Sambal Salmon...Spicy
 
 
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Serves: 4
Ingredients
  • 1 pound salmon filet (skin on or off whatever you prefer) cut into 4 pieces
  • ¼ cup light brown sugar
  • ¼ cup mirin
  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 1 tablespoon sambal oelek (chili paste) use more or less depending on your taste
  • 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  • 2 sliced green onions
  • hot rice, for serving
Instructions
  1. In a shallow dish that will hold the salmon, mix together the sugar, mirin, soy and sambal. Place the salmon in the marinade and coat both sides. Let it marinate skin side down for a couple minutes and skin side up for another couple minutes. It won't take long, don't leave the fish in the marinade for more than an hour. If you need to do other things for about 20 mins or so, that is fine.
  2. Heat a pan (non-stick) on medium- high heat and get it very hot. Once hot, place the salmon down skin side up (keep the marinade) and cook for 3 minutes or until color develops. Then turn the salmon over, add the marinade to the pan, and cook an additional 3-4 minutes. This will yield a well done salmon, if you prefer yours to be a bit under-cooked, cook 1 minute less on both sides (I like it done unless I am eating sushi). Remove the salmon to the plate you are serving it on. Turn the heat off add the rice vinegar to the pan. Spoon the pan sauce over the salmon, sprinkle with green onions and serve with rice.
Notes
Adapted from Nigella Lawson's Express
Recipe by Cooks and Kid at https://cooksandkid.com/sambal-salmon-spicy/