Here is a delicious recipe for edamame lovers! Salted salmon is a common way to eat salmon in Japan. Why not enjoy a dinner of broiled salted salmon, then use the left over salmon to make a tasty lunch the following day? It will be great for bentos or rice balls and tastes good eaten hot or cold.

Ingredients (4 servings)

Rice (uncooked)    1+ ½ cups (or 2 rice cooker cups)
Salmon    ½ lb
Edamame (boiled and de-shelled)    1 cup
Soy sauce    ¼ tbs
Saké    2 tbs
Sugar    1 tsp
Salt    ¼ tsp
Sesame seeds (optional)    2 tbs

Directions

1. Steam rice according to the directions of your rice cooker.
2. Slice salmon filets into 1-2 inch wide strips.
3. Soak salmon in salt water (1 cup water + 3 tbs salt) for 20 minutes.
4. Dry salmon with paper towel.
5. Broil salmon about 7-8 minutes per side.
6. Separate salmon into bite size pieces (1”x1”) by hand and sprinkle with soy sauce.
7. Dissolve sugar and salt in saké.
8. When rice is cooked, add saké with sugar and salt, salmon, edamame and sesame seeds into rice cooker and gently mix together.
9. Close lid and allow to steam for 5 minutes.
10. Serve as it is or topped with nori, umeboshi, or shiso leaves as desired.