Name: Soy Glazed Salmon Bowl
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Asian
Ingredients: 2 cups short-grain rice; 3 cups water; 1/2 cup seasoned rice vinegar; 1/4 cup white sugar; 1 tsp salt; 4 salmon fillets; Salt; 1/4 cup soy sauce; 1/4 cup honey; 3 garlic cloves; 1 tsp fresh ginger; Juice 1/2 lime; 1 tbsp hoisin sauce; 1/4-1/2 tsp red pepper flakes; Pickled carrots (see notes); Pickled cabbage (see notes); 3 Persian cucumbers; 2 avocados; 1 cup edamame; 2 green onions; Seaweed snacks; Kewpie mayo; Sriracha; White & Black sesame seeds

Instructions

To prepare rice:

Wash your rice 5-8 times, rinsing until the water rinses off clear. Then add to your rice cooker with your water and let it cook. (If you don't have a rice cooker, just follow the package directions on the stove-top)
When the rice is done, transfer to a large bowl so it doesn't continue cooking and get mushy. In a glass bowl, add your vinegar, sugar and salt and heat in the microwave for 30 second intervals until the sugar is dissolved.
Add the vinegar mixture to your rice and stir gently with a rubber spatula.

For salmon:

In a small-medium pot, add your soy sauce, honey, lime juice, red pepper flakes and grate in your garlic & ginger.
Heat on medium-low heat and let simmer, stirring frequently for about 10 minutes. The glaze should thicken up when taken off the heat.
Preheat your oven to the broil setting and move a rack to the second highest or second highest place. Add your salmon fillets to a tin-foil lined baking sheet and sprinkle with salt.
Brush on your glaze to coat each salmon fillet, saving enough to do another round of glaze after.
Add your fillets to the oven and broil for 3 minutes. Remove from oven and brush on more glaze. Broil for another 3 minutes. (The sugar in the glaze will darken and look burnt on the tin foil but the salmon will be perfect trust me!)

To assmble:

Prepare your avocado, and dice up your green onion and cucumber. For your edamame, I just bought the frozen bag and cooked it using the package instructions.
Assemble your bowl with the rice, and veggies surrounding it. Add in your salmon, drizzle with sriracha, kewpie and additional soy sauce. Sprinkle on your green onion and sesame seeds and enjoy :)

Soy Glazed Salmon Bowls