Teriyaki salmon rice bowl is also known as Teriyaki salmon donburi and is my go-to weekday delicious one-bowl meal. This is the perfect meal to cook when you are feeling too tired for anything complex. Teriyaki salmon rice bowls can be ready in 15 minutes. It is a super easy, healthy and delicious one-bowl meal with tasty homemade teriyaki sauce and hearty vegetables.
What is Teriyaki?
Teriyaki is a Japanese cooking technique. The word Teriyaki derived from “teri”, which means shiny and “yaki” which means grilled or broiled. So any meat or fish can be grilled or broiled with sweetened soy sauce, sugar and mirin. As the sauce reduces and thickens during the cooking process, the ingredients surface becomes shiny and glossy.
Teriyaki goes well with almost everything
Teriyaki is great with beef, pork, chicken and fish. I will give you some ideas for recipes which use teriyaki sauce. Check out the following recipes. Teriyaki meatballs, Japanese beef roll-ups use a variation of teriyaki sauce. You might also be interested in my recipes for Teriyaki rice burger, Teriyaki Chicken, Buri Teriyaki and grilled prawn teriyaki.
Tasty Homemade Teriyaki Sauce
Teriyaki sauce only requires 4 main ingredients. I have shared my post about the 5 essential Japanese seasonings and condiments recently. If you have those handy in your pantry, it is very easy to make. Also, I have shared a golden ratio of teriyaki sauce previously if you would like to check it.
Sake removes the fishy smell
Salmon is a good source of omega 3 fatty acid. We all know that! I know that some people don’t eat salmon because of the fishy smell. Sake (Japanese rice wine) suppresses the fishy smell as well as bringing out the umami flavour of the ingredients. It also makes salmon meat plump. You don’t need to marinate the salmon in the teriyaki sauce to make a teriyaki salmon bowl. We just sprinkle a little bit of sake before cooking the salmon.
What to serve with Teriyaki Salmon?
In my humble opinion, teriyaki salmon is served best on cooked plain rice. Also Teriyaki salmon served on soba noodles tastes fabulous. And, if you are a forever dieter like me watching my carb intake, here is the good news. You can replace the white rice with brown rice, cauliflower rice, zucchini noodles, or use quinoa instead.
Other topping suggestions with teriyaki salmon
Any vegetables you like really. There is no limit so let your creativity run wild. I personally like Shiso leaves, avocado, edamame, shredded cabbage, and broccolini. Moreover, green salad leaves, sliced cucumber ribbons, green beans, sliced radish and shredded carrots also taste terrific with teriyaki salmon.
Garnish options for Teriyaki salmon rice bowls
My go-to garnish is white or black sesame seeds and thinly shredded nori seaweed. Other suggestions are green onions and grated ginger.
15 minutes go-to one bowl meal
So there it is, a delicious one-bowl meal that you can make in under 15 minutes. What’s not to love about this healthy meal? You can simply pan fry the salmon and scatter the salmon on steamed rice. Add your toppings and you’re ready to eat. How simple it is. This is why a healthy teriyaki salmon rice bowl is my go-to weekday dinner.
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15 minute Teriyaki Salmon Bowl 鮭の照り焼き丼
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked rice
- 1 piece of salmon or 200g
- 1 tsp sake
- 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
- Handful of cabbage or any vegetables to serve
- 2-3 radishes
- 1/4 cup edamame
- 1 tsp Sesame seeds to garnish
- 1 tsp chopped scallions
- 1 tsp olive oil
Instructions
- Sprinkle the sake over the salmon fillet and set aside.
- Shred cabbage and radish very thinly and soak in water.
- Remove excess sake and moisture from the salmon fillet with a kitchen paper towel.
- Heat the olive oil in a pan over medium heat.
- Pan fry the salmon until it is cooked. Remove the salmon from the frying pan and cut it down into small pieces.
- Wipe the frying pan with a kitchen paper towel and simmer the teriyaki sauce in the pan.
- Add the salmon back into the pan and coat it with the teriyaki sauce.
- Put rice into a bowl then top with salmon and vegetables, and serve!
What’s the difference btw a teriyaki and a yakitori sauce? The ingredients used are essentially the same. I’d say that yakitori sauce tastes more savory and less sweet compared to teriyaki. Am I right?
Hi Diane, yakitori sauce is primarily used as a glazing sauce for skewered grilled chicken pieces. And I use teriyaki sauce for grilled chicken which is Yakitori. Yakitori is grilled chicken and teriyaki is one of a Japanese cooking method.
I haven’t tried this yet, but I would love to this week! My stomach is very small, so I don’t get an appetite easily, and so many of the salmon/rice/”Japanese” inspired bowls have way too much food in them. So it was really nice to find something like this that I could definitely eat throughout the week ♡
Love Japanese food but wasn’t exposed to cooking it. You recipes are so clear and easy to follow. By now I have my pantry full of all kinds of Japanese condiments and bottles. Always looking forward reading your chopstick chronicles
Ohh Thank you for your lovely comment:D
I made this today, with your homemade teriyaki recipe, and it was delicious! (I forgot to add ginger to the teriyaki sauce, but the taste was still good.) I topped it with edamame, microgreens mix (cabbage, mitsuba, coriander, etc.), radishes, and some umeboshi I had lying around. Thank you for sharing this recipe.
Thank you Fei That is fantastic! and love your toppings options 😀
Thanks for this perfect recipe Chopstick Chronicles.
I made this last night, and it was delicious, simple to make, and healthy as well.
Love your blog !
Konnichiwa Salmon Simon 😀 I am glad that you made this and being healthy! Keep happy cooking Japanese food
How good this looks, and so simple! I am excited to try this at home soon 🙂
Thank you Alexandra 😀
I just made some teriyaki sauce yesterday so will be making this recipe with the leftovers.
Thank you!
Thank you Helen 😀
I love how you prepare this salmon !
thank you! Glad you like it
This sounds amazing. Salmon is my favourite, but I’ve never tried it with teriyaki sauce before! I like that you can substitute for brown rice or quinoa to make it super healthy, but white rice is my other vice (especially Japanese rice) so I’d definitely want to stick with that! 😀
Thank you Laura! Salmon is my favourite too, especially with teriyaki sauce! Yes I love it with brown rice, but white rice is definitely the best!
So so simple and yet so delicious. I love teriyaki anything. Yum!
Thank you AiPing:D me too, we have teriyaki something almost everyday hehe.
Yes, yes, a thousand times YES = this for dinner!
Thank you Dorothy:D Enjoy your dinner!
Looks so fresh and bright! I am definitely going to try cooking salmon this way! I always eat it as a big fillet and I love the idea of it being bite-sized. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Thank you Meredith 😀 Same Salmon in many different way to serve.
I have actually never tried Quinoa and I’m not the biggest fan of brown rice. I have to say, I sure do love my white rice, healthy or not. I figure, life is too short to rid yourself of your favorite things!
I agree Cynthia, I love white rice too and actually the type of rice Japanese people eat in Japan “Koshihikari” is low GI. I think Koshihikari is the best white rice 😀
I love wild salmon because it is delicious and for the omega 3’s. Always looking for new and interesting ways to cook it an this recipe looks delicious!
Thank you Christine. I need more variations too to cook fish. I tend to have teriyaki everything 😀