Homemade Teriyaki Salmon

A flavorful dinner doesn’t have to be complicated or require tons of time. Here is a teriyaki salmon that can be made in moments.

Sauces are a cook’s most valuable asset. The béchamel, the hollandaise, the mornay, the romesco—they’re all lovely. You know what else they require? Time.

Even when I am busy, I refuse to let go of cooking dinner. I refuse to let go of making sauces.

That’s how we get to this three ingredient homemade teriyaki sauce. Simple, quick, and better than the store bought version, it acts as a wonderful glaze for salmon, but would be just as good on chicken or pork.

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• Author: Vicky Cassidy
• Category: Main

Ingredients

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For the sauce:

• ½ cup sake
• ¼ cup mirin (sweet Japanese rice wine)
• ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce

For the fish:

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 pound wild caught salmon (skin on, cut into 4 pieces)
• Kosher salt

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Instructions

1. In a small bowl, combine sake, mirin, and soy sauce. Stir to combine.
2. Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season salmon with salt, then place skin side down in hot pan and cook for 3-4 minutes. Carefully flip salmon and cook on additional side for about 1 minute. Transfer to plate.
3. Wipe out any fat from pan, then pour in sauce. Bring to a boil and cook until reduced significantly, about 4-5 minutes. Add salmon, skin side up, back into pan. Cook for an additional 2-3 minutes, spooning sauce over the fish, until salmon is cooked through and sauce has thickened and becomes syrupy.