Teriyaki salmon with rice and cucumber
A sweet-and-salty Japanese glaze – from soy sauce and honey. 15 minutes.
⏱ 20 min · serves 2 · Asian · Not spicy at all
546kcal
32 gprotein
60 gcarbs
19 gfat
2 gfibre
Per serving, out of 2. Worked out from the grams of each ingredient using a food database – so it's approximate.
Allergens: Fish, Soya, Gluten and Sesame
Ingredients (serves 2)
- Salmon (raw)250 g
- Soy sauce30 g
- Honey10 g
- Rice (dry)130 g
- Cucumber200 g
- Sesame seeds5 g
Also: Garlic, ginger, vinegar, chives
Method
- Get ready: rinse the rice (130 g), chop the garlic and grate the ginger. Cut the cucumber (200 g) into thin slices.
- Cover the rice with 260 ml water, bring to the boil over high heat, then cook covered over low heat for 12–15 min.
- While the rice cooks, mix the glaze: 30 g soy sauce, 10 g honey, the garlic and the ginger. Drizzle the cucumber with vinegar and sprinkle with 5 g sesame seeds.
- Pat the salmon dry with kitchen paper. In a non-stick frying pan without oil, cook it skin side down over medium heat for 5 min.
- Turn it over, pour over the glaze and cook over low heat for another 2 min. The fish should turn opaque and flake easily.
- Serve the salmon with the rice and cucumber, sprinkled with chives.
Tips
- Add the glaze only at the very end – honey burns quickly.
- Drizzle the cucumber with vinegar and sprinkle with sesame – a fresh Japanese-style salad.
- Want it hotter? Chilli flakes in the glaze.
- Cheaper? Chicken thighs instead of salmon.
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