The Mr and I have been trying to eat more fish lately and our go to fish is usually salmon - I loves it.
I tried out a recipe from
Nigella tonight for mirin glazed salmon and it was a winner. So quick and easy. Recipe is below... I adapted it a bit though by taking out the rice vinegar (as I didn't have any) - I served it with soba noodles and a side of blanched bak choy with the glaze poured over it. num nums.
INGREDIENTS
- 60ml mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
- 50g light brown sugar
- 60ml soy sauce
- 4 x 125g pieces salmon, cut from the thick part of the fillet so that they are narrow but tall rather than wide and flat
- 2 x 15ml tablespoons rice vinegar
- 1-2 spring onions, halved and shredded into fine strips
METHOD
Serves: 4
- Mix the mirin, brown sugar and soy sauce in a shallow dish that will take all 4 pieces of salmon, and marinate the salmon in it for 3 minutes on the first side and 2 minutes on the second. Meanwhile heat a large non-stick frying pan on the hob.
- Cook the salmon in the hot, dry pan for 2 minutes and then turn the salmon over, add the marinade and cook for another 2 minutes.
- Remove the salmon to whatever plate you're serving it on, add the rice vinegar to the hot pan, and warm through.
- Pour the dark, sweet, salty glaze over the salmon and top with the spring onion strips.
- Serve with rice or noodles as you wish, and consider putting some sushi ginger on the table, too
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