Bang Bang Salmon Recipe with Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

This is the best recipe I have found to make an amazing Bang Bang sauce paired with Salmon. Really, you can buy this at a grocery store, but why bother with another bottle of sauce in the fridge when you can make it from scratch? It honestly takes two minutes to make and tastes so much more flavorful and bold than anything else available. Pair this recipe with a homemade Sweet Chili sauce and you have a winning dinner!

bang bang salmon on white plate with potatoes and broccoli

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Published April 14, 2022
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Why this recipe works

Salmon is one of our favorite meals and as a result we have it at least once a month. When cooked right, it can be moist, flavorful and delicious. Often, we have salmon with homemade sushi, but today I shook up dinnertime and made this fun recipe. Adding this Bang-Bang sauce to the Salmon levels up the flavor and gives the fish a savory taste while adding a subtle spice that was just perfect. The mild mayo paired with siracha helps to balance the homemade sweet chili sauce.

Along with the Bang-Bang Salmon, we also had broccoli and potatoes roasted in the oven. Once cooked, the broccoli tasted amazing with the Sweet Chili Sauce drizzled on top. To cook the vegetables, was them in a sink colander and then peel the potatoes and slice them. Additionally wash the broccoli and cut them into fleurettes and place on a baking sheet. Bake at 425 degrees until a knife can be inserted into a potato easily, around 15-25 minutes.

Bang Bang Salmon Recipe

Ingredients for Bang Bang Salmon

1/2 cup Mayo
1/2 cup Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce
1 tsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp Siracha
3-4 Salmon filets
Salt and Pepper

ingredients to make bang bang sauce

Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce Ingredients

1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 cup white Sugar
1/2 tsp Salt
3 Tbsp Corn Starch
6 cloves Garlic
2 Tbsp water
1/2 cup Vinegar
2-4 Tbsp Chili Pepper Flakes

ingredients to make sweet chili sauce

Sweet Chili Sauce Directions

1. To a medium saucepan add white sugar, soy sauce, garlic, salt, vinegar, red pepper flakes and then bring the ingredients to a boil remembering to whisk often.

2. Boil this mixture for 3-5 minutes stirring often with a whisk.

boil sweet chili sauce

3. In a small bowl, whisk together the corn starch and water and then set aside.

water and corn starch mixed in a small bowl

4. Reduce the heat to low and then slowly add the corn starch slurry and whisk continuously.

add corn starch to water to thicken sweet chili sauce

5. Finally, let the Sweet Chili Sauce boil on low for 5 more minutes with regular stirring.

boil sweet chili sauce

6. Let this mixture rest to cool before transferring to a container for storage. Additionally, this Sweet Chili Sauce can be stored in the fridge for many weeks, just make sure to stir it with a clean spoon every time you use it as settling can occur.

sweet chili sauce in jars and small bowl to be used in bang bang salmon recipe

Bang Bang Salmon Directions

1. Firstly, spray with non-stick spray and then set aside.

sheet pan sprayed with non-stick spray and salmon fillet

2. Secondly, make the Bang Bang sauce by adding mayo, sweet chili sauce, siracha and vinegar to a Pyrex bowl and whisk to combine, then set aside.

3. Place salmon fillets on the prepared baking dish and then season with salt and pepper. At ALDI, they sell salmon filets that are just massive. I was able to buy this fillet for under $23 and made it into six large fillets. The skin was still on them, but that is not an issue as after it is baked, you can literally use a spatula to scrape the fillet off the skin.

4. Drizzle Homemade Bang Bang sauce on salmon fillets and then use a spoon to spread over the entire surface. I had left two without any Bang Bang sauce because it was on the spicier side and I knew Levi and Elliana would not enjoy the spiciness.

bang bang sauce on salmon filets

5. Bake salmon at 425 degrees for 12-18 minutes or until the temperature reaches 125 to 130 degrees.

cooked salmon with bang bang sauce on top

6. Finally, remove the baking sheet from the oven and serve with additional sauce. In addition to the Salmon, we also had broccoli and potatoes that were roasted in the oven and seasoned with salt and pepper.

bang bang salmon with potatoes and broccoli

Recipe for Bang Bang Salmon

bangbang salmon

Bang Bang Salmon Recipe with Homemade Sweet Chili Sauce

The BEST recipe for Salmon with a homemade from scratch Bang Bang sauce using Siracha and Sweet Chili sauce.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Sweet Chili Sauce 10 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 6

Equipment

  • Saucepan
  • Rimmed baking sheet
  • Whisk
  • Small Bowl

Ingredients
  

  • 3-4 Salmon Filets
  • Salt & Pepper to taste

Bang Bang Sauce

  • 1 tsp Rice Vinegar
  • 1/2 cup Sweet Chili Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Mayo
  • 2 Tbsp Siracha

Sweet Chili Sauce Ingredients

  • 1 Tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 cup White Sugar
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 6 Garlic Cloves minced
  • 1/2 cup Vinegar
  • 2-4 Tbsp Chili Pepper Flakes
  • 2 Tbsp Water
  • 3 Tbsp Corn Starch

Instructions
 

Sweet Chili Sauce

  • In a medium saucepan add 1 cup white sugar, 1 Tbsp soy sauce, 6 garlic cloves minced, 1/2 tsp salt, 1/2 cup vinegar, 2-4 Tbsp red pepper flakes and bring the ingredients to a boil.
  • Then boil the Sweet Chili mixture for 3-5 minutes making sure to whisk constantly.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together the corn starch and water and then set aside.
  • Reduce the heat to low and then add the corn starch slurry and whisk continuously.
  • Finally, let the Sweet Chili Sauce boil on low for 5 more minutes with regular stirring.
  • Let this mixture rest to cool before transferring to a container for storage.

Bang Bang Salmon

  • Spray a rimmed baking sheet with non-stick spray and then set aside.
  • Make the Bang Bang sauce by adding 1/2 cup mayo, 1/2 cup sweet chili sauce, 2 Tbsp siracha and 1 tsp vinegar to a medium bowl and whisk to combine, then set aside.
  • Place salmon fillets on the prepared baking dish and then season with salt and pepper.
  • Drizzle Bang Bang sauce on salmon fillets and then use a spoon to spread over entire top.
  • Bake salmon at 425 degrees for 12-18 minutes or until the temperature reaches 125 to 130 degrees.
  • Finally, remove the baking sheet from the oven and serve with additional sauce.
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