Teriyaki Salmon with Sriracha Cream Sauce
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An easy salmon dish with homemade teriyaki sauce and a Sriracha cream sauce that will knock your socks off!
Salmon dinners never looked so so good. Nope, not at all.
Say hello to an easy salmon dinner idea that’s quick enough to whip up during the week, but also fancy and impressive enough for company. With an easy homemade teriyaki marinade, you’ll serve your oh-so-flaky, juicy, tender salmon fillets with the most epic Sriracha cream sauce drizzled right on top.
The whole ensemble is wonderfully sweet with just enough heat in every bite. Just writing about this is making me crave this again and again, and I just had it on Sunday. I might need to do an emergency grocery run stat so I can make it again tonight. And probably again tomorrow.
Serve over a bed of warm rice and dig in like there’s no tomorrow.
Teriyaki Salmon with Sriracha Cream Sauce: Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! But because ground ginger is often more potent/concentrated than freshly grated ginger, you need less when using dry. The correct ratio is 2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger to 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger.
Sriracha is an Asian-style hot chili sauce and can be found in the Asian section of your local grocery store.
You can serve this with white rice or our favorite no-fuss sheet pan fried rice!
Teriyaki Salmon with Sriracha Cream Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 4 (5-ounce) salmon fillets
For the Sriracha cream sauce
- ½ cup mayonnaise
- 2-3 tablespoons Sriracha*
- 1 ½ tablespoons sweetened condensed milk
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together cornstarch and 1/4 cup water; set aside.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add soy sauce, brown sugar, ginger, garlic powder, honey and 1 cup water; bring to a simmer.
- Stir in cornstarch mixture until thickened enough to coat the back of a spoon, about 2 minutes; let cool to room temperature.
- In a gallon size Ziploc bag or large bowl, combine teriyaki marinade and salmon filets; marinate for at least 30 minutes to overnight, turning the bag occasionally.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly coat a 9 x 13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
- Place salmon filets with the marinade into the prepared baking dish, and bake until the fish flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes.
- Serve salmon immediately with Sriracha cream sauce.
for the Sriracha cream sauce
- In a small bowl, whisk together mayonnaise, 2 tablespoons Sriracha and condensed milk.
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EXCELLENT! Will make again, probably next week! Very good!
Thank you so much for posting this recipe!
I have a lot of salmon in the freezer and not enough recipe ideas!
It was so easy to follow!
Just made this for dinner tonight and it was damn delicious! Thank you for another great recipe!
Thank you for the recipe! Meal planning is one of my new year’s resolutions and I started the process with this dish! The family devoured every bite and it tasted so yummy! I definitely plan to use your recipes for more meals in the future! I love how fresh, healthy and practical they all are! Thanks again!
I made this for lunch today and served it on oven baked red rice. It looked gorgeous and tasted fabulous. My genius husband said it was “damn delicious!”. I will definitely make this again! Thanks!
I Made this tonight for dinner tonight and I’m glad I did. I followed the recipe exactly and it turned out awesome! Thank you for sharing this delicious recipe.
can i pan-fry the salmon or chicken?
Yes, of course, but I’ve found it to be best to bake these in the oven to really let the favors soak in.
Making this for our New Years’ Eve dinner tonight!! Already smells amazing!! I try to eat Paleo/Clean as much as I can so made a couple substitutions. For sauce I used Greek yogurt and sweetened coconut milk….SOOO GOOD!! And used more honey for the teriyaki sauce instead of brown sugar. Also, SOOO GOOD!! Can’t wait for it to be done!!!
This salmon WAS damn delicious! Loved the sauces so much! Thank you for the tidbit that you guys like your food really spicy. We used 2 tbspn of siracha and it was perfect for us! My husband was licking his plate clean (and he used to hate eating seafood!) !
Hi Chung-Ah, beautiful! This looks so amazing. Pinned, this is ourcouponss.com, thank you for taking the time to make so delicious food!
i made this yesterday, and it taste good, but i made some changes due to family preferences and I changed the garlic powder to Apple pie spice for it have a heavy flavor.
thanks
This is the 3rd or 4th thing I’ve made from your website and I’m beginning to think you can do no wrong. This was soooo easy and delicious. My husband eats just about anything but it’s always nice to hear from him, “This is good!” Thank you!!
I also made rice and added lemon zest and toasted slivered almonds. Mmm!
I made this tonight and it was soo good! The whole family loved it including my 10 and 8 year old, though I left the sriracha off of the 8 year old’s. I served this with garlic mashed cauliflower. This recipe is a keeper, thank you!
This recipe is one of my favs for salmon. I didn’t have that much time and no cornstarch so i skipped the step of warming it up in the sauce pan and just wisked the ingredients up and it still was great
The only thing I can not figure out is what to do with the Sriracha sauce… do u serve it hot or cold?
You can serve it as is at room temperature.
I am eating this right now. It’s heaven in my mouth. This is amazing! I love it so much! Everyone needs to try this like… now. Seriously.
This was sooo delicious! Thank you so much for the recipe! My husband does not like salmon, but after this he asked me to make him more tomorrow!
I was so tempted to be lazy and use a bottled teriyaki sauce- I am so glad I didn’t! This was, without a doubt, the prettiest and most delicious meal I have ever cooked! You do such a great job of explaining the recipes, they are even possible for a novice like me! I also made the Honey Garlic chicken from your site, and it was very good as well! (Though I’ll be asking for a splatter guard for Christmas- stupid hot oil!)
Very good! I translated your recipe in french for my family. It will be on my menu this week as well!
made this tonight. hubby loved the sriachra mixture. Is there any substitute for comdensed milk.. Its. It something i would usually stock but did happen to have it on hand tonight. I would rather not buy a whole can for just a couple tablespoons… Maybe just some sugar to taste?
You can certainly try substituting sugar but without further recipe testing, I cannot speak for how much this will change the overall taste/texture of the dish. It is always best to use the ingredients listed in the recipe to obtain the best results possible.
I don’t write reviews but had to for this recipe! This was absolutely the best salmon dish I have ever had! Thank you for this! I recommend marinating overnight for sure. Also, for the siracha sauce, I liked it a little more spicy and the recipe yielded quite a bit (which isn’t an issue as I’ve found everything to put it on including hamburgers and dipping sauce for sweet potato fries!) I recommend omitting the condensed milk and putting in lemon juice to cut through the mayo. Here’s what I did: 2tblsp mayo 1 tblsp siracha and 1 tsp lemon juice. Make more as needed. Delish! Thanks again for the amazing recipe! I’ve shared with everyone I know!