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Teriyaki Salmon and Lemon Soy Snap Peas

This quick and easy teriyaki salmon recipe tastes like it came from your favorite Japanese restaurant! You’ll love the snap peas with a simple lemon soy dressing on the side too.

This quick and easy teriyaki salmon recipe tastes like it came from your favorite Japanese restaurant!

During the summer months, everyone is talking about no-bake recipes, but let’s not forget another recipe hero for hot days: The microwave. That thing is not just for popcorn, people. Sure, it can’t sear meat, and it turns pizza crust to rubber. Still, it has its place for melting chocolate, steaming veggies, or heating liquids. Today’s dinner isn’t entirely made in the microwave, but it does put it to good use to limit the amount of cooking you need to do on the stove. If you get frozen rice (which I love), that’s another piece of this meal you could make in your microwave!t

While this recipe doesn’t need much stove cooking, I’m going to be 100% honest and say the part that does need the stove is kinda messy. You are going to want to use a skillet with a lid or splatter guard to cook this teriyaki salmon because the sauce splatters and smokes like crazy. It’s totally worth it though, believe me. I was so sad when my last bite of salmon was gone. This is honestly as good as salmon teriyaki I’ve had at any Japanese restaurant I’ve tried, and it’s so easy to make!

This quick and easy salmon teriyaki recipe tastes like it came from your favorite Japanese restaurant!

I told you that I made my own teriyaki sauce for the hot dog kebabs earlier this week, and I used what was left for this recipe. You can click here to see the recipe I used from Food.com. It’s so good that it was my pleasure to eat teriyaki twice in a week! I mostly followed the sauce recipe exactly, but I reduced the sugar a little and made mine in the microwave instead of on the stovetop. So easy! Of course, it would be even easier to just use bottled teriyaki sauce if you prefer :)

These lemon snap peas are a quick and easy side dish.

These snap peas are really simple to make. Stir together the sauce while the peas are steaming in the microwave, and then toss it all together. The tart and sweet snap peas were a nice contrast to the sweet, savory teriyaki salmon. We really loved this dinner all around, and I know you will too!

Enjoy this quick and easy salmon teriyaki for dinner this week!
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This quick and easy salmon teriyaki recipe tastes like it came from your favorite Japanese restaurant!

Teriyaki Salmon and Lemon Soy Snap Peas

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This dinner tastes like it came from a restaurant, but it’s so easy to make!

  • Yield: 2 1x

Ingredients

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Salmon Teriyaki
  • 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce homemade or bottled
  • 2 salmon fillets
  • 3 green onions sliced (optional)
  • 2 cups cooked rice
Lemon Soy Snap Peas
  • 8 ounces sugar snap peas
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
  • 2 teaspoons soy sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspon chili garlic sauce
  • 1 teaspoon sesame seeds (optional)

Instructions

Salmon
  1. Spray a skillet with cooking spray, and heat over medium-high heat. Place salmon fillets skin-side down in the hot skillet, and cook for approximately 3 minutes until the skin is well browned. Flip fillets over, and carefully remove skin by sliding spatula between skin and flesh, and peeling off. Discard skin.
  2. With a spoon or basting brush, spread about a tablespoon of teriyaki sauce over the salmon. (Expect smoking and splattering, so be ready with the lid or splatter guard.) After cooking for about five minutes on this side, flip salmon again. Baste the top side with sauce, and cover. Cook about two minutes longer, turn off heat, and wait for splattering to stop. Remove lid, and baste a final time. Serve over hot rice.
Snap Peas
  1. Place snap peas in a microwave-safe bowl, drizzle with a couple tablespoons of water, and place a plate on top of the bowl. Microwave for two minutes, and allow to rest a few more minutes to continue steaming.
  2. Meanwhile, stir together all dressing ingredients. Carefully remove plate from peas, and pour off excess water. Toss with dressing, and serve.
  • Author: Andi

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15 Comments

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Comments

  1. Lori @ RecipeGirl says

    May 20, 2016 at 8:54 am

    This is my kind of dinner! So easy and incredibly delicious!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      May 20, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Thanks so much, Lori <3

      Reply
  2. Meg @ With Salt and Wit says

    July 28, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    You mean to tell you this deliciousness came from a microwave?! Genius! We would be all over this dinner!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 28, 2015 at 8:41 pm

      Not the salmon! Everything else was in the microwave though, including the teriyaki sauce. Great for hot days (which I know you are having)! Thanks, Meg :)

      Reply
  3. Jessica @ Sprinkle Some Sugar says

    July 28, 2015 at 9:01 am

    I am obsessed with Asian-inspired meals for dinner and I cannot get enough of teriyaki sauce. Love that yours is homemade!

    Reply
  4. Sara @ Bitz & Giggles says

    July 27, 2015 at 9:25 pm

    I LOVE salmon and when I saw this recipe, I pinned it right away! I will definitely be making this soon. It looks delicious and I love teriyaki on salmon!

    Reply
  5. Cate | Chez CateyLou says

    July 25, 2015 at 3:42 pm

    I totally thought you were going to say you cooked the salmon in the microwave! This looks like the perfect dinner to me. Everything looks so flavorful but still healthy – the best!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 25, 2015 at 8:43 pm

      Maybe I should have! Cooking the beans in there seemed good enough ;) Thank you, Cate! xoxo

      Reply
  6. Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie says

    July 25, 2015 at 1:27 pm

    YUM! What a beautiful and healthy dinner! My husband will love this!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 25, 2015 at 8:43 pm

      Thanks so much, Becky!

      Reply
  7. Jen @ Yummy Healthy Easy says

    July 24, 2015 at 5:00 pm

    This looks GORGEOUS!!! These photos are making me drool. I’ve been obsessed with salmon lately. I definitely need to make this soon! Pinned!

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 25, 2015 at 8:55 am

      Thank you so much, my friend! You made my day :)

      Reply
  8. Justine | Cooking and Beer says

    July 24, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    When are you coming to Wyoming to cook me dinner? Oh, tomorrow?! That’s so nice of you! ;) Looks delish, girlfriend.

    Reply
  9. Sara says

    July 24, 2015 at 9:34 am

    This looks great! I have to admit, I mostly cheat and buy a bottle of teriyaki sauce at Trader Joe’s. Next time I’ll ditch the bottle and try your version.

    Reply
    • Andi Gleeson says

      July 25, 2015 at 8:57 am

      I would just buy it too if it had all-natural ingredients, but I can’t eat wheat. It’s hard to find GF teriyaki sauce but easy to make your own. Thank you, Sara!

      Reply

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