Salmon Shioyaki

7 ingredients
6 steps

Ingredients

  • 4 sockeye salmon fillets (each 5 to 6 oz., 1/2 to 1 in. thick), with skin
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons fine sea salt
  • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
  • Hot cooked sushi rice such as Nishiki or other short- to medium-grain rice
  • 4 sheets nori (about 8 in. square), each cut into 6 pieces
  • Lemon wedges
  • Furikake* (Japanese rice seasoning)

Directions

  1. 1
    Set salmon on a cooling rack in a rimmed pan, sprinkle fillets all over with sea salt, and chill uncovered at least 2 hours and as long as 5 hours.
  2. 2
    Heat grill to medium-high (about 450°). Fold a 12- by 20-in. sheet of heavy-duty foil in half crosswise. With a knife tip, poke dime-size holes through foil about 2 in. apart. Oil one side of foil. Rub fish all over with oil.
  3. 3
    Set foil with oiled side up on cooking grate. Set fillets slightly separated, skin side down, on foil. Grill, covered, until fish is barely cooked through, 7 to 12 minutes. With a wide spatula, slide fish from skin to a platter and tent with foil. Cook skin on foil until crisp, 2 to 3 more minutes. Remove foil from grill, then gently peel off skin, using fingers or a wide spatula (skin may break into pieces).
  4. 4
    Serve salmon immediately with crispy skin, rice, nori, lemon, and furikake.
  5. 5
    *A salty-sweet shake-on condiment, sold at Asian foods stores and at asianfoodgrocer.com.
  6. 6
    Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.

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