Easy and Healthy Miso-glazed Salmon Airfryer Recipe

Salmon is one of the regular dishes we rotate in our household as it’s a healthy fish. It’s fatty, but it’s good fat, perfect for Dane who has Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) and has to monitor his fat consumption. Salmon is also very delicious and easy to cook even with an airfryer with no oil, so it’s really perfect for our diet!

Where to get ingredients like Red Miso paste, Mirin, and Chinese Shaoxing Wine?

You can get miso paste, mirin, Chinese Shaoxing wine, and Japanese sake from Asian grocery stores or bigger supermarkets that have international sections like SM Megamall’s Supermarket. You can also order them from Shopee and Lazada. We prefer Hikari for Red Miso, Hinode for Japanese Sake and Mirin, and Jia Fan for Chinese Shaoxing Wine. Then I use our locally available Silver Swan for soy sauce. These are actually pantry staples for us as we cook a lot of Japanese and Chinese cuisine.

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Easy Healthy Miso-glazed Salmon Airfryer Recipe

Miso-glazed salmon is Japanese dish that's easy to prepare and cook.

Prep Time5 minutes mins

Cook Time15 minutes mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: healthy, hypertension, NAFLD, salmon, seafood

Servings: 2

Equipment

• 1 airfryer

Ingredients

• 2 pcs salmon fillets (about 200 gram each) skin-on or skinless

Miso marinating sauce

• 2 tbsp Red Miso paste
• 1 tbsp regular soy sauce
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp Chinese Shaoxing wine or Japanese sake

Instructions

• Mix all the miso marinating sauce in a bowl until combined. The sauce must be slightly thick consistency that when you take a spoonful, it doesn't completely and immediatel slide off when you turn the spoon upside down.
• Remove excess moisture from your salmon by patting it dry. It doesn't need to be completely dry but if it's wet, the sauce will slide off.
• Coat your salmon fillets with the miso sauce. Marinate for at least 2 hours or up to 5 hours in the refrigerator.
• Once ready, remove excess miso sauce from the fillet. It will burn if there's too much when you cook.
• Preheat your airfryer to 390F (200C) for 5 minutes.
• Place your fillets in the airfryer basket and cook for about 8 to 10 minutes, depending on the thickness.
• Serve with white rice, your choice of greens, and even a bowl of miso soup!

Notes

• Salmon fillet. Depending on how thick your salmon is, it will take between 8 to 10 minutes to cook through in a preheated 200C airfryer without overcooking.
• Miso paste. We prefer the taste of red miso as it’s more savory compared to white miso. We use the same paste for miso soup too! But if all you have is white miso, it should work well too but may taste a bit lighter.
• Shaoxing Wine. I personally prefer the taste of the final dish using Shaoxing wine over the Japanese Sake, but either works.
• Salmon skin. If you want crispy salmon skin, make sure to pat it dry and spray with some cooking oil.
• Marinating time. I recommend marinating for at least 2 hours and up to 5 hours before cooking.

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