Teriyaki Salmon with Udon Noodle

Teriyaki Salmon with Udon Noodle is a must-keep recipe with an authentic Japanese Teriyaki sauce. Serve the delicious salmon with Udon noodle or fluffy rice, miso soup, a fresh salad for a healthy dinner. I make this recipe so often because the teriyaki sauce always makes me have a good appetite.

Salmon provides a great source of protein and healthy Omega-3 fatty acids in our diet. The pan-grilled salmon fillets have a beautiful golden-brown colour glazed with the sweet-savory Teriyaki sauce.

What are the main ingredients?

The main ingredients are salmon, teriyaki sauce, and Udon noodles.

Salmon

Fresh salmon is the first choice for this recipe. But in most cases, “fresh” means the salmon are not in the frozen status. Since Frankfurt is nowhere near the sea, the fresh salmons I can get are those caught a few days ago and are kept on ice. Choose the salmon with shiny and moist skin. The meat should look firm without any wrinkles. And, the salmon should smell fresh, not fishy.

Opt for the fillets in diagonal cut and thinner slices. If the salmon fillet is too thick, it takes time to get inside to the desired doneness. Also, the thin-cut soaks the sauce easier and delivers a savory taste. A 3 cm thickness fillet would be perfect for this recipe.

In German supermarkets, many salmon fillets are without skin. However, I prefer using the salmon fillet with skin because the fillet won’t break up during the cooking.  The skin on salmon helps retain moisture while the fillet cooks. And, after cooking in a pan, the skin also gets crusty, which tastes delicious.

Teriyaki sauce

There are several types of Teriyaki sauce. I do not suggest the garlic-flavoured Teriyaki sauce because of the strong garlic flavour that dominates the salmon. The regular Teriyaki sauce is suitable for this recipe.

Udon noddles

Some Udon noodle packs come with ready-made seasoning, which will go waste anyway. So do not buy this type of Udon noodle. German supermarkets and the local Asian shops offer fresh-packed Udon noodles. Some Udon noodles are thinner than the others. Choose the thicker ones since the thinner ones are for Ramen soup, the Japanese noodle soup.  

How to make Teriyaki Salmon with Udon Noodle?

Marinate four salmon fillets, each about 150 grams, in 100 ml Teriyaki sauce for about 30 minutes. I also add 1 tbsp mirin, but it is optional.

Then, take the fillets out and pat dry. Do not discard the sauce. Sprinkle ½ tablespoon of all-purpose flour on one side of salmon and spread evenly. Flip over and sprinkle the rest of the flour on the other side. Gently remove the excess flour. Repeat the step for the other three salmon fillets as well.

Melt two tablespoons of butter over medium heat. Don’t burn the butter. When the butter is melted, place salmon fillets in the pan, skin down first. When the skin gets brown colour, turn around the salmon fillets. Turn around the salmon fillets until they are cooked through. The salmon should have a nice golden-brown colour, but the meat is still tender and juicy.

Add the marinade sauce to the pan and increase the heat a little bit. When the sauce starts to boil, add salmon back in the pan and spoon the sauce over the salmon. Coast the salmon fillets evenly. The sauce thickens eventually. Plate the salmon on a plate. 

Add one tablespoon of cooking oil to a clean frying pan and heat over medium-high level. Then fry the Udon noodles for one minute. Add one tablespoon of teriyaki sauce and stir-fry for another 30 seconds.

Serve the Udon noodle and salmon fillets immediately.

Tips for the recipe

You can skip the marinating process if you like to eat salmon with an authentic flavour. Serve the salmon with a separate Teriyaki sauce dip. 

Cannot get Udon noodles? No problem, you have many alternatives. For example, Shanghai noodle, a thick, creamy-coloured, chewy noodle that’s a good all-rounder for Chinese recipes, is a good choice for this recipe as well. Wheat noodles, such as Somen from Japan or Somyeon from Korea, are suitable for this recipe.

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