Japanese

Teriyaki Salmon

Name: Teriyaki Salmon
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 4 salmon fillets; 1/3 cup soy sauce; 3 tbsp mirin; 2 tbsp brown sugar; 1 tbsp grated ginger; 2 garlic cloves; 1 tbsp sesame seeds; 3 scallions; 1 tbsp neutral oil

Kenji @kenji_notebook

Teriyaki Salmon is Japanese home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

30 min Easy Low carb Pescatarian

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

4 salmon fillets
1/3 cup soy sauce
3 tbsp mirin
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp grated ginger
2 garlic cloves
1 tbsp sesame seeds
3 scallions
1 tbsp neutral oil

How to cook it

Simmer the soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar, ginger, and garlic in a small pan until slightly syrupy, about 4 minutes.
Pat the salmon dry and sear skin-side down in the neutral oil over medium-high heat, about 4 minutes.
Flip the fillets, brush with the teriyaki glaze, and cook until just opaque, about 3 minutes more.
Spoon the remaining glaze over the salmon and sprinkle with sesame seeds and scallions.
Serve hot.

Watch how to cook Teriyaki Salmon

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

Pan-Grilled Teriyaki Salmon - The Authentic Way 鮭の照り焼き Play the video

Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Teriyaki Salmon, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Teriyaki Salmon carries gluten, soy, fish, and sesame. It is free of the remaining 6 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Teriyaki Salmon
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Fish	Yes	Asa Sarada (Morning Cabbage and Corn Salad)
Sesame	Yes	Asagohan Teishoku (Traditional Japanese Breakfast Set)
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 440 kcal
Protein: 34 g
Carbs: 13 g
Fat: 28 g
Fiber: 0 g
Sugar: 12 g
Sodium: 1200 mg
Saturated fat: 5 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Teriyaki Salmon takes about 30 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.