Easy Teriyaki Salmon

Saturday...weather's cold outside, so what better than cooking myself a nice dinner? I already forget about the fact that I gain weight & am on my best effort to continue gain weight :p

Fixed the menu to be teriyaki salmon. After struggling through what to go with the salmon, I decided to have rice. Problem is, I'm never good in cooking rice until I stumble upon this website http://happyburp.blogspot.com/2006/05/cooking-rice-in-microwave-oven.html. It's so easy and requires no attention at all with microwave oven. Only 1 small note: in cold weathered country like Denmark, don't cook the rice too early ahead, else it'll turn hard & cold very quick (learnt my lesson, obviously :$)

Teriyaki salmon is even easier. I still have some teriyaki sauce from the last round I made them. The sauce can basically last forever & taste really good, so in my opinion, it's always good to prepare more for future use (provided you'll be cooking). If you missed my previous blog on teriyaki sauce, here it is again:

Ingredient:-
1 cup or 200ml mirin
1/2 cup or 100ml soy sauce (try to use Japanese soy sauce, gives richer taste)
1-2 tbsp caster sugar

Method:-
Heat mirin over low heat (gas mark 2) for 1-2minutes then add soy sauce & sugar. Simmer for another 1-2 minutes and voila :)

Teriyaki sauce are good with almost everything: pork, beef, chicken, salmon, even burger...a very versatile sauce when you run out of idea what to cook and want less hassle. Whatever it is that you decided to 'teriyaki' with, just slightly marinate the ingredient with a sprinkle of salt & pepper for 2 minutes.

For salmon, I did the same thing, then slightly browned (pan fry until brown) them in a frying pan, not cooked though, else the fish will be over-cooked. Add the teriyaki sauce and continue to cook until it has glazed the salmon. I even roast some sesame (okay, I roasted a little too much than just 'some') to sprinkle on top of the teriyaki salmon, both to enhance the taste & garnish.

Even though I've seen my Danish colleagues eating raw brocoli & cauliflower in canteen, I cannot adapt to that eating habit. So I bring a small pot of water to boil & throw in the brocoli. Brought it out in less than a minute so it's still crunchy but not raw. I then sprinkle some salt on the brocoli & serve it on top of rice together with the teriyaki salmon.