Nigella Lawson's Superfast Salmon

Thanks Clare for sending this along.  Looks great. 

 

Here's the recipe that our little guy even eats...when he feels like it.  It is superfast and I highly recommend her somewhat new cookbook Nigella Express not only for the quick receipts but for her witty prose.  You could probably find a soy mix (ex- a soy mix at Trader Joe's and add to it a little bit of brown sugar to simplify further. You could also swap onions for carrots or whatever your kids like.)

 

from msnbc.com:

TODAY recipes

updated 10:46 a.m. ET, Fri., Oct. 10, 2008

Big on taste but not on time? Celebrity chef Nigella Express offers effortlessly elegant and fuss-free recipes from her hit cookbook "Nigella Express."

Mirin-glazed salmon

"Nigella Express" by Nigella Lawson

4 servings

INGREDIENTS

• 1/4 cup mirin (Japanese sweet rice wine)

• 1/4 cup light brown sugar

• 1/4 cup soy sauce

• 4 4-oz pieces of salmon, cut from the thick part of the fillet so that they are narrow but tall rather than wide and flat

• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar

• 1 – 2 scallions, halved and shredded into fine strips

 

DIRECTIONS

Mix the mirin, sugar, and soy in a shallow dish that will hold all 4 pieces of salmon, and marinate the salmon in it for 3 minutes on the first side and 2 minutes on the second.  Meanwhile, heat a large skillet on the stove.

Cook the salmon in the hot, dry pan for 2 minutes and then turn it over, add the marinade, and cook for another 2 minutes.

Remove the salmon to whatever plate you're serving it on, and add the rice vinegar to the hot pan.

Pour the dark, sweet, salty glaze over the salmon and top with the scallion strips.  Serve with rice or noodles as you wish, and consider putting some sushi ginger on the table, too.

Happy eating,

Clare