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Salmon teriyaki

This well-known sauce is so simple and tastes so much better homemade

Instead of salmon, you can use either chicken or firm tofu slices, and I sometimes add 1tsp grated ginger. All the sauce ingredients can be kept for ages in the cupboard, so it makes a great last-minute supper. You can even make double quantities of sauce and keep some in the fridge to use another time.

Ingredients

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets
1tbsp grapeseed oil

For the teriyaki sauce

10g caster sugar
100ml sake
50ml mirin
50ml soy sauce
  1. Method

    Step 1

    Put all the teriyaki ingredients into a frying pan and bring to the boil. Let the sauce bubble and reduce by almost half, until it becomes syrupy. You can do this ahead of time and keep it covered in the fridge for up to a month until needed.

    Step 2

    To cook the salmon, heat the grapeseed oil in a non-stick frying pan. Sprinkle the salmon fillets with salt and fry for a minute on each side to brown the skin and flesh.

    Step 3

    Add the teriyaki sauce and continue to cook until the salmon fillets are no longer translucent, basting as they finish cooking. Remove the fish to a plate and pour over the sauce to serve.