Miso-marinated salmon

Miso-marinated salmon

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

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus marinating

Heart healthy

Method

  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.
  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.
  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.

Per serving

239 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 5g, salt 0.82 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2007.

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  • 08 January 2008

    Siobhan rated and commented on this recipe

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    I served this up for friends and it was clean plates all round!

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  • 01 April 2008

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  • 03 April 2008

    mabbsy rated and commented on this recipe

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    I wouldn't cook the salmon as long as the recipe suggests - I like it a little translucent in the middle. delicious.

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  • 07 October 2009

    debetha rated and commented on this recipe

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    Brilliant! have made this twice now, and my kids (6, 2 and 10 months) all love it! It is absolutely delicious and so easy. Would second decreasing the cooking time by a few minutes though. Even made it with brown miso today as have run out of pale miso.

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  • 07 October 2010

    sfgrrl rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is easy,fast and delicious! I grilled the fish in a bit of canola (rapeseed) oil.

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  • 07 October 2010

    sfgrrl commented on this recipe

    I also used swai (vietnamese catfish) instead of salmon-it worked a treat!

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  • 22 June 2011

    lemonmelon13 rated and commented on this recipe

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    Didn't have any mirin so used some rice wine vinegar & honey instead and it worked a treat. Use standard Salmon fillets that you get at Sainsbury's, not very big, so only left it in the over for 8 minutes and it came out perfect. Slightly pink in the middle with a crispy top. Served it with veg fried rice.

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  • 16 April 2013

    KasiaF commented on this recipe

    I've just served this for dinner and it went down a treat. I found 1 sachet/1 tbsp miso in the marinade was plenty though, and I added some freshly grated ginger. I served it with "broccoli and peas with sesame and honey" also from this site instead of the cucumber, which was also delicious.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 mins

Cook time

Cook 20 mins

plus marinating

Heart healthy

Ingredients

FOR THE CUCUMBER SALAD

  • half a cucumber
  • 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp vegetable oil
  • pinch caster sugar
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Per serving

239 kcalories, protein 22g, carbohydrate 9g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 1g, sugar 5g, salt 0.82 g

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