Honey Garlic Fish Recipe

By Neha Mathur

4 from 21 votes
Updated: Oct 22, 2025 | Published: Jan 28, 2025
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Honey Garlic Fish is a flavorful dish made using fish fillets and a delicious combination of honey, soy sauce, and garlic. Make it using my easy recipe.

Here are some more fish recipes: Spicy Lemon Garlic Baked Tilapia, Spicy Baked Basa, Hibachi Salmon, and Fish Fingers.

Honey garlic fish served on a plate.

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There are days when Mohit and I like to go carb-free for dinner. For such days, I like to make something with chicken, fish, tofu, or paneer and serve it with a nice salad.

This fish recipe is perfect for creating a delicious yet low-carb dish. It requires minimal cleanup and comes together quickly.

About Honey Garlic Fish

As the name suggests, Honey Garlic Fish is fish cooked in a honey garlic-flavored sauce.

It is a great dinner dish that comes together in under 20 minutes using simple ingredients. Serve it with steamed rice or quinoa for a comforting meal. You can also serve it with salad.

Ingredients

Fish – I used boneless basa pieces, but you can use any white fish of your choice. Cod, tilapia, halibut, sole, and grouper, among others, work great in this recipe. You can also use salmon if you wish.

Instead of fish pieces, you can use fish fillets.

To make the sauce, you will need light olive oil, honey, garlic, soy sauce, black pepper powder, and lime juice.

Garnish the dish with chopped green onions.

How To Make Honey And Garlic Fish

Step 1: Mix the following ingredients in a medium bowl. 

  • 3 tablespoon honey
  • 2 teaspoon minced garlic
  • 2 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoon lime juice
  • ½ teaspoon black pepper powder
Honey, garlic, soy sauce, lime juice and pepper powder mixed in a bowl.

Step 2: Wash 1 pound (500 g) of boneless fish pieces and pat them dry using paper towels.

Patting the fish pieces with paper tissue.

Step 3: Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.

Step 4: Add 2 tablespoons of light olive oil and let it heat up.

Step 5: Place the fish pieces in a single layer on the heated pan and cook for a minute on each side.

Fish pieces frying in hot oil.
Fish pieces fried from both sides.

Step 6: Pour the sauce mixture over the fish and cook for 2-3 minutes until it reduces and becomes sticky.

Sauce added to the pan.

Step 7: Garnish with 2 tablespoon chopped spring onion greens and serve hot.

Ready honey garlic fish garnished with spring onions.

Pro Tips By Neha

I did not add salt to this recipe as the soy sauce is very salty. If you find the salt is too little for your taste, add more as needed.

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Honey garlic fish served on a plate.
4 from 21 votes

Honey Garlic Fish Recipe

By: Neha Mathur
Honey Garlic Fish is a flavorful dish made using fish fillets and a delicious combination of honey, soy sauce, and garlic. Serve it with quinoa or rice!
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 10 minutes
Total: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 people
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Ingredients 

  • 3 tablespoons honey
  • 2 teaspoons minced garlic
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2 teaspoons lime juice
  • ½ teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
  • 2 tablespoons light olive oil
  • 1 pound fish (500 g, cut into pieces or fillets)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped green onions
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Instructions 

  • Mix honey, garlic, soy sauce, lime juice, and black pepper powder in a medium mixing bowl. 
  • Wash the fish pieces and pat them dry using paper tissues.
  • Heat a non-stick pan over medium heat.
  • Add oil and let the oil heat up.
  • Place the fish pieces on the heated pan in a single layer and cook for a minute on each side.
  • Pour the sauce mixture over the fish and cook for 2-3 minutes until it reduces and becomes sticky.
  • Garnish with chopped spring onion greens and serve hot.

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Notes

I used boneless basa pieces, but you can use any white fish. Cod, tilapia, halibut, sole, and grouper, etc work great in this recipe. You can also use salmon if you wish to.
I did not add salt to this recipe as the soy sauce is very salty. If you feel the salt is less for you, add it as per your taste.

Nutrition

Calories: 228kcal, Carbohydrates: 15g, Protein: 24g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 6g, Cholesterol: 57mg, Sodium: 563mg, Potassium: 390mg, Fiber: 0.3g, Sugar: 13g, Vitamin A: 33IU, Vitamin C: 2mg, Calcium: 20mg, Iron: 1mg
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12 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Just cooked up a half batch, it was so good, although the next time I make it I’ll try 1.5 TBS of soy sauce instead of the full 2 as I’m a bit of a soy sauce sook ( just a heads up for anyone else who is a sook )
    Thank you for this recipe, I’ve had a bag of Basa fillets in the freezer for months just sitting there, and I will definitely be making more of this to use it up.

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  2. Do you think this would taste good over sautéed cabbage? Would it be a good idea to double the sauce and mix it all together or is there enough sauce as written. Thanks!

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