Here is a quick and easy recipe that I’ve been using for sake nanban-yaki, or pan-broiled salmon. It tastes great, it doesn’t take much effort, and all of the ingredients are common. If you’re looking to get into cooking at home and making healthier dishes, I think this is a great place to start (especially compared to some of the family dinner recipes which are quite involved and expensive).
Pan-broiled salmon
Yield: 4 servings
4 salmon fillets, about .5 lb each and 3/4 inch thick
oil
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp rice vinegar
2 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp soy sauce
1 cup chopped green onion
* About 45 min before cooking, salt both sides of fish and let it sit at room temperature
* In a large frying pan, heat the oil and fry both sides of the salmon at high heat for 2 min
* Discard the oil, then add the butter. Coat the fish with butter, then remove fish from the pan onto serving plates.
* Add rice vinegar, mirin, and soy sauce to the butter and glaze in the pan. Stir over high heat for 1 min. Add green onion until well mixed
* Spoon the green onion sauce over each fish and serve. Garnish with lemon if desired.