Finally a soy salmon recipe that's not sweet! This recipe is so easy and all you need are five ingredients: ginger, garlic, soy sauce, salmon and oil. Serve with veggies, a salad, or on a bed of rice. You will love it.
1 - 1.5lbfresh salmon, cut into even sized fillets with skin oncan also use defrosted salmon
1tspgrated garlicor finely minced
1 tspgrated ginger or finely minced
1/4cupsoy sauceregular sodium, but you can sub low sodium
2tspolive oilcan sub another kind of oil
Scallions or cilantrofor topping, optional
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl that is big enough to fit the salmon fillets, whisk together the ginger, garlic and 3 tbsp of soy sauce. Reserve the other tbsp of soy sauce in a bowl and set it aside.
Add the salmon into the bowl and cover them fully in the soy sauce mixture. Place them skin side up so the meat is facing down into the soy sauce. Let the salmon fillets marinate for 15-30 minutes.
Place the salmon into an oven-safe skillet and pour any extra marinade on top. In a bowl (you can use the same bowl that you made the marinade in) mix together 1 tbsp of soy sauce + 1 tbsp of olive oil. Spoon this mixture on top of the salmon, making sure to fully coat the top.
Broil on the second highest rack of the oven for 10-15 minutes, until the salmon is at least 145 degrees internally. If you don't have a meat thermometer, just make sure the salmon is not fully opaque and not translucent, unless you like it a little rare on the inside.NOTE: My oven has an electric broiler so it's not super strong. If yours is gas, you may want to move the rack down one row for 10 minutes and then move it closer to the flame for 5 minutes at the end to achieve a golden brown top. Use your intuition! I wish there was a set way of instructing you how to do this, but every broiler and oven is different so trust yourself more than me in how you think this will work with your own oven. You can also just sear the salmon in a pan on the stove if you're nervous about using your broiler and burning it! Trust yoself!!!
When the salmon is done, transfer it to a plate. Feel free to add one more splash of soy sauce, or another sauce of your choice on top. (Many people like to mix honey and soy sauce to create a sweeter teriyaki-like sauce, and that's also a good option here. It is too sweet for my liking, but wanted to throw that out there.)
Top with fresh scallions, cilantro or sesame seeds.
Notes
If using an air-fryer, cook the salmon at 400 degrees for 7-10 minutes.