Salmon Teriyaki Recipe

Want an easy Japanese dinner and don't want to eat out, make this Salmon Teriyaki Bento Box. Add salmon teriyaki, salad, rice and more.

Course Dinner

Cuisine Japanese

Keyword Bento Box, Cheap Dinner, Japanese dinner, Salmon, Salmon Teriyaki

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 18

Total Time 33

Servings servings

Calories 701kcal

Author Janine Waite

In your kitchen sink, scale the fish by running a knife along the salmon skin. Make sure to run the blade against the grain of the fish scales to remove the scales.
Salt and pepper fish to taste. I add the Costco garlic granules to the fish. You can use that or garlic powder if you like.
Heat a pan on medium heat. Once the skillet is hot, sprinkle cooking oil on the pan. Place fish in the pan, skin side down.
You can tell how the salmon is cooking by watching the sides of the steak. The cooked meat turns a pale pink. When the fish cooks, about 3/4 up the side of the salmon, flip the fish. The skin side will be facing up at you.
Cook the salmon for another 3-4 minutes. You can poke the meat with a knife to check if it's cooked.

Place sugar, soy sauce, Mirin, and Hoisin sauce in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil on medium to low heat.
In a small bowl mix cornstarch and water and add to the soy sauce mixture. Mix thoroughly.
Turn down the heat to low. Stir the sauce constantly for 9 minutes. Remove from heat when the sauce begins to thicken.
Set sauce aside and allow it to cool.
Place salmon in the bento box and then drizzle the sauce over the salmon.