If you follow my blog, you know by now that I am very comfortable cooking Japanese food, Korean food, and Chinese food. I like the simplicity that some dishes offer such as:
- Using leftover rice to make a quick egg fried rice or a kimchi fried rice.
- Making a quick chicken and vegetable stir fry, or flash frying bok choy with some garlic sauce.
- Making a quick stock for a tasty bowl of ramen or udon noodles.
The options are endless! And the best part is, once you know how to use some of their most common sauces, seasoning a piece of fish or chicken will become a quick and easy task.
This black bean glazed salmon recipe is a good example. I kept it simple and the result was delicious! Something amazing happened to the salmon once it was brushed and cooked with black bean sauce – its texture and flavor completely changed. Both Ben and I did a double take and taste as it literally felt like were at Morimoto’s eating an expensive piece of cod!
Fatty and moist with deep savory notes, lifted by the crunch of fresh ginger with a sharp vinegar finish, this is one piece of fish I guarantee you will be drooling over.
For the vegetables, cooking with French beans is one of many options. You can easily substitute them for bok choy, Chinese green beans, water spinach or even celery.
You can serve this glazed salmon with plain white rice or with my personal favorite: Japanese fried rice (yakimeshi). Keep side dishes mild as the flavors of the fish are very assertive!
What To Serve With Salmon With Black Bean Glaze
White rice, brown rice, stir fried noodles, and so much more! I could keep going forever because pretty much anything works well with this flavor combination. My suggestion is to stick to Japanese and Chinese flavors, and pick one starch and one vegetable side to complete the meal.
Some of my favorites are: Japanese coleslaw, green salad with Japanese carrot ginger dressing, Japanese potato salad, roasted broccoli with umami sauce, nasu dengaku, furikake fries, blistered shishito peppers, shrimp chow mein, fried noodles with soy sauce, shrimp fried rice.
Other Salmon Recipes You Might Like To Try
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Black Bean Glazed Salmon
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Total Time: 19 minutes
- Yield: 2 1x
- Category: Seafood
- Method: Marinating
- Cuisine: Chinese
- Diet: Low Calorie
Description
Moist and tender salmon steaks infused with a black bean glaze.
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound salmon fillet, sliced in half, deboned and skin removed
- 2 cups green beans, ends trimmed and sliced in half
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
Marinade
- 2 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
- 1 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon white miso paste
Black Bean Glaze
- 1 1/2 tablespoon rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoon black bean sauce
- 1 teaspoon ginger, peeled and finely chopped
Instructions
- Make the marinade: In a mixing bowl, add dark soy and miso paste and stir well until miso has dissolved. Add light soy and honey and mix well.
- Marinate the fish: Put salmon steaks and marinade in a ziploc bag. Mix well and push all the air out of the bag as you seal it. Marinate for at least 30 minutes (up to 2 hours).
- Blanch the green beans: Bring a small pot of salted water to a boil. Add green beans and blanch for 3 minutes. Drain and shock in cold water. Drain again and set aside.
- Make the black bean glaze: Mix all the ingredients for the glaze and set aside.
- Cook the fish: In a medium size pan over medium heat, add the oil, green beans, and salmon fillet. Cover and cook for 3 minutes. Flip the fish over, cover and cook for another 3 minutes.
- Serve: Turn the heat off and transfer the fish and green beans to a plate. Pour the sauce over the dish and serve.
Notes
Save the leftover salmon and green beans in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 316
- Sugar: 16.5g
- Sodium: 1000.4mg
- Fat: 12.9g
- Saturated Fat: 6.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 1.5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 23.4g
- Fiber: 3.4g
- Protein: 30.1g
- Cholesterol: 57.9mg
