Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake)
Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake)

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, salt-grilled salmon (salmon shiozake). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake) is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals on earth. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look fantastic.

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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have salt-grilled salmon (salmon shiozake) using 4 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake):
  1. Make ready Salmon Fillet (with skin)
  2. Get Sake or Ryorishu (Cooking Sake)
  3. Take Kosher salt
  4. Make ready Oil

Today, himono is less heavily salted, with the salt being used to enhance the flavour of. Salted Salmon or Shiojake is a popular way to enjoy salmon in Japan. Aside from traditional Japanese breakfasts, we also enjoy the delicious fish in bento boxes or as a filling for onigiri, Japanese Rice Balls. Salted salmon is so versatile that I also use it in fried rice, Ochazuke (a simple rice dish in green tea) and rice porridge.

Instructions to make Salt-Grilled Salmon (Salmon Shiozake):
  1. Rinse salmon under cold water and pat dry using paper towel.
  2. In a container, pour sake over salmon, let it marinated for 10 minutes or so. Sake will help to eliminate the fishy smell in salmon.
  3. Using paper towel, pat salmon dry. Sprinkle generous amount of salt on both sides of salmon fillet, especially on the skin.
  4. Prepare a container with tight lid like this. Put paper towel inside, place the salmon fillet, then add another layer of paper towel on top. Close the lid.
  5. Keep in the fridge for at least 24 hours. The longer you keep, the saltier it will become.
  6. After 24 hours, take out the salmon. The paper towel should have been absorbing extra moisture from the salmon surface by now, so it will look somewhat dry. That's Ok
  7. Prepare your frying pan. Pour just a little amount of oil, and grill the fish on both sides until the skin becomes crispy and the flesh turned into peachy color.
  8. Don't grill for too long, it will make the salmon texture gets hard & tough.
  9. If the salmon is ready, you can squeeze a bit of lemon juice on top if you like.

Aside from traditional Japanese breakfasts, we also enjoy the delicious fish in bento boxes or as a filling for onigiri, Japanese Rice Balls. Salted salmon is so versatile that I also use it in fried rice, Ochazuke (a simple rice dish in green tea) and rice porridge. Salted salmon, or shiozake (often shortened to shake), is a staple of the Japanese breakfast table and has been since time immemorial. While salted salmon is readily available for purchase in Japanese supermarkets, it can be difficult to find in the United States. Buy the best salmon you can lay your hands on (wild salmon delivers great flavor and texture) and ask your fishmonger (or beg, if you have to) for center-cut fillets with a strip of fatty belly attached.

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