Super fast to make, it takes longer to cook the rice than this EASY Asian Salmon! The marinade only requires 5 ingredients – ginger, garlic, oyster sauce, sweet chili sauce and soy sauce. But it certainly tastes like it’s got more in it!
This is a reader-favourite recipe included by popular demand in my debut cookbook “Dinner”!
Asian Glazed Salmon
After sharing Greek Moussaka with you on Monday which requires no less than FIVE pots, pans and trays to make (worth the effort, but not an everyday meal!), I thought I’d better to a 180º and share a much faster recipe today. 😉
My friend John from He Needs Food, a stunning Sydney food and travel blog, shared a homemade Sweet Chili Sauce the other day and it prompted me to make some. Then I contemplated what to use it for that I could share with you, and this salmon popped into my mind. (Psst Don’t worry, this recipe is made with store bought sweet chili sauce, or even honey + sriracha. I realise not everyone has the time, energy or interest to make homemade sweet chili sauce!)
This is one of those recipes where I typically “eyeball it”, meaning I plonk in a dash of this and dash of that, and it always works out. With the marinade ingredients in this recipe, it’s really quite hard to go wrong. Unless you accidentally pour in half a bottle of soy sauce (!!), it’s pretty much guaranteed to taste lovely.
But today I measured everything out properly so I could write the recipe out for you. 😉 Here it is, straight out from under the grill/broiler. Doesn’t the glaze look lovely?
I only have a handful of recipes with so few ingredients in them. It’s not that I share complicated recipes, I definitely do not! I just won’t share 5 ingredient recipes for the sake of being able to say that it’s a 5 ingredient recipe. It has to taste great. That’s the rule for everything I share. Whether there is 5 or 15 ingredients!
And I have a real hang up about “flat” tasting food, meaning it is one dimensional and lacking depth. If this marinade did not have oyster sauce in it, you would taste it and just know that something was missing. To me, that is “flat” tasting food. 😉
I literally just had this for lunch today. It was a bit of an indulgent lunch, given that most people would settle for a sandwich. I should be banking Calorie Credits given that I’m leaving for Mexico this weekend, because we all know I’m going to be eating my way across the country!
I’ll just have air for dinner. 😉 – Nagi x
PS Please do not overcook the salmon, I’ll be very sad! That’s why I cook it under the grill/broiler instead of baking it. Cooks faster and you get the caramelisation. Win win!
Watch how to make it
This recipe features in my debut cookbook Dinner. The book is mostly new recipes, but this is a reader favourite included by popular demand!
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Asian Glazed Salmon
Ingredients
- 2 x 180g / 6oz salmon fillets , skinless (Note 1)
- Oil spray (olive oil, canola oil etc)
Marinade
- 1 tsp fresh ginger , finely grated
- 1 garlic clove , crushed
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tbsp sweet chili sauce (Note 2)
To Serve (optional)
- Sesame seeds
- Scallions/shallots , finely sliced
- Steamed Asian Greens
- Rice
Instructions
- Marinade salmon – Combine the Marinade ingredients in a shallow bowl. Add salmon and turn to coat. Cover and marinate for 30 minutes or up to overnight.
- Preheat grill/broiler on high. Place the rack 25 cm / 10" from the heat source.
- Glaze – Place salmon on baking tray (no oil required, no paper – it will burn). Dab glaze onto the salmon, whatever will stick. Don't pour excess glaze on, it will pool around the salmon and burn.
- Cook – Grill/broil for 7 minutes. Remove, spray the surface generously with oil. Grill/broil for another 1 to 3 minutes until the surface is caramelised at the salmon is cooked – the flesh should flake. (Internal temperature 50°C/122°F for medium rare – see Note 3) . Be careful not to overcook the salmon!
- Serve salmon sprinkled with sesame seeds, scallions/shallots with rice and steamed Asian greens on the side.
Recipe Notes:
– 1 tbsp jam (any) + 1/2 tbsp hot tap water + 1/2 tbsp sriracha or any other hot sauce or chili paste or 1/4 tsp chili flakes 3. Internal cooked temperature for salmon:
- Medium rare – pull out at 50°C/122°F which will rise to 53°C/127.4°F after resting which is medium rare. This is the optimum point of juiciness and level of doneness chefs/restaurants will cook to by default.
- Medium – pull at 60°C/140°F, will rise to 63°C/145.4°F after resting. A little more done and slightly less juicy.
Nutrition Information:
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This salmon is so so good, little cranky it took me this long to try it! Definitely adding to the meal rotation. Thanks heaps Nagi!
Absolutely amazing! Super easy to make! I will definitely be using this again, so far my favorite Asian salmon recipe!
I cooked the Asian Glazed Salmon tonight for dinner. I Used shredded Spinich @ Carrot instead of Kale. It all tasted wonderful.
Found this recipe in the new cookbook last night. Used a fresh piece of Copper river salmon directly on the grill along with asparagus. We really liked this marinade because it didn’t cover up the flavor of the salmon. So fast too!
Delicious! And so incredibly easy! My husbands absolute favorite salmon recipe!
Wow!!! This salmon was so incredibly fast to whip together and for so few ingredients it tasted and looked like a very intricate recipe. This will be my go to dish when I have company over! I didn’t have oyster sauce so I did sub that for hoisin as suggested and it was great. Best salmon I’ve ever had
Simple, quick and yet so tasty and authentic tastes of the far east. Thank you Nagi
Delicious and easy ! My new favorite ❤️
Finally gave this a try. The sauce was incredible.
My variances – i used the honey and chilli flakes substitution
Also, we got salmon with skin on (i skim read the recipe) and this might have affected our cooking times and flavour, but i found that the cooking time required was double what was specified and the salmon was slightly flavourless where the sauce wasn’t on it. I think this might have been my fault though because i’ve never used a broiler before. Still, the flavour of the glaze was so good! I’m keen to try it again.
Another winning recipe, thank you Nagi! made this for dinner tonight and the family and I thought it was absolutely delicious, definitely making this again, it was so incredibly easy too
I usually don’t use the broil setting on my stove but it worked very nicely to caramelize the glaze and the fish was not dry at all. The glaze is very good and this was a popular dinner dish.
Sensational. Little effort, exceptional result.
Love this!
We usually use your recipe for the salmon with the cream sauce – totally Delish! Now we have another great option!
This is an excellent marinade. Do you think I can use this on firm tofu?
Wow! Everyone raved about this one! And soooo easy. I love that I can marinade this and then go about my day. When it’s dinner dinner time I just pop it in the oven for 10 min…doesn’t get much easier than that! And the flavors!…so good!
Put this in the oven after returning from Nagi’s fabulous book launch event in Sydney. It was ready in minutes and tasted amazing. Thanks as always!
Hi Nagi,
Just wondering what your favourite go-to-brand of sweet chili sauce is? I would value your opinion very much, thankyou.
Made this last night … my son did a chicken version … fabulous!!!! Why am I not surprised. Every recipe that I make or share with friends is always stellar. Thanks a bunch, Nagi. You are the best!
Hi Nagi! Can you use salmon with skin on for this recipe? Thanks!