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Salmon Teriyaki is an easy Japanese recipe and takes only 4 key ingredients. Serve the salmon with steamed rice and teriyaki sauce for a delicious salmon teriyaki bowl.
How To Make Teriyaki Salmon
I cook salmon on a weekly basis because it is healthy and rich with omega-3 fatty acids, protein and low in calories. Salmon is delicious and healthy, such as this easy salmon teriyaki recipe.
The recipe calls for only four (4) basic ingredients: salmon, soy sauce, mirin, sugar and it’s cooked a skillet on stove top.
It is one of the best salmon recipes ever, just like everyone’s favorite chicken teriyaki.
Salmon On Stove
I love to pan-fry salmon (skin side down) on the stove top. Use a pan or skillet (non-stick preferred) until the skin becomes super crispy. Use low to medium heat on the stove to cook the salmon.
Cover the skillet so the entire fish is cooked through. The end result is moist, tender, perfectly cooked salmon on stove that is bursting with natural sweetness.
Teriyaki Sauce
Homemade teriyaki sauce is the best and you need only 3 ingredients: soy sauce, mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine) and sugar. Soy sauce is the main ingredient; you can’t make teriyaki sauce without it.
You can get mirin at Japanese or Asian stores. You can also buy it online. Cook the teriyaki sauce mixture on low heat in a sauce pan until it thickens.
Ingredients
- Salmon fillet
- Oil
- White and black sesame seeds
- Soy sauce
- Mirin
- Sugar
See the recipe card for full information on ingredients.
How To Make Salmon Teriyaki
Step 1. Add all the ingredients for the Teriyaki Sauce to a saucepan and reduce over low heat. As soon as the sauce thickens, remove it from the heat and let it cool.
Step 2. Heat a pan or skillet over low to medium heat. Add a bit of oil and pan-sear the salmon skin-side down until the bottom is super crispy. Cover the pan to ensure the salmon cooks through.
Step 3. Remove the salmon from heat, drizzle with teriyaki sauce, and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
What Vegetables To Serve With Teriyaki Salmon
I love serving boiled broccoli florets with the salmon. Assemble a rice bowl by filling the bowl with steamed rice, place the salmon on top of the rice, and then drizzle the teriyaki sauce on top.
The rice bowl will make a complete and nutritious meal for lunch or dinner. It’s also great as a bento to school or work.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 532 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Salmon Teriyaki
This meal is best served with steamed rice or green tea rice. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Salmon Teriyaki
Ingredients
- 1 lb. salmon fillet
- 1 tablespoon oil
- white and black sesame seeds, for garnishing
Teriyaki Sauce:
- 3 tablespoons soy sauce , or Tamari
- 1/2 cup mirin
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Instructions
- Add all the ingredients for the Teriyaki Sauce to a saucepan and simmer over low heat. Once the sauce thickens, remove it from the heat and let it cool.
- Heat a pan or skillet over low to medium heat. Add a bit of oil and pan-sear the salmon, skin-side down, until the bottom is crispy. Cover the pan to ensure the salmon cooks through.
- Remove the salmon from the heat, drizzle with teriyaki sauce, and garnish with sesame seeds. Serve immediately with steamed rice.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Just made it. We are all here mad about salmon.
That was the best salmon recipe ever!
Next time (which will be very soon ) I will reduce the sauce more
Thank you
Hi Marzena, thanks for trying my recipe. I am so glad that you liked my salmon teriyaki recipe.
Looks delicious! You mention putting the lid on the skillet to ensure its cooked through. Do you mean to put the lid on when the skillet comes off heat or during the entire cook?
While cooking, put the lid on.
I just made the teriyaki sauce and it tastes soo good!! Thanks so much for your recipe!
Hi Vina, thanks for trying my salmon teriyaki recipe. :)
Hi Bee thanks for all the delicious recipes.Please can tell me what is mirin in teriyaki sauce. Thanks.
I cooked the teriyaki chicken which you posted recently and I noted then that the teriyaki sauce should be made as close as possible to when the chicken is done. Because I made the sauce before the chicken was ready, it had become thick when it cooled and had stuck to the saucepan and could not be drizzled over the chicken.I had to reheat the sauce in order to use it. I should imagine that it will be the same for this salmon teriyaki so perhaps your readers should be alerted to this fact.
If it caramelizes, that means the sauce has become too sticky, so reduce the time of the teriyaki sauce.
Thank you Bee for all your recipe. They are all delicious and healthy. Asian food is the best of all….
Thanks Ely!
How come this teriyaki sauce is different from the chicken teriyaki sauce i thought that was equal parts soy, sugar and mirin. Is this a lighter sauce for the salmon.
Yes, slightly different but tastes very close.
Thank you Bee for the nice recipe.
Oh my! Just look at the lacquer-like glaze on that salmon! It’s just stunning! I could eat salmon 6 ways to Sunday, so I’m really loving this quick and easy recipe! Pinned :)
Hi Kathleen, thanks so much, you’re always so sweet. Yes, the key to a great teriyaki sauce is to get that lacquer consistency. :)
I noticed the pictures have been updated I prefer the older picture where the lacquer is not gooey looking. Will this recipe come out looking like the older picture? I was so excited to find this recipe.
Yes, they will taste the same.
I can’t seem to the complete reciepe
Hi Helen, the recipe is where the red bar “GET RECIPE” is, just click or tab on it.
Okay, this just looks delicious and super healthy. Who needs Spanx? I mean, I love all those cupcake recipes I see online, but at the end of the day, I’m gonna act rational and eat this. Teriyaki is HUGE with my kids.