Japanese Teriyaki-Style Glazed Salmon
Our popular teriyaki salmon recipe is one of our reader favorites. Hope you enjoy it as much as we do!
Easy Teriyaki Salmon Recipe
You should come see our kitchen. Actually, maybe you shouldn’t because we’d probably kidnap you to hover over the sink and wash a ton of dishes. As of the last two months we’ve been working on client shoots and recipe testing for personal projects that all involve enough food to feed a football team. Almost everyday we’ve sent out emergency messages to brothers, friends and dojo folks to come eat. Our messages are often blunt, like , ” Don’t eat lunch or dinner anywhere today. You gotta come here eat all this food, NOW, while it’s still hot and take home any leftovers to friends. Aren’t you hungry? You are hungry, right?”
Watch our video making the Teriyaki Salmon:
With so much recipe developing and testing going on, it’s nice to cook and eat something that wasn’t on the shot list. So many times when we are cooking for a shoot we just don’t feel like eating it. Even though the dishes are delicious and of rock star quality, were fun to make, others swoon over them, and at any other time we wouldn’t hesitate in diving in. We’ve heard of that happening often, where at the end of a long shift at the restaurant, cooks will head out to fast food, sushi or anywhere to eat other than their own restaurant.
Rather than heading out, we satisfied our craving for something glazed with salmon from some left over ingredients. Teriyaki salmon seemed like the perfect meal because we were hankering for something healthy, something with fish, with lots of flavor and something green. Teriyaki salmon really was the answer to satisfy all our cravings. This salmon glazed with a delicious Japanese style marinade really hit the spot. And it was so simple to make.
The tender flakes of the teriyaki salmon, delicately glazed with this Japanese inspired glaze, all on top of a bed of shredded cabbage was the perfect fuel to our long days of cooking and shooting. It was low carb, satisfying and truly one of the best teriyaki salmon dinners we’ve ever had.
Best of all, yes, it is healthy and it feels so great to feast off some fish rather than that platter of chocolate fudge that’s staring back at us from the corner of the kitchen. Dessert?
-diane & todd
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This recipe post was originally published in 2013 and re-published in 2019 with updated video. Enjoy!
Teriyaki-style Pan Seared Salmon
Ingredients
- four 6 ounce (four 170 g) Salmon fillets
- Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
- fresh cracked Black Pepper
- 2 Tablespoons (30 ml) Grape Seed Oil (or other neutral, high flashpoint oil), less needed if using non-stick or ceramic pan
glaze ingredients
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) Sake
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) Soy Sauce
- 1/4 cup (55 g) Brown Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Rice Vinegar
- 1/2 Tablespoon (7.5 ml) fresh grated Ginger
Instructions
- Combine glaze ingredients in a bowl and stir until brown sugar is completely dissolved.
- Rinse and pat dry salmon fillets. Place salmon fillets in glaze and marinate for a 3-5 minutes, and then flip over and marinate for 3-5 more minutes. Remove salmon from glaze and season with salt and pepper (remember glaze will have a bit of saltiness from soy sauce as well).
- Place glaze in a small saucepan. Bring to a simmer over high heat. Vigorously simmer for 5 minutes or until glaze has thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon. Set aside.
- Heat oil in a large saute-pan over high heat. Sear salmon in hot pan, turning once, until browned and cooked through to your desired amount, about and average of 3 minutes each side for medium done.
- Plate salmon and brush or pour glaze over salmon.
I may have to try this salmon recipe. It looks fairly simple, not time consuming, and sounds good!
On the subject of your excess food “problem”, I recently heard a radio interview with a lady who started an organization called Food Runners (www.foodrunners.org) here in the San Francisco Bay Area which picks up excess prepared food from caterers, restaurants, etc. and delivers it to neighborhood programs which feed the hungry. Is there anything like this in SoCal?
Loving the simplicity of the dish and salmon is my anytime fav!
What a beautiful healthy recipe! If I lived closer, I would gladly take any extra shoot food off your hands!
Simply tasty…
Looks amazing! I’m always looking for new inspiration for salmon, and this got my mouth watering.
THIS is what I’d like to shovel into my head right about now.
I popped by my Aunt’s house on Friday, post one client meeting and before bookclub since she was hosting a family dinner and my cousin had just returned home from Ghana. She was making the most spectacular salmon I have seen in a while, which looked a lot like this recipe. I’ve been thinking about it ever since, so am eager to put it into action with your recipe. Thanks!
I’m moving near you so you can ALWAYS call me to eat your food. I might even wash a couple of dishes before I leave. LOVE salmon! Will try this recipe tonight.
I’m pretty content where I live, but I suddenly find myself filled with regret that I don’t live in your neighborhood. #willdodishesforfood
#andconversation 😉
Knock Knock….That’s me, I’m knocking at your door. I live in Costa Mesa and am always hungry. Glad to help you out whenever you have another cooking over abundence issue !!
Great glaze and what good brain food to start the new year off with!
This looks simple and incredible. I love preparing salmon with a teriyaki marinade made with brown sugar’, honey, ginger, garlic, and a melody of other spices. 🙂
Salmon is a staple in my kitchen, coming from Scotland I grew up with some of the best salmon in the world. My kids also love it which is a huge bonus and a teriyaki style glaze is their favorite way to eat it!
I use a similar teriyaki glaze recipe and I love it! It tastes so much better than ready-made sauces too. 🙂
I want to drink that glaze! I love glaze (both sweet, savory, dips, spreads, condiment queen in general) but that one with the brown sugar, ginger, and rice vinegar just makes it!
And I have no desire to eat the cookies, brownies and cake after I’m done shooting it many times! But talk to me at midnight…I change my tune in time for a midnight snack 🙂
The salmon looks beautiful. I love the photograph showing off the flakes of salmon. January is definitely the time of year I crave healthier food too. But who can say no to some chocolate fudge? Especially after a healthy dinner!