Easy Teriyaki Salmon

This Salmon is covered in a thick, dark, sweet and salty homemade finger licking teriyaki sauce with a slight kick from the red pepper flakes and sure to be a family favorite. Using basic ingredients to make this luscious glaze for salmon, you will never go back to boring store-bought teriyaki sauce!! Ever Again!!

Directions

In a non-stick saucepan over medium high heat, add all the sauce ingredients and bring to boil. Cook for 2 minutes stirring constantly and transfer into a heat proof bowl. Set aside.
Season both sides of each salmon fillet with salt and pepper. In a sauté pan over medium high heat, put the salmon fillets top side down first and cook for 4-5 minutes. Then flip and cook for another 4-5 minutes.
Pour the teriyaki sauce over the fillets. Cook for 1 minute.
Serve hot over rice or lettuce along with steamed broccoli. Drizzle the remaining sauce from the pan on the salmon.
Garnish with sesame seeds and green onions. Serve warm, Enjoy!!

*Notes
The sauce keeps well covered in an airtight container in the refrigerator for a week.
I added chili flakes because I like a tiny bit of heat in my teriyaki sauce. Feel free to skip it if you are not a big fan of spice. But I personally think it was just the right amount of spice in this sauce and not too overpowering.
Orange juice was a last-minute addition because I thought the sauce just needed something to brighten it up a little. If you don’t have fresh oranges, you can skip it or substitute with a little pineapple juice.

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Ingredients

Teriyaki Sauce

1/4 cup dark brown sugar

1/2 cup soy sauce

1/2 tsp sesame oil

1 tsp red chili flakes*

1 tsp minced crushed garlic

1 tsp minced crushed ginger

2 tsp white vinegar or rice vinegar

1 tbsp honey

1/4 cup water

1 1/2 tsp cornstarch

1/4 cup fresh orange juice, optional*

For Salmon

1 tablespoon oil

4 salmon fillet, 6 oz each

Salt and black pepper, for seasoning

For Serving

2 crowns broccoli, steamed for 5 min

1 cup rice, soaked and cooked

1 tbsp Sesame seeds, for garnish optional

2 tbsp green onions, chopped for garnish optional