Sesame Crusted Teriyaki Salmon
A quick and easy sesame-crusted pan-fried salmon recipe glazed with a sweet and sticky homemade teriyaki sauce
- Prep time
- 15 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
- 2 salmon ((approx. 3 inches wide, 1.5 inch thick))
- sesame seeds
- salt
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2.5 tbsp sugar ((or honey))
- 1/2 tbsp garlic ((approx. 2 cloves))
- 1 tsp ginger ((grated))
- 1/2 tsp sesame oil ((mix it after sauce has finished cooking))
- 1 tsp rice vinegar
- 7 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp corn starch
- 2 tbsp water ((cold))
- green onions ((for garnish at the end))
Instructions
- 1
Take the salmon out of the fridge and keep it at room temperature while you are making the teriyaki sauce
- 2
Wash and finely chop the green onions and set them aside for the very end as a garnish
- 3
Peel the garlic. Grate or finely mince the garlic and set it aside
- 4
Grate the ginger or finely mince it. If you are mincing it, make sure they are as small as possible. Alternatively, you can use 1 slice of ginger, and discard it after the sauce has finished cooking. Set the ginger aside
- 5
In a small bowl, mix the rest of the teriyaki sauce ingredients (soy sauce, sugar, rice wine vinegar, water) minus the sesame oil. Set it aside
- 6
In another small bowl mix the corn starch and cold water together and set aside
- 7
Set the stove to medium-low heat and set a small pot over it. Add a bit of oil and wait until it gets hot and shimmery. and toast garlic and ginger in oil for approx 1-2 mins or until light brown
- 8
Add the garlic and ginger into the pot and toast it for 1-2 minutes until it is light brown in color
- 9
Once the garlic and ginger are brown, add the sauce ingredients you previously mixed in a small bowl into the pot. Keep stirring the sauce and cook for 3-5 mins until it starts to bubble
- 10
Once the sauce starts to bubble, mix the corn starch slurry again in the small bowl (the corn starch may separate and settle on the bottom of the bowl) and pour it into the sauce, Keep stirring until the sauce has thickened
- 11
When the sauce has thickened, turn off the heat and mix in the sesame oil. Put a lid on the pot to keep the sauce warm while we cook the salmon
- 12
If you are rinsing the salmon or using a previously frozen piece of salmon, make sure to pat dry fish so that the sesame seeds don't slide off the fish
- 13
Lightly salt both sides of the salmon pieces
- 14
Place a layer of sesame seeds onto a plate and press the salmon onto the sesame seeds and flip the fish and do the same on the other side. Alternatively, you can lightly sprinkle the sesame seeds on each side of the salmon if you want to use less sesame seeds
- 15
Using dry hands, gently press the sesame seeds into the fish so that it sticks to it. If your hands are wet during this step, the sesame seeds will transfer off the fish and stick to your hands
- 16
Set the stove to medium heat and set a frying pan on top. Add a bit of oil and butter to the pan and wait until the butter has melted and the pan is hot
- 17
Gently place the salmon into the frying pan, and pan-fry it for 3-4 minutes per side. Your goal is to toast the sesame seeds to a light brown color while cooking the fish
- 18
Once the salmon has finished cooking, remove it from the frying pan and set it on a plate
- 19
Brush (or drizzle) the teriyaki sauce on top of the salmon and serve it with rice or some vegetables. I like to drizzle a bit of the teriyaki sauce onto my rice as well for some extra flavor
- 20
Sprinkle some green onions on top of the salmon and enjoy!