outside and finished with a drizzle of lemony herb butter that takes it over the top.
Horseradish Crusted Salmon
Ingredients
- 4 center-cut salmon fillets (4 to 6 ounces each), skin on
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup fresh or panko breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1-1/2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, (not creamy)
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425°F, line a baking sheet with parchment paper, and add the salmon, skin side down. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- Combine the breadcrumbs, 1/2 teaspoon salt, melted butter, horseradish, and honey in a small bowl. Spoon the mixture on top of the salmon and pat down with your fingers to form an even crust.
- Roast the salmon until it's done to your liking, 4 to 7 minutes, depending on the size of the fillets.Note: We recommend cooking the salmon to an internal temperature of 125 to 130°F for medium doneness.
- Switch the oven from roast to broil to toast the crumbs. Broil for 1 to 2 minutes, but watch carefully as the crumbs can burn easily.
- To serve, slide a thin spatula between the salmon flesh and the skin. Transfer to individual plates and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
This Salmon recipe is our go to Christmas Eve dinner . Perfect with fresh veges.
Amazing!!
This is the THE best salmon I’ve ever had, tasted 100% gourmet
It was delicious! My husband being a HUGE fan of everything fish, wanted Salmon and horseradish, which is how I stumbled on this recipe! After already had several bites he looked at me, walked to the fridge, took out the soy sauce, and put just a couple drops on his bite. And stated that’s the secret ingredient! So as amazing as it is the way the recipe states, anyone looking for a lil ‘kick’ of sodium, try a few drops of soy sauce! 🙂 thank you for the recipe!
Hi Jeanette,
The soy sauce would definitely add depth of flavor, nice idea! I will add some next time I make this. Thanks for sharing with us.
This was so delicious and so easy! Flavors were restaurant quality! Thank you!
Hi Ellen,
I’m happy to hear you liked the salmon. Thanks for taking the time to come back and tell us!
Very tasty and look forward to having it again soon. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Valerie,
Glad you enjoyed the salmon – thanks for letting us know!
This was amazing!!!!!
Hi Cathy – So glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome. This is something I would have ordered in a nice restaurant and wished I had the recipe. Yum yum