Salmon Dishes

Posted December 25th, 2008 in Food No Comments »

I love seafood! I used to eat lots of fish and other seafood everyday in Japan. We eat raw seafood: the seafood in Japan is so fresh and tasty that no need to be cooked. Here in Perth, on the other hand, I can’t get fresh seafood easily 🙁 I wouldn’t eat the white fish uncooked which I purchased from local supermarket. Feels dangerous to eat them raw.

However, I like salmon here. I think the quality is ok, and sometimes you can get sashimi-grade salmon from fish markets. Fish is good for your brain and health so I try to eat as much as I can 🙂

How we eat salmon in Japan, except for raw dish such as carpaccio and sashimi, is usually grilled or braised in a pan. In Japanese cuisine we grill the salmon with just a sprinkle of salt, or sometimes marinade the salmon in preserved-malted- rice( Kouji–zuke) and grill them. We usually cook till well-done. You can also marinade in miso paste or soy sauce based marinade.

Marinade salmon in miso paste mixture (1 tbs miso paste, 1tbs sake (Japanese wine) and 1tsp sugar) for more than 30 min before grilling.

Marinade salmon in soy sauce mixture (2 tbs soy sauce, 1 tbs sake, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp grated ginger) for 30 min, then pan fry or grill in the oven. Boil the sauce down till half its volume and pour over the salmon.