This is a great way of making healthy food exciting. A fresh salmon fillet is lightly grilled and glazed with a Japanese-style soy and mirin sauce and garnished with fresh watercress leaves. Easy and quick to prepare with maximum flavour.

Japanese Salmon with Watercress
2017-05-29 09:43:02

Serves 4
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Ingredients
- 4 Salmon fillets, skin on, at room temperature
- 50ml Sake
- 25ml Mirin
- 50ml Dark soy sauce
- 1 tbsp. Sugar
- 75g Watercress leaves, washed
- Walnut oil, to dress or Olive oil
Instructions
- In a saucepan set over a high heat, add the sake and reduce by two thirds. Once the sake has reduced add the soy, mirin and sugar and reduce by half until a glossy sauce consistency is achieved. Keep warm.
- Reheat a grill to high. Lay the salmon fillets skin side up on a grill pan and grill until the skin goes crispy. Turn the salmon over and grill for a further 2-4 minutes or until done to your liking. Brush with a little of the sauce and place under the grill for 30 seconds to caramelize.
- In a large bowl, dress the salad leaves with a little walnut oil. Lay the salmon onto a plate and glaze with the sauce. Add the leaves alongside and serve.
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This is precisely the type of simple, flavorful food I adore on a weeknight. Love the watercress to balance the richness of the salmon. Can’t wait to give this a go at home!!!
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Thank you so much Jeanette for those kind words – enjoy making it and tweet me the results!