Wasabi & Honey Glazed-Salmon
Servings: 2
Preparation duration: -1 minutes
Cooking duration: -1 minutes
Ingredients:
1 teaspoon finely chopped, peeled ginger root
2 tablespoons honey
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
3 tablespoons mirin (or vermouth)
3 tablespoons mirin (or vermouth)
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
2 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
4 teaspoons wasabi paste
Equipment:
sauce pan
frying pan
oven
Cooking instruction summary:
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together mirin, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, ginger and wasabi to taste. (Add the wasabi incrementally, tasting as you go.)
- Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until glaze thickens slightly, about 5-10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Preheat oven to 425F.
- Lightly coat an oven-proof skillet with olive oil and heat on medium-high.
- Season the salmon with a little kosher salt & fresh cracked pepper.
- When the oil is hot and begins to shimmer, add the salmon, skin side up.
- Sear, without moving it around for 3-4 minutes. Turn the salmon over, skin side down. Brush some of the glaze onto the salmon and then place the skillet of salmon into the oven for about 4 minutes.
- Spoon the remainder of the sauce over the salmon and serve hot.
Step by step:
1. In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together mirin, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, ginger and wasabi to taste. (
2. Add the wasabi incrementally, tasting as you go.)Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until glaze thickens slightly, about 5-10 minutes.
3. Remove from the heat.Preheat oven to 425F.Lightly coat an oven-proof skillet with olive oil and heat on medium-high.Season the salmon with a little kosher salt & fresh cracked pepper.When the oil is hot and begins to shimmer, add the salmon, skin side up.Sear, without moving it around for 3-4 minutes. Turn the salmon over, skin side down.
4. Brush some of the glaze onto the salmon and then place the skillet of salmon into the oven for about 4 minutes.Spoon the remainder of the sauce over the salmon and serve hot.
Nutrition Information:
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