Who can’t resist a meal that’s healthy and delicious but comforting at the same time? Well, this Teriyaki Salmon Bowl Food Feast ticks all the right boxes. Like most of our recipes, it’s quite easy to prepare and packed full of colourful goodness and flavour. The Teriyaki sauce naturally adds both a salty umaminess and a sweetness to the flavour. Minced ginger and garlic combine well to add a creamy and earthy third dimension to this delicious sauce. As the fish bakes, the Teriyaki sauce reduces sufficiently to coat the fish in a sticky caramelised glaze. Crisp flash fried vegetables served with nutty brown rice turn this dish into a bowl food feast that’s not only delicious, but is nourishing too. In fact, while this recipe calls for flash frying the vegetables, I actually add the carrots and spinach raw. It’s your preference.
Ingredients
This teriyaki baked salmon is a healthy and nutritious dish that uses only the freshest ingredients.
- Whole salmon fillet or salmon portions
- Carrots
- Fresh Spinach
- Edamame beans
- Brown Rice
- Teriyaki Sauce
- Garlic
- Ginger
- Spring Onions
- Red Chilli
- Fresh Coriander
- Sesame Seeds
Tips and Cheat Sheet hints for a succulent salmon
- I like to use a whole salmon fillet but you do need to check that it cooks evenly. After about 10 minutes of cooking, use a fork to check the thickest part of the salmon. If it begins to flake, but is still slightly translucent, it is close to being ready.
- I highly recommend a ‘julienne’ peeler for the perfectly julienned carrots.
- Brown rice takes a while to cook. Put it on early so that you are ready to serve as soon as the fish is cooked.
- Use cold water when cooking the rice.
- Buy the frozen shelled Edamame beans. It saves a lot of shelling time.
- The recipe calls for minced garlic and ginger. I use a micro planer to quickly achieve the same result.
Teriyaki Baked Salmon Bowl Food Feast
This Teriyaki Salmon Bowl Food Feast is an easy to prepare meal packed full of nutritious goodness and flavourful freshness. The earthy crunchiness of the fresh vegetables are sublimely offset by the sticky caramelisation of the umami Teriyaki glaze. It's a fresh and healthy recipe that is elevated to the level of comfort food by the nuttiness of the brown rice base.
Ingredients
- 1 Whole salmon fillet or 4-6 salmon portions
- 2-3 Carrots
- 1 bunch Fresh Spinach
- 1 bag Frozen Edamame beans
- 250ml Teriyaki Sauce
- 3 cloves Garlic
- 60g fresh Ginger
- 2 cups Brown Rice
- 4-6 Spring Onions
- 4-6 Red Chillis
- A squeeze of Lemon
- Coriander leaves for garnish
- Salt
- 3 tablespoons Toasted Sesame seeds
Instructions
Rice Preparation - Put the rice on first as takes the longest to cook.
Prepare the brown rice according to the instructions on the packet.
Generally, the recipe for brown rice is to add 1 part rice to 2 parts cold water into a pot
Add salt
Bring to boil, lower the heat and then simmer on medium for about 20-25 minutes
The rice is cooked when it still has a slight texture between the teeth
Salmon Preparation
Pre-heat the oven to 200°C
Place the salmon into a flat based dish
Grate the garlic and ginger using a micro-planer (this gives the same effect as mincing)
Mix the Teriyaki sauce, ginger and garlic together in a deepish bowl
Pour over the salmon, let it rest and marinade for about 10 minutes
Then place in the oven and bake for about 10-15 minutes
The salmon is ready when it is still a slightly translucent and flakes gently when pulled apart
Fried Spring Onion and Chill Preparation
Julienne both the chillis and the spring onion
Heat some Rice Bran oil on the stove (Rice Bran oil has a higher frying temperature - but normal oil will do as well)
When the oil is hot and sizzling, add the spring onion and chilli and fry until crispy
When crisp, remove from the oil and drain on some kitchen towel
Cover and keep warm for serving
Carrot Preparation
Julienne the carrots and blanche in hot water for a few minutes
Cover and keep warm for serving
Spinach
Blanche the spinach in a flash of lemon juice and some minced garlic
Season with some salt and pepper
You want to cook it until it begins to wilt slightly, but keeps its green lustre
Remove from the heat and keep warm before serving
Edamame Beans
Defrost the shelled Edamames
Place in a serving bowl and pour over some salted boiling water
Let them stand in the hot water for about 3-5 minutes
Drain of water, cover and keep warm ready for serving
Toasted Sesame Seeds
Heat up a flat based pan over a high heat
Add the sesame seeds, turning constantly until they start to colour and turn toasty
Teriyaki Salmon Bowl Food Assembly
Add all the prepared ingredients to the bowl - side by side - so that the colours of this comforting food shine through
Dress with a lashing of the Teriyaki marinade
Sprinkle the fried spring onion and garlic over the salmon
Sprinkle with the toasted sesames seeds
Garnish with coriander
Notes
This substantial, yet light bowl food, has all the makings of a poke bowl - except in this instance the fish is cooked. The following make up the elements of a Poke Bowl: ***It's all about the Base The base generally some kind of starch. In this case, the nutty brown rice provides a substantial base. ***Rich Protein Salmon is the rich protein of choice for this dish ***Vegetables Fresh almost cooked vegetables add crunch and make this meal healthy and nutritious ***A Sauce that sings The Teriyaki sauce creates the magic in this dish. It is added straight from the bottle with no extra seasoning besides the minced garlic and ginger. As it cooks, it coats and caramelises the salmon. Its delicious umaminess blends well with the minced ginger and garlic to create a delicious dark creamy sauce that's worth drizzling all over the dish.
