Sake-Glazed Salmon

Name: Sake-Glazed Salmon
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 × 175 g (6 oz) salmon fillets; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon sesame oil; 40 g (1½ oz) butter; 60 ml (2 fl oz/¼ cup) sake; 1½ tablespoons Japanese soy sauce; 1 tablespoon mirin; 2 teaspoons caster (superfine) sugar; ¼ teaspoon finely grated ginger

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Cook's Book of Everything

By Lulu Grimes

Published 2009

About

Ingredients

4 × 175 g (6 oz) salmon fillets
1 tablespoon vegetable oil

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Check the salmon carefully for bones, pulling out any you find with clean tweezers. Season lightly with salt.
Heat the oils in a large heavy-based frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the salmon pieces, skin side down, and cook for 3 minutes, or until the skin is golden. Reduce the heat to medium, turn the fish over and cook for a further 2–3