Glazed Salmon

By gstark

Ingredients

• 1 tsp light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp cornstarch
• 4 center-cut skin-on salmon fillets, 6 to 8 ounces each.
• Ground black pepper
• 1 t vegetable oil
• 1 recipe glaze (See above; or look at America's Test Kitchen web site for recipes for Asian glaze.)Kikkoman Stir Fry Sauce
• Use Cast Iron Skillet

Preparation

Step 1

1. Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Combine brown sugar, salt, and cornstarch in small bowl. Pat salmon dry with paper towels and season with pepper. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture evenly over top of flesh side of salmon, rubbing to distribute.
2.Heat oil in 12-inch oven safe nonstick skillet over medium-high heat until just smoking. Place salmon, flesh side down, in skillet and cook until well browned, about 1 minute. Using tongs, carefully flip salmon and cook on skin side for 1 minute.
3. Remove skillet from heat and spoon glaze evenly over salmon fillets.
4.Transfer skillet to oven and cook until center of thickest part of fillets registers 125 degrees on instant-read thermometer and is still translucent when cut into with paring knife, 7 to 10 minutes.