Japanese Miso Glazed Salmon recipe
Miso salmon that is sweet and delicious is a quick and easy dinner that you will only require a few ingredients.
Ingredients
- 12 oz (340.2 g) salmon cut into two filets
- 4 tbsp mirin
- 4 tbsp inaka or red miso
- 4 tbsp sake
- 3 tbsp white sugar
Instructions
- Dry the fish and then place it on a parchment lined sheet pan.In a saucepan, mix the mirin and sake in a pot. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to medium.
- Incorporate the red or inaka miso, mixing thoroughly until the miso has dissolving.
- After a minute you add sugar, and cook for 2 to 5 minutes, or until it has similar to honey in consistency. Mix the mixture throughout to ensure that the sugar doesn't form crystals on the sides or ignite in near the base of the pot. Take the pan off the marinade, and let it the marinade cool for approximately 10 to 15 minutes (it will thicken once it has finished cooling).
- In a glass jar, place the filets, and then coat them with the marinade that has been cooled. Allow to marinate skin side up for up to 30 mins at the counter.
- Set your oven's temperature to 400 degF for broil. Then, place an oven rack on the second level within the oven (this is approximately six inches to the stove's oven broiler).
- After marinating, put the fish skin side down on a parchment lined sheet pan. Place the pan in the oven to bake for about an hour.
- Broil for approximately five minutes, then you can check the temperature or the progress that your fish is making. As my filets were about 1 centimeter thick, the thickness were measured at around 110 degrees at five minutes. To achieve a more hot broil on the glaze then shift the rack and filets onto the top rack in the oven and broil for another 2 to 4 minutes. Broiling your fish takes approximately 7-9 minutes. However, you can use a thermometer to gauge the temperature of your fish when you are concerned because it is based upon the size of your filets, and the preference you have for. I usually pull my fish between 130-125 degF because it will be cooked out in the oven. Fish is technically cooked when it reaches 145 degrees F.
- Serve with rice and the bok chop.
Notes
Wild salmon cooks more quickly in the oven since it's generally thinner and more leaner. you can adjust the broiling time according to this and the thickness of the filets.