Salted Salmon

Name: Salted Salmon
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 10 minutes
Total time: 15 minutes, plus at least 2 hours rest
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 salmon fillets—organic, if possible; 4 teaspoons natural, unrefined coarse salt; 3 cm (1¼ in) piece white radish (daikon), grated

By Maori Murota

February 2, 2021

Photo of salted salmon recipe shioyaki shown with natto and miso soup.

This recipe for salted salmon is excerpted from Maori Murota’s Tokyo Cult Recipes. The method, called shioyaki, can be adapted to fish collars as well.

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