Sweet Chili Glazed Salmon

I debated whether or not to even post a picture of this here because my pictures turned out horrible and honestly that picture doesn't make me want to try this recipe. But I always like recipes that have pictures, so I'm going with it. You will just have to take my word on it that it was delish!!

Last night I had salmon on the menu, but decided at the last minute that I was tired of cooking it the usual way, which is to put a little olive oil in the pan, generously coat the salmon in cajun seasoning, sprinkle on a little salt, and cook it in the pan until done. We love it this way, but I wanted something new. Not sure why, but sweet chili glaze came to mind. I've never made anything like this and didn't even know what would be in such a thing, but I did a search and came up with several recipes. Unfortunately all of them called for sweet chili sauce. Not helpful for the last minute girl who wants to do something different 30 minutes before dinner needs to be ready. So, I decided to get creative and use what I had on hand. The result was fantastic and definitely something we will repeat. It does have quite a bit of sweetener in it, so it doesn't make it into my list of healthy meals, but for a treat, this is a keeper.

Sweet Chili Glazed Salmon

2 T water
1 T Olive Oil
1 1/2 T Sucanat (or brown sugar if you don't have sucanat)
1 T honey
juice from 3/4 of a lime
1/2 t minced garlic
1/4 t salt
1/2 t cajun seasoning
1/8 t cayenne pepper
1/8 t red pepper flakes
1/2 t ginger

3 4oz salmon filets

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and whisk together until well blended and the sugar has dissolved. Place salmon in a broiler safe dish lined with aluminum foil (for easy clean up) and spoon about half the sauce over the salmon. Place in the oven on broil for 3 minutes. Turn filets and spoon remaining sauce over them before returning them to the broiler. Broil another 4 minutes or until the salmon flakes with a fork. Spoon the sauce over the salmon again before serving. We had this with wild rice and roasted brussel sprouts. Mmmm.