Ingredients
Quantities for 4 portions
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Method
- Cook the Japanese short-grain rice. Mix soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar.
- Pat the salmon fillets dry. Heat vegetable oil and sear skin side down, then turn until just cooked through.
- Spoon the glaze over the salmon until glossy.
- Slice cucumber and spring onion. Toast the nori and sesame seeds.
- Bowl the rice, flake or slice the salmon on top, and finish with cucumber, nori, sesame seeds and spring onion.
Shopping tip
Lombos de salmao, pepino and nori are supermarket-reachable. Mirin and molho de soja sit in the world-food aisle. Folhas de nori toast over a flame or in a dry pan. Do not buy sushi-grade raw salmon for this seed.
Where it fits in your week
Quick enough for a weeknight.
At the portions as written, there is enough for a second meal.
Based on the cook time and portions the recipe states.
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Times, portions and protein per portion are the recipe author's estimates, not laboratory measurements.