Shiozake Japanese salted salmon 塩鮭

Shiozake is Japanese salted salmon. It is usually served as main dish for breakfast with other side dishes such as egg rolls. Also it is popular for Obento.

📝 Ingredients

• 300g/10oz salmon fillets
• 15 g salt (5% of salmon weight)
• 1 tbs sake

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Pat dry the salmon fillets with kitchen paper towel.
2. 2Pour and sprinkle sake over salmon fillets.
3. 3Sprinkle salt on both sides of salmon fillets.
4. 4Wrap the salmon fillets with kitchen paper towel and cling wrap over.
5. 5Refrigerate the fillets over night or at least 7-8 hours.
6. 6Grill for 7-8 minutes in the oven at 180 degrees celsius.
7. 7Serve with plain steamed rice.