Saturday, August 22, 2009

Wasabi-Soy Glazed Salmon

I adapted this recipe from Menus in Minutes . I used salmon because, well, I love salmon. But I'm sure you could use any sort of fish. The actual recipe calls for whitefish. Just fyi.

2 salmon filets/portions

Glaze
2 Tbsp soy sauce (can use reduced-sodium soy sauce)
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tsp wasabi powder (can use less, but this isn't super spicy)

Mix glaze ingredients in small bowl & stir well to dissolve sugar & wasabi powder.

Rinse salmon and pat dry with paper towels.
Transfer about 3/4 glaze to shallow bowl and place salmon skin-side up in glaze. Reserve remaining glaze for after you've cooked the fish.

Place fish (in bowl) in fridge and let marinate for 15 minutes or so. Heat up the grill while fish is marinating.

Grill salmon, starting skin down. Brush a bit of the glaze (the stuff the fish was sitting in) onto the top of the fish as it cooks. Then make sure you get rid of the "used" glaze as you don't want to mix it up with the stuff that you reserved. Grill about 4-5 minutes. Turn fish skin side up, grill for another 5 minutes or so, or until it's opaque and flakes easily.

Remove fish from grill and brush on a little of the remaining (clean) glaze. Enjoy.

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