Miso Butter Salmon

Equipment

  • oven
  • meat thermometer
  • stove
  • small pot
  • bowl

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp miso paste
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 1½ tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp butter
  • salmon fillet

Steps

  1. Put all ingredients except salmon in the pot and cook on medium / low to reduce. Let cool a bit.
  2. Make sure salmon is bone free and cut into fillets
  3. Pour the salmon and the marinade in a bowl and let it sit for at least 2 hours in the fridge. Make sure to cover all pieces
  4. Preheat oven to 375
  5. Cook salmon in the oven for ~15 minutes and check on it. Your goal is to have the internal temperature of the salmon to 145F
  6. Take it out of the oven when it is 145F internal. While cooling, pour a generous amount of lemon juice over it. Enjoy!