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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.
Very nice easy teriyaki sauce. Salmon was delicious as well. Second time making it tonight for a guest. Serving it with brown rice, sautéed baby Bok Choy, and for dessert ? panna cotta with macerated berries in sweet wine.
Hi Sheri, thanks for trying my Salmon teriyaki recipe. Yes, it’s very good. Love your dishes combination!
I don’t know what I did wrong. I did everything step by step and the teriyaki never thickened and the salmon came out horrible.
Hi! I want to tell you about my experience of making teriyaki salmon, This experience is awesome my family and my kids love the way that I make teriyaki salmon and the taste was too yummy. Thanks, guys for making my day awesome.
I also had a hard time reducing the sauce enough. I let it reduce on medium heat for more than 30 minutes, and it was still a thin liquid. Tastes nice, just didn’t get the right consistency.
Nevermind! I just needed to let the sauce cool a bit, and then it thickened a bit. Thanks for the recipe :)
Awesome!
Can i substitute mirin with shaoxing wine?
You can but mirin adds sweetness. You might want to add a little sugar.
I like salmon very much especially teriaky. That would be nice to cook it at home.
After the skin gets crispy do you flip the salmon? I don’t mean to sound stupid but most of the recipes say “cook for 5-7 minutes each side. I’m not a fish lover but I’m learning to like it. Thanks
Yes, you flip the salmon a few times until fully cooked.
Hi there :)
I follow you all the way from Australia :) I don’t know if it’s because our ingridients are different here but I’ve tried two recipes of yours and both of them didn’t turn out 100%. Bear in mind I’m a really bad cook lol. The teriyaki sauce didn’t thicken for me, I had it on the stove for a while. I used two tablespoons of white caster sugar.
Hi Acelya, the teriyaki sauce will be thickened if you slowly simmer, it will definitely reduce to a thicker consistency.
Trying it tonight!
Thanks for a nice simple recipe
Hi there! I really loved the recipe from 2010 but can’t find it now. Is there a reason you changed it? Is it possible to send the original recipe to me? I wish I had written it down!