Wasabi & Honey Glazed-Salmon
By: Foodiewife (Debby)
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 5:12pm

Ingredients




3 tablespoons mirin (or vermouth)
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 tablespoon reduced-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
1 teaspoon finely chopped, peeled ginger root
2 teaspoons wasabi paste
Nonstick vegetable spray oil
2 ounces salmon fillets (4 to 6  each)

Preparation

1 For the sauce: 2 In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, stir together mirin, vinegar, soy sauce, honey, ginger and wasabi to taste. (Add the wasabi incrementally, tasting as you go.) 3 Bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring occasionally, until glaze thickens slightly, about 5 minutes (mine took closer to 10 minutes). Remove from the heat. 4 My adaption to this recipe is that I prefer to sear and roast salmon in an oven-proof skillet. 5 Preheat oven to 425F. 6 Lightly coat an oven-proof skillet with olive oil and heat on medium-high. 7 Season the salmon with a little kosher salt & fresh cracked pepper. 8 When the oil begins to shimmer, and just starts to smoke, add the salmon, skin side up. 9 Sear, without moving it around for 3-4 minutes.  Turn the salmon over, skin side down.  Brush some of the glaze onto the salmon and then place the skillet of salmon into the oven for about 4 minutes. 10 Spoon the remainder of the sauce over the salmon and serve hot.

About


Courtesy of Weight Watcher's and the Washington Post, and inspired by the food blog "One Perfect Bite"... with a couple of my own minor adaptions.
What I liked about this glaze is that it's very simple to make, and it's very tasty. If you don't have Mirin on hand, you can substitute either Vermouth or a dry white wine.
To see how I made this, please visit my blog at:
http://foodiewife-kitchen.blogspot.com/2009/10/wasabi-honey-glazed-salmon-with-coconut.html