Fast & Easy Dinner: Teriyaki Salmon

June 27, 2008

If you aren't familiar with cooking with Asian flavors or fish, experiment with this simple recipe. The classic Teriyaki flavors are mild and crowd pleasing. There's no need to head to a specialty store for hard-to-find ingredients, the components are common pantry staples. Sliced salmon fillets are coated with a mixture of soy, fresh ginger, and wasabi before being placed under a broiler. This dish comes together in minutes, making it ideal for the end of the week. To learn how it's done, read more.

From Real Simple magazine

Teriyaki Salmon

Ingredients

3/4 pound salmon fillet
2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
1/4 cup mirin (rice wine) or dry sherry
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
1 teaspoon fresh lime juice
1 teaspoon wasabi
cooked rice for serving

Directions

Cut the salmon crosswise into 1-inch strips.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl.
Heat broiler. Arrange the salmon skin-side down in a broiling pan and brush with the sauce.
Cook 2 minutes and brush again. Repeat until the salmon is just flaky, about 10 minutes total, serve with rice and leftover sauce.

Serves 2.

NUTRITION PER SERVING: CALORIES 482(0% from fat); FAT 21g (sat 4g); CHOLESTEROL 107mg; CALCIUM 40mg; CARBOHYDRATE 24g; SODIUM 1113mg; PROTEIN 40mg; FIBER 1g; IRON 1mg

6 Comments

aw4141 4 years 47 weeks

I'd definitely cook this but i have NO idea how to broil!

CoconutPie 4 years 47 weeks

It sounds really good! I can never have enough salmon recipes.

bluebellknoll 4 years 47 weeks

My momma makes really good teriyaki salmon. She cuts the salmon like in this recipe, dredges it in flour, and then pan-cooks it. When it's almost done she adds the teriyaki sauce and turns off the heat (so the sugar in the sauce doesn't burn). Mmmm!

shoneyjoe 4 years 47 weeks

TidalWave, if you have a toaster oven, you can use the broil setting on it. If not, you can pan-sear the salmon and then cover while keeping the pan over medium heat. It should get the fish cooked, but you won't get the same kind of sweet glaze. And ValenCina, if you grate ginger with a microplane into some cheesecloth, you can get ginger juice, which is great when mixed into cocktails, sodas, or iced tea, as well as pretty potent flavoring for food.