Teriyaki Salmon with Noodles

Ingredients

  • Main ingredients
    • 4 boneless, skinless, salmon fillets, about 150g each
    • 2tsp sesame oil
    • 4 spring onions, thinly sliced
    • 350ml hot vegetable stock
    • 2tbsp light soy sauce
    • 50g miso paste
    • 1tbsp mirin or 1tsp brown sugar
    • 300g udon noodles, cooked according to pack
    • 4 baby heads of pak choi, halved lengthways
  • Teriyaki sauce
    • 3tbsp sake
    • 1tsp dark soy sauce
    • 3tbsp light soy sauce
    • 2tbsp caster sugar
    • 1tbsp clear honey
    • 2tbsp mirin or extra sugar

Method

  1. Make the teriyaki sauce. Put all the ingredients in a small saucepan and stir over a medium heat until the sugar has dissolved. Increase the heat a little and simmer for 5 minutes until thickened. Set aside to cool.
  2. Meanwhile, rub the teriyaki sauce over the salmon fillets and arrange them in an overhproof dish. Cook under a preheated grill for 4-5 minutes on each side, basting occasionally. Remove and set aside.
  3. Heat the sesame oil in a frying pan and stir-fry the spring onions for 2 minutes. Add the stock, soy sauce, miso paste and mirin or sugar, stirring to dissolve. Simmer gently and add the noodles and pak choi and cook for 2 minutes until the leaves have wilted.
  4. Serve immediately topped with the grilled salmon.

Another idea

For herb-crusted salmon with grilled asparagus, cook 250 g (8 oz) trimmed asparagus spears in boiling water for 5 minutes. Brush one side of each salmon fillet with olive oil. Chop about 25 g (1 oz) parsley and use to coat the salmon, then griddle or fry in olive oil for about 3 minutes on each side. Serve the salmon topped with the asparagus spears and with some crusty bread.

    Source: 200 easy suppers, Jo McAuley (Hamlyn all colour cookbook)