Today I am celebrating my friend, Jaden, on her brand new cookbook, Healthy Asian Favorites!
If you guys can remember, last year about this time I flew to Florida with my friends Todd & Diane to help Jaden shoot all the photographs for this cookbook!! I can’t believe it’s finally out and it’s really neat to think I played just the tiniest of roles in the final product. It’s really a cool feeling to see it come to life as the beautiful book it is now! And the recipes? Oh my gosh. You guys, they are all so good. And easy. And healthy. You’re just going to love it.
Today I’m sharing one of my favorite recipes from the book, Salmon Honey Teriyaki. I love this recipe because of how easy it is! Just a couple simple ingredients is all you need for this fabulous weeknight meal.
Honey, mirin {Japanese rice wine}, soy sauce and sake all are you need to make this delicious honey teriyaki marinade.
A few months ago, Jaden sent me some of her special rice bran oil to play around in the kitchen with and ever since then I’ve been hooked. It’s great for high heat frying or sauteing because it has a very high smoke point and totally neutral taste. I used that to cook the salmon in today and it worked great.
Oh salmon, how I love thee.
I’m convinced I could eat this fish every day for the rest of my life and be completely happy. It’s delicious and oh-so-good for us.
After letting my salmon marinate for a couple hours while I finished work, I threw it on my sizzling skillet. I also made some brown rice and the Bok Choy with Garlic and Ginger recipe in the book to go with the salmon. It was a really good decision and made for a superb dinner!
I hope you guys enjoy this recipe straight out of Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites! It’s going to become a staple in this house, for sure.
Salmon Honey Teriyaki
serves 4 {Adam and I ate the entire thing ourselves!}
from Steamy Kitchen’s Healthy Asian Favorites
Ingredients:
1 lb fresh salmon fillet
3 tbsp soy sauce
3 tbsp mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)
3 tbsp sake
2 tbsp honey
2 tsp cooking oil
Directions:
Combine the soy sauce, mirin, honey, and sake in a resealable plastic bag. Add the salmon and mix well to coat. Place in the fridge to let marinate for 1 hour or up to 8 hours.
After salmon has marinated, remove from fridge and bag, reserving the marinade. Heat the cooking oil in a large skillet or frying pan over medium heat. When hot, add the salmon and sear for about 2 minutes per side. Turn the heat to low and add the remaining marinade. Cover and cook for 4-5 minutes, until cooked through.
Time:
active time — 15 minutes
total time — ~3 hours
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I love Asian-inspired salmon recipes and this one looks like it would be delectable! How fun is it knowing that you were able to help your friends create this cookbook?? Can’t wait to see it in stores!
I am with you on eating fish daily! I gre up in FLorida, and there were many days I realized I had seafood for all three meals!
I am a stong proponant of honoring the fish. Any fish recipe with an ingredient list that short is promising!!
Salmon is amazingly delicious. Love this prep idea. I’ve used a maple glaze, but not honey. I like it!
This combines two of my favourite things (salmon and Asian food) and I’m practically drooling! Great photos, Jenna! This book will most definitely be on my next Amazon order!
I remember your trip to Fla to help Todd, Diane, and Jaden with the shoot like it was yesterday. Time flies and the book is beautiful. And honey + teriyaki sounds beautiful too!
Salmon and honey are a perfect combination. Gotta try this asap!
I really need this cookbook. My family loves salmon. This looks great
Salmon is always a good choice!
Using photos from the original photo shoot for this post is an even better idea (if you did)!
Teriyaki salmon is one of my favourite ways to eat fish, I am going to have to try this recipe!
This looks phenomenal! I think I’m going to need to add this cookbook to my collection. I always feel like I struggle making healthy asian food besides stir fry.
These pictures are gorgeous, and that cookbook looks awesome!
LOVE Salmon! That’s a beautiful cut of Salmon. This looks great!
I love Asian marinades, they are so full of flavor! I have made something similar before and it was delicious!
This is totally off topic, but I’m kind of going to miss single-girl Jenna. Probably because I am a single girl too and don’t like change.
But of course I am so very happy for you and Adam! I am just being nostalgic.
Sounds like a great cookbook and a great recipe. I have Jaden’s first cookbook and love it
this looks so easy, quick, and delicious – always a good combo!
Yum
That looks sooooooooo yummy. Haven’t had salmon in awhile, I miss it!
I’ll have to check out her cookbook, sounds good!
This looks delicious. Every now and then I want to do something different with salmon… this is perfect!
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I was totally going to make this too… glad to know that you did and its awesome!!! Beautiful pictures!
this is one of my favorite dishes, and i’ve been looking for a recipe to call my own. also, does anyone else feel like winter is making them crave omega-3s? every. single. seafood recipe i’ve seen has made me drool, and i figure that has to be a nutritional deficiency haha.
This looks delicious. And I love simple recipes. I will definitely be making this, and realistically, also be buying the cookbook.
Wow, that is so awesome that you helped with the production of this beautiful cookbook! I admire anyone that can photograph food, and you do such an incredible job. I interned for a cookbook author over the summer and assisted her cookbook photo shoot in upstate NY. It was easily the best and most rewarding work week of my life! I learned how to style and shoot and prepare things in such a way that they would really shine and tempt in photographs.
I am so excited to try this recipe! I wrote in a Facebook comment that I just recently (3 days ago!) started adding fish to my vegetarian diet. Yummy!:)
-L
how did you know that I was craving salmon? this looks amazing!
Great recipe and so simple!!! This salmon is perfectly browned, looks so delicious. I’ll definitely make it for dinner.
Sounds divine! I’m making this tonight!!! What cooking oil did you use?
I used the rice bran oil that I talked about in the post but you could use whatever you wanted!
Thank you! I must have missed that as I read the post. I see it on the 2nd read, sorry!
I will get some and try it! I had another question – I was wondering if you remove the skin off the salmon before marinating and cooking? I never know what to do with the skin – if you are suppose to remove or leave it on? Some say if you leave it on, it tastes or smells more fishy (even using the best salmon like from Whole Foods, etc) … please advise on this. So excited to make this recipe – have been needing some GOOD salmon recipes and this is just PERFECT!
I do not remove the skin before marinating – I remove it right before we eat it! It comes off much easier that way
Thank you for the great tip! I removed it before serving and it peeled off like buttah! The salmon was delicious – I think it would be nice with some grated ginger root in the marinate too … the flavors were good, but I needed a little more POP of flavor and I think the ginger might do that, I will try that next time, but hubby loved it too – this recipe will be a regular in our house!
Oh, another question – do you remove the skin before you marinate and cook the salmon? I never know what to do – my husband says you take it off otherwise it tastes and smells fishy? (even using the best salmon from Whole Foods)… I see recipes with it on. Making tonight, so please advise! Thank you so much!
Honey Teriyaki may replace my favorite salmon, Maple Honey Mustard.
Maple Honey Mustard? That sounds YUMMY! Would love that recipe.
This is such a yummy looking and sounding recipe! I ADORE salmon so much – it’s so tasty!
Oh yum I’m going to add this to my salmon file, since I’m a faahreek about it.
Yum! Jaden’s book sounds awesome. And how cool that you got to be a part of it!
Salmon is soooo, so good. I can only imagine what this sauce does to it. Thanks for sharing, Jenna!
How fish/seafood heavy is this cookbook, does anyone know? I like the idea of the cookbook but don’t eat much fish or seafood so I don’t know if it would be a good book for me…maybe a friend? Haha
deeeelicious! Can’t get enough salmon recipes.
Salmon marinated in a honey teriyaki sauce is one of my favorite ways to eat it. I’ll have to go out and buy a copy of Jadens new cook book!
This looks so tasty!!
Love this! My mom and I always make it this way without the marinade…guess ill try that next time
I’d love to see a post where you play iron chef/chopped and have Adam or someone put together a basket of random and (rather scary) ingredients. I’m sure he’d love to film that :p
ok, I’m sorry, but i just can’t eat fish. I’ve tried and tried but can’t do it.
HOWEVER, I READ YOUR BOOK!!! OMG, i picked it up and read it in less than day. Wonderful story and you did such a great job! I kinda felt like I “knew” you before reading it, so every chapter I’d sorta guess what was coming next. It was great and I’m copying the recipes so I don’t mess up the pages in the book, haha.
Can I suggest recommending sustainable fish? The Monterey Bay Aquarium has a great app that indicates which fish are sustainable. For example Alaskan and British Columbia salmon is better than farmed Atlantic salmon which is associated with a lot of environmental problems.
Yum! This looks amazing! That cookbook looks like a fun one to check out!
I have a feeling that this marinade would be absolutely delicious with tofu. I will have to give it a try!
Are you planning to get rid of the “Read More” we have to click to read the whole post…? It takes forever to load.
You certainly know how to make salmon look AH-mazing!
Hi Jena! I’ve been reading your blog for a while but I haven’t commented in a while…I finally started my own blog featuring my photography, food and my oil paintings…I am hoping to get my business started as I reach out to more people …I love your blog and have tried many of your recipes! I was wondering if you could check out my blog and maybe follow? Help spread it around
It’s still missing my about page, but I am still trying to set it all up around caring for my two children and my hubby…thank you so much!
http://theartistscafeblog.com/
If you type the full address in Google using the http etc, you will get to my site
That has to be the prettiest piece of salmon I ever did see {and I love how simple it is!}… I love Jaden and all her fabulous recipes and I can’t wait to get my mitts on her book!
What a beautiful piece of salmon!! I’m loving Jadens book!
YES!
I just put a beautiful sockeye fillet on to marinate using this recipe. We like a little kick to our fish so I grated in a bit of fresh ginger but otherwise kept true to the recipe. I follow Jaden and am so pleased to hear great things about her cookbook. Thanks for sharing.
I love salmon too. My husband only so so but that just means it is extra special when we do have some. This recipe looks divine!
wow, that looks delicious. what a coincidence that i’ve been looking for a simple, tasty marinade to use on salmon and now here it is. i’m going to check out that cookbook as well. thanks!
I am certain the photos in the cookbook look amazing! This salmon has me salivating – I can’t wait to try it.
I saw a write up in our local paper about Jaden’s cookbook since I live where Jaden lives. I’m sure it’s a great cookbook, and I’ll have to look for it one of these days.
I just can’t wait to prepare this recipe, I luv luv salmon. Thanks so much
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