Miso Glazed Salmon

You can vary this dish by the miso that you choose. Light, or mellow, miso will have a more delicate flavor and is appropriate for spring and summer dishes.  If you use a red or dark miso, the flavor will be fuller and deeper.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup

• 2 tablespoons gluten free tamari or soy sauce

• 2 tablespoons hot water

• 2 tablespoons gluten free mellow miso

• 4 (6-ounce) wild caught, salmon fillets (about 1 inch thick)

• Olive oil

• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh chives

Instructions

1. Preheat broiler. Combine first 4 ingredients, stirring with a whisk.  Arrange fish in a shallow baking dish lightly coated with olive oil.  Spoon miso mixture evenly over fish.

2. Broil 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork, basting twice with miso mixture. Sprinkle with chives.  Enjoy.

3. Yes, this recipe works well on the grill too!

Recipe Highlights & Energetics

Salmon is loaded with Omega-3, high in tryptophan, Vitamin B12, and Vitamin D.  Mega brain food.

Salmon is warm and sweet, entering the stomach and spleen, it builds Qi and Blood.  The miso is tonifying and strengthens the stomach and spleen and counters deficiency.