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Sesame seed salmon with mirin

Sesame seed salmon with mirin

Prepare: less than 30 mins
Cook: less than 10 mins
Serve: Serves 1
Dietary: Dairy-free Egg-free

A deliciously simple way to cook a salmon fillet - sweetened with rice wine and sesame then pan-fried.

By Nigel Slater

From Nigel Slater's Dish of the Day

Ingredients

1 portioned salmon fillet, skin on
4 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp groundnut oil
1 tbsp sesame oil
50g/1¾oz sesame seeds

Method

Marinate the salmon in a bowl with the mirin, groundnut and sesame oils for 30 minutes.
Fill a plate with sesame seeds and place the salmon flesh-side down to cover evenly.
Pan-fry the salmon for six minutes skin-side down and then turn for three final minutes of cooking.