Terriyaki Salmon and Bok Choy

 

Usually, when it comes to good food and good health, we often think that we need to use a lot of ingredients and to follow time-consuming procedures to create a good recipe. I will continue to prove this assumption is false and try often to introduce dishes that are not only easy to prepare but also healthy, such as baked salmon with teriyaki sauce. This teriyaki sauce originates from Japan and is very popular in the Japanese cuisine. I suggest that the sauce should be made at home because it needs just a few ingredients. However, so many brands out there on the market sell a good teriyaki sauce to suit anyone’s taste. Teriyaki sauce can be preserved in the refrigerator and be used with so many dishes for creating wonderful meals for your loved ones, which will be very fast and healthy.

Ingredients:
Two 6 oz. salmon fillet
1 garlic clove, minced
1/2 tsp fresh ginger, minced
1/2 cup Bok Choy, cut up or left whole
Teriyaki sauce (1/4 cup homemade* or store-bought)
Other ingredients:
Green onions and cilantro
Hot cooked rice

Directions:
Combine sauce with garlic and ginger.
In a baking dish, place the vegetables and top with salmon.

 

 Pour the sauce over and bake in a preheated oven set to 350° for 10 to 12 minutes (the cooking time will vary depending upon each oven). 

*Homemade teriyaki sauce ingredients:
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup sake (Japanese cooking wine)
1/2 cup mirin (Japanese sweet cooking syrup)
1/4 cup sugar or more for your individual taste

Directions:
Put all the ingredients on a saucepan. Bring to boil and simmer until sauce reduces by one third or one quarter. Let it cool completely before storing in a glass jar.