Salmon or Tofu Teriyaki Dinner

Served with Edamame Cucumber Sesame Salad over Seasoned Soba Noodles

One Potato's salmon teriyaki is inspired by the classic Japanese version, using wild-caught fish and our house-made, gluten-free teriyaki sauce. A simple cucumber salad, edamame and delicate soba noodles round out this dish, making it a colorful, fresh, filling, healthy meal that's perfect for the whole family. Best of all - start to finish in under 30 minutes.

Meal Prep & Time Savers

Similar to our family favorite arepas recipe, there are a few components to this dish that you can buy pre-made, make from scratch, or meal-prep in advance to make extra for use in other meals. 

1. Prep-ahead the homemade sauces in this recipe. This week, we’re featuring our One Potato Homemade Teriyaki Sauce and the One Potato Soba Noodle Dressing. 

2. Feel free to use your favorite store-bought teriyaki sauce. We also recommend this Sesame Salad Dressing as a nice dressing for the soba noodles.  

3. Cook your salmon in your air fryer - you’ll add the teriyaki sauce after cooking. Spray the air fryer basket with a light oil, then preheat the air fryer to 400°F, rub your salmon with olive oil and garlic powder, then cook in the air fryer for 7-8 minutes (varies depending on your desired level of doneness).

Make extra or make ahead:

Double the servings of soba noodles and serve as a cold noodle salad for lunch or dinner the following day, with edamame and scallions.

One Potato recommends reading through the full recipe before starting to cook - that way all the steps will go more smoothly.

Salmon or Tofu Teriyaki Dinner

For 4 Servings

PREP TIME: 15 minutes COOK TIME: 25 minutes TOTAL TIME: 35 minutes

One Potato Kitchen Tools: parchment paper or tin foil, ovenproof baking dish, pastry brush, large oven-safe baking dish, large pot, slotted spoon, colander, 2 bowls

From Your Pantry: salt (kosher or sea), pepper, oil (olive, vegetable, canola, or grapeseed), rice wine vinegar

Ingredients: 

• 1 lb salmon filets, cut into 4 even pieces (for vegetarians, use one block of tofu)

• 4-6 persian cucumbers (thinly sliced)

• 2 Tbsp rice wine vinegar

• 2 tsp sesame seeds

• ¾ c. edamame (shelled, from frozen)

• 1 red pepper (cut into ¼" wide strips)

• 8 oz soba noodles

• Scallions (to taste)

  One Potato homemade Teriyaki Sauce

  One Potato Soba Noodle Dressing

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Directions:

Prepare & Cook the Salmon:

1. Preheat Oven: Move an oven rack under the broiler (ideally 3-5 inches from the heat source) and preheat the oven to the broiler setting. (Alternatively, if you'd like to bake the salmon, preheat your oven to 450˚F.)

2. Marinate Salmon: Place the salmon in an ovenproof baking dish and drizzle teriyaki sauce over the salmon, to taste, ensuring the top of the fish is covered. Reserve the remaining sauce.

3. Broil or Bake:

   • Broil Option: Place the salmon under the broiler and cook for 6 minutes for medium rare or 8 minutes for well done.

   • Bake Option: If baking, cook for 8 minutes for medium rare or 10 minutes for well done.

     Pro Tip: DON'T LEAVE THE KITCHEN while the salmon is under the broiler! Broilers are incredibly hot so stay close by to ensure the salmon doesn't burn.

Vegetarian Option: Prepare & Cook the Tofu:

1. Press Tofu: Press water out of tofu using a tofu press or by wrapping tofu in a clean towel and placing a heavy object on top for at least 30 minutes.

   Pro Tip: Pressing tofu removes excess moisture, helping it absorb more marinade and achieve a better texture when cooked.

2. Cut & Marinate Tofu: Cut pressed tofu into 6 slices or cube into 16 pieces. Place tofu pieces in a shallow container, and pour teriyaki sauce over the tofu, ensuring all pieces are well-coated. Let sit for 2 hours (or overnight), tossing occasionally to allow for even absorption of the marinade.

3. Bake or Air Fry: Drain marinade and cook in an air fryer or bake at 350°F on lightly oiled parchment paper for 30 minutes or until tofu is nicely browned.

Prepare the Cucumber Salad:

4. Slice Cucumbers: Thinly slice cucumbers into ¼" thick coins.

5. Toss with Dressing: In a bowl, toss cucumber slices with the rice wine vinegar and sesame seeds. Set aside.

   Pro Tip: For a richer flavor, toast the sesame seeds in a single layer on a sheet pan at 350˚F for 8-10 minutes, shaking midway and watching carefully so they don't burn.

Prepare the Edamame:

6. Cook Edamame: Bring a large pot of water to a boil and add edamame. Most frozen edamame available in stores will be in the shell, and cooking time will vary depending on the edamame you buy. Packaged frozen, unshelled edamame can be partially cooked, uncooked, or fully-cooked. Boil for:

   • Partially cooked – 2 to 3 minutes

   • Uncooked – 4 to 5 minutes (based on the size of soybeans)

   • Fully-cooked – 1-2 minutes

7. Shell & Season Edamame: Using a slotted spoon, transfer edamame to a bowl. Drain well and let cool. When cool enough to handle, remove from shells. Sprinkle with salt, if desired.

   Pro Tip: From June to September edamame is in season, and you may be able to find fresh edamame pods, shelled or unshelled, already cooked in the prepared area of your local Japanese grocery store.

Prepare the Soba Noodles:

8. Cook Noodles: Add the noodles to the same boiling water used for the edamame and cook for 3 minutes.

9. Rinse & Mix: Drain the noodles and rinse under cold water until cool. Place the noodles in a bowl, add the red pepper strips, and drizzle with dressing. Toss to coat.

Assemble & Serve:

10. Garnish Salmon: Discard the root end from the scallions and slice into thin discs. Divide the cooked salmon into equal portions.

To serve, plate the salmon or tofu alongside the soba noodles, edamame, and cucumber salad. Garnish the noodles with scallions. Serve with teriyaki sauce on the side for dipping and added flavor. Enjoy!

Substitutions and Dietary Considerations

• Sesame allergy: Omit the sesame seeds entirely from this recipe. 

• Gluten-free: Make sure you purchase 100% buckwheat flour Soba noodles, and that they are clearly labeled as GF.

• Ultimate Time-Saving Hacks:

  • Pre-Made Ingredients: Purchase your favorite teriyaki sauce and light sesame dressing for the noodles.

Getting Kids Involved

• Kids can help prepare the cucumber salad and (cooled) soba noodles. 

• Buy edamame in the shell. Once cooked & cooled, have your kids help to shell the beans as a fun activity.

Pro Tips

• Picky Eaters? Having a challenge getting your kid to eat fish? We let our picky eaters flake the salmon and add to the soba noodles, splashing some additional sauce on top.  You can also mix in the edamame.

• Perfectly Cooked Salmon: For best results cook the salmon whole, and then when serving, divide into enough portions to accommodate your family size.

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