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April 24, 2019 (last updated September 21, 2021)

Salmon with Miso-Honey Sauce

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This salmon with miso-honey sauce could not be more simple and easy to make but still tastes like you worked hard. Why? Your tongue senses sweet, sour, salty and bitter. When a dish hits several of theses flavors, it tastes great. This honey-miso sauce is bursting with flavor, has just a few ingredients and requires only a bowl and a whisk to prepare.

Check out more of my super quick and easy seafood recipes including my chili lime shrimp and salmon with cilantro lemon pesto.

grilled salmon with miso-honey sauce on square white plate with cucumber and red pepper garnish

Is Miso Gluten-Free?

Be sure that you read the label when you buy miso and look for one that is labeled gluten-free for assurance. Many contain gluten, usually in the form of barley. “Mugi” miso is fermented with barley so it is never gluten-free. Miso comes in white, yellow and red forms. The white is the most mild flavored and the red has a very strong fermented flavor. Hikari White Miso and Hikari Red Miso are both certified gluten-free and organic. This Eden Genmai Miso is also gluten-free and organic.

Ingredients

  • 4, 8 ounce salmon filets
  • 3 Tbsp gluten-free red miso – Read the label, not all miso is gluten-free
  • 3 Tbsp honey
  • 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp warm water
  • salt

Make the miso-honey sauce

In a mixing bowl, whisk the miso, honey, rice vinegar and warm water until it is smooth. It should be a pourable consistency. If not, add a teaspoon or two of water and rice vinegar to thin it.

Taste. Depending on the saltiness of your miso, you may want to add salt. Some misos, especially red miso, can be quite salty. If you feel like the sauce needs salt, add a couple of pinches at a time and taste until the sweet and sour flavors really come through.

How to Cook Salmon

Rub the flesh side of each piece of salmon with 1 tsp of the sauce and let sit for 10 minutes. Seafood absorbs flavors very quickly, so more than 15 minutes is not necessary.

Stove-top cooking:

Put a large skillet over a high flame and let it get good and hot. Pat the salmon dry with the paper towel.

Coat the skillet with just a tad of vegetable oil. Place the salmon in the pan skin-side down. Sprinkle some kosher salt on the salmon. Cook for about 4 minutes per side if you like your salmon on the more rare side. I like mine cooked through and it took about 11 minutes total. Depending on the thickness of your salmon, cooking times will vary.

Cook on a gas grill:

Turn the grill to high and allow it to heat up for 5-10 minutes or until the temperature gauge reads 400. Use a rag to rub some sunflower oil (or other high-heat oil) on the grate.

Place the salmon on the grill skin side down, turn the heat to medium-low and cook for 4 minutes. Brush the top with a little oil and flip. Cook about 2-3 minutes for rare or 5-7 minutes for cooked through. Cooking time will depend on the thickness of the salmon.

Immediately drizzle the cooked salmon with the miso-honey sauce and serve.

grilled salmon with miso sauce on square white plate with cucumber and red pepper garnish

Salmon with Miso-Honey Sauce

Author: Janet Harlow
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Asian
Servings: 4 servings
This salmon dish with a four-ingredient miso-honey sauce is quick and easy but still bursting with flavor!
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Prep Time 5 mins
Cook Time 10 mins
Total Time 15 mins

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  • Hikari Red Miso

Ingredients
  

  • 4, 8- ounce salmon filets
  • 3 Tbsp gluten-free red miso – Read the label not all miso is gluten-free
  • 3 Tbsp honey
  • 3 Tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 Tbsp warm water
  • salt

Instructions
 

  • Make the miso-honey sauce
  • In a mixing bowl, whisk the miso, honey, rice vinegar and warm water until it is smooth. It should be a pourable consistency. If not, add a teaspoon or two of water and rice vinegar to thin it.
  • Taste. Depending on the saltiness of your miso, you may want to add salt. Some misos, especially red miso, can be quite salty. If you feel like the sauce needs salt, add a couple of pinches at a time and taste until the sweet and sour flavors really come through.
  • Rub the flesh side of each piece of salmon with 1 tsp of the sauce and let sit for 5 minutes. Seafood absorbs flavors very quickly, so more than 5 minutes is not necessary.
  • Salmon Cooking option #1 – Stove-top
  • Put a large skillet over a high flame and let it get good and hot.Β Pat the salmon dry with the paper towel.
  • Coat the skillet with just a tad of vegetable oil. Place the salmon in the pan skin-side down. Sprinkle some kosher salt on the salmon.
  • Cook for about 4 minutes per side if you like your salmon on the more rare side. I like mine cooked through and it took about 11 minutes total. Depending on the thickness of your salmon, cooking times will vary.
  • Immediately drizzle with the miso-honey sauce.
  • Salmon Cooking option #2 – Grill
  • Turn the grill to high and allow it to heat up for 5-10 minutes or until the temperature gauge reads 400.
  • Use a rag to rub some sunflower oil (or other high-heat oil) on the grate.
  • Place the salmon on the grill skin side down, turn the heat to medium-low and cook for 4 minutes.
  • Brush the top with a little oil and flip. Cook about 2-3 minutes for rare or 5-7 minutes for cooked through. Cooking time will depend on the thickness of the salmon.
  • Immediately drizzle with the miso-honey sauce.
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