Name: Miso-marinated salmon
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 tbsp pale (shiro) miso paste; 2 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tbsp saké (optional); 2 x 100g salmon fillets; half a cucumber; 2 tsp rice wine vinegar; 1 tsp vegetable oil; pinch caster sugar

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Miso-marinated salmon

Miso-marinated salmon

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Serves 2

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 20 mins

Plus marinating

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Ever wondered what to do with the Japanese paste miso? This variation of a classic Nobu fish dish is a great place to start

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Ingredients

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3 tbsp pale (shiro) miso paste
2 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp saké

(optional)
2 x 100g salmon fillets

For the cucumber salad

half a cucumber
2 tsp rice wine

vinegar
1 tsp vegetable oil
pinch caster sugar

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal239
fat13g
saturates2g
carbs9g
sugars5g
fibre1g
protein22g
salt0.82g

low

Method

step 1

Stir together the miso, mirin, sugar and sake, if using. Place the salmon fillets on a plate or in a medium food bag and cover with the miso marinade. Leave in the fridge for at least 30 mins or, better still, overnight.
step 2

Heat oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Lightly oil a baking tray. Use kitchen paper to wipe off the marinade (don’t be tempted to wash it off as you will lose some of the flavour). Place the fillets on the baking tray, skin side down. Cook in the oven for 15 mins until the fish flakes easily and is cooked through.
step 3

Meanwhile, make the cucumber salad. Using a vegetable peeler, shave the cucumber into long, thin ribbons. Whisk together the rice wine vinegar, oil and sugar. Toss the cucumber ribbons in the dressing, then curl them up on two plates. Serve with the salmon and some plain white rice sprinkled with toasted sesame seeds.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2007

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