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Teriyaki Salmon Bowl- Skip the bottled teriyaki sauce you can make your own in less than 5 min. and it’s SO much tastier! This quick and easy healthy meal is perfect for weeknights or anytime.
No need for teriyaki take-out this Teriyaki Salmon Bowl is so simple to put together. Heart healthy salmon (or sub chicken) gets smothered in homemade teriyaki sauce and is served over jasmine rice with sautéed spinach, carrots, avocado slices and edamame. A few strips of nori and a sprinkle of sesame seeds give it that extra punch of Asian flavor.
The beauty of this Teriyaki Salmon Bowl is that it is completely customizable. The baked salmon with homemade teriyaki sauce is the star of the show but you can choose how to showcase it. Swap the spinach/carrots/edamame for any of your favorite veggies (or use frozen stir fry veggies) . You could even serve over cauliflower rice or zucchini noodles to keep things lower in calories and carbs.
Making the teriyaki sauce is a really, really easy! It's a combination of soy sauce (reduced sodium) , mirin (a type of rice vinegar) sake, and honey. I found all the ingredients at my local supermarket (but we do have a really good Asian section) so if you are not able to find mirin you could substitute dry sherry. I'm betting once you try making your own teriyaki sauce you'll never want to go back to the bottled stuff again! yes, it's really that good!
Once you've made the teriyaki sauce you'll brush the tops of the salmon fillets and bake them in the oven for about 12-15 min. I think the honey in the teriyaki sauce helps to keep the salmon super moist and makes for the most delicious melt-in-you-mouth tasty salmon.
The Teriyaki Salmon bowl gets an extra punch of Asian flavor from the strips of Nori. Nori (edible seaweed- sushi is usually wrapped in Nori) come in small sheets (in the Asian section of the grocery store). You'll cut up a sheet into very small strips and top the bowl with as many as you'd like. As an alternative, if you like roasted seaweed snacks ( I get mine at Whole Foods but they are available many places) you could also cut a sheet and use that instead.
Bonus...the teriyaki sauce only has a small amount of sake, so you'll have some left to sip while you enjoy yourTeriyaki Salmon Bowl!
Love Salmon? Here are a few other recipes you might like:
- Pecan Crusted Oven Baked Salmon (Sheet pan Dinner)- This is one of my favs! Salmon filets are topped with pecans, dill and a bit of melted butter and roasted in the oven. (SO GOOD!)
- Honey Baked Salmon- There is just something magical about Salmon + Honey! It’s like the honey perfectly engulfs the salmon and locks in all the flavor and juiciness.
- Pistachio Crusted Salmon-salmon is topped with a sweet and spicy honey mustard sauce and finished off with a crunchy topping of panko and chopped pistachios.
Teriyaki Salmon Bowl
Susan Randall
Teriyaki Salmon Bowl is so simple to put together. Heart healthy salmon (or sub chicken) gets smothered in homemade teriyaki sauce and is served over jasmine rice with sautéed spinach, carrots, avocado slices and edamame. A few strips of nori and a sprinkle of sesame seeds give it that extra punch of Asian flavor.
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Prep Time 10 minutes mins
Cook Time 20 minutes mins
Total Time 30 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 2 bowls
Calories 491 kcal
Ingredients
For the Salmon
- 2 salmon fillets approx. 4-6 oz. each preferably wild Alaskan king salmon
For the Teriyaki Sauce
- 2 tablespoon soy sauce reduced sodium
- 2 tablespoon mirin sweet cooking rice vinegar found in the Asian section of the supermarket (or dry sherry)
- 2 tablespoon sake or sherry
- 1 ½ teaspoon honey
- 1 ½ teaspoon water
- 1 teaspoon cornstarch
For the bowl
- 1 cups cooked rice white or brown Jasmine
- 2 cups fresh spinach (or 1 cup frozen, thawed)
- ½ avocado sliced
- ¼ cup edamame shelled (fresh or frozen(thawed))
- 1 carrot grated
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds white or black
- 1 sheet Nori or roasted seaweed snack cut into thin slices about 1 inch long and ⅛ inch wide.
- 1 green onion sliced (white and green parts)
Instructions
Preheat oven to 400F. Prepare a baking sheet with aluminum foil or parchment paper and set aside.
In a small pan over medium heat combine soy sauce, mirin, sake and honey. While mixture is heating, whisk together in a separate small bowl cornstarch and water. Add cornstarch mixture to soy sauce mixture and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and continue to stir frequently until teriyaki reaches desired thickness (about 2-3 min.)
Place salmon fillets (skin side down) on prepared baking sheet, brush ( or spoon) with teriyaki sauce . Reserving any unused teriyaki sauce to drizzle over finished bowl. Place salmon in oven and cook for approx. 12- 15 min. until pink . The salmon will continue to cook for a few minutes once removed from the oven so take this into account when cooking. Allow to cool for a few minutes . Remove and discard the skin.
While salmon is cooking, heat a large skillet over medium heat. Drizzle a small amount of olive oil (or water) and cook spinach until it wilts (approx. 2-3 min.) season with salt and pepper to taste.
To assemble bowls, heat up cooked rice and divide between bowls. Top with salmon, spinach, carrot, edamame, avocado, sesame seeds, green onions and Nori strips. Drizzle any remaining teriyaki sauce over bowl if desired.
Notes
* Nutritional Info- is for 1 bowl (5 oz. salmon fillet) w/o teriyaki
** Nutritional Info for Teriyaki ( I'm including separately so you can use an amount appropriate for your sodium/sugar requirements) Total recipe(not per serving) = Calories 160.9 / Sodium 1331 mg / Carbs 26.1 g / Sugar 21.6 g / Protein 2.2 g
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingCalories: 491kcalCarbohydrates: 28.3gProtein: 35.4gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 2.4gCholesterol: 78.3mgSodium: 136.2mgFiber: 5.5gSugar: 1.49g
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Elissa Doolan
I've been using this recipe for over a year now, we love it. Our family all gobble it up without a fight. I use the teriyaki sauce for chicken as an alternative sometimes, serve it with different or more greens and always serve it with a half soft boiled egg. Thankyou for sharing this winning dish!
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susan sullivan
We love this recipe! It is health and is so delicious! We eat it once a week. Thank you so much for the great recipe. We can't thank you enough. I make it exactly as you suggested.
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Susan
Thanks Susan! I'm glad this has made you're meal rotation list! and thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate hearing from you.
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Jo Gottschalk
Just made this, including homemade teriyaki sauce,which was indeed quite eady to make & surprisingly good. Even my kids loved this dish. Will definately repeat
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Susan
Thanks Jo I'm glad you enjoyed!
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Jane Arlow
Delicious and so easy!
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Susan
I'm glad you enjoyed! and thanks for taking the time to give some feedback! 🙂
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Allie | In This Kitchen
I recently also made teriyaki sauce on my own for the first time and couldn't believe how easy it was! Super delicious too. And these look gorgeous - teriyaki salmon is one of my all-time favorite foods. Beautiful photos.
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Bethany @ athletic avocado
HELLO BEAUTIFUL BOWL OF GOODNESS! This bowl is legit perfection! I LOVE teriyaki salmon, and the fact that I can make it myself screams happiness!
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