Perfectly Cooked Instant Pot Teriyaki Salmon
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
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Ingredients
½ cup soy sauce
¼ cup mirin
¼ cup water
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tsp sesame oil
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 inch fresh ginger, grated, or finely chopped
1 pound salmon, cut into 4 fillets
2 tsp cornstarch
black pepper to taste
For garnish:
1 tsp sesame seeds
2 green onions, sliced
Instructions
- In a bowl combine the soy sauce, mirin, water, brown sugar, sesame oil, garlic, ginger and pinch of black pepper.
- Place the salmon filets in a foil pan.
- Pour ⅓ cup of the soy sauce mixture over the salmon filets and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Place the trivet in the Instant Pot.
- Add 1 ¼ cups of water to the Instant pot.
- Place the foil pan with salmon filets on top of the trivet.
- Close and seal the Instant pot.
- Turn the venting knob to SEALING.
- Press PRESSURE COOK button and check to make sure the pressure level shows as “High” in the display.
- Adjust the timer to 3 minutes.
- When finished cooking, let the pressure come down naturally for 10 minutes, then quick release the rest of the pressure.
- Remove the salmon filets from the pot.
- Remove the trivet and wash and dry the pot insert.
- Return the pot insert into the Instant Pot.
- In a small bowl combine the cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water.
- Press the SAUTE button on the Instant pot.
- Add the remaining soy sauce mixture and cornstarch mixture and stir to combine.
- Cook, stirring frequently, until the sauce has thickened to your liking.
- Press the CANCEL button.
- Pour the sauce over salmon filets.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and chopped green onions and serve.
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