Guchujang Topped Salmon

Do you ever fall in love with an ingredient?  I do and I love to use it in many different ways.

Guchujang Topped Salmon from Feed Your Soul Too

It is hard to describe GUCHUJANG exactly.  It is sweet, spicy and a tinge of sourness.  It is a Korean fermented condiment.  I like to work with the guchujang in a paste.  Using a paste gives one the opportunity to mix a lot of different other ingredients into it to make different types of dishes.  As you know, I like to think fusion.  The first idea was a GUCHUJANG CHILI SAUCE for a meatloaf.

Guchujang Topped Salmon

The sauce I made for this salmon is much like a BBQ sauce with no sugar added.  It is gluten free with the addition of gluten free soy sauce.  I used rice wine vinegar and lemon juice to add some acidity which balanced the sweetness of the guchujang and the molasses.  The sauce is that simple.  

To complete the dish, one needs to start with a good salmon fillet.  When buying more than one fillet, be sure to pick fillets that look similar in size.  In so doing, each fillet should cook at the same rate – require the same amount of cook time.  I cooked my salmon indoors in a cast iron skillet.  I finished by topping the salmon with my guchujang sauce and put it under the broiler.

The cast of characters.

Ingredients

The cast of characters for the Guchujang Sauce.

Guchujang Sauce Ingredients

The salmon in the cast iron skillet.

Salmon in the Cast Iron Skillet

The Guchujang topped salmon plated.

Guchujang Topped Salmon Plated

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Guchujang Topped Salmon

Working with a guchujang paste to add sweet, spice and a little sourness to this Guchujang Topped Salmon. Cooked indoors and finished in the broiler.

Course dinner

Cuisine Korean, Seafood

Keyword gluten free, Guchujang, Korean recipe, seafood

Prep Time 2 minutes

Cook Time 14 minutes

Total Time 16 minutes

Servings 5 People

Author Feed Your Soul Too

Ingredients

Salmon

• 5 6 Ounce Salmon fillets
• 1 Tbsp Ginger Szechwan Seasoned Salt
• 1 Tbsp Curry Powder
• 1 Tbsp Olive Oil

Guchujang Sauce

• 1 Tbsp Guchujang
• 1/4 Cup Gluten Free Soy Sauce
• 1 Tbsp Molasses
• 1 Tbsp Lemon Juice
• 2 Tsp Rice Wine Vinegar

Instructions

Salmon

1. Spice the salmon with salt and curry powder.  Heat a cast iron skillet on medium high heat.  Add the oil, and once shimmering, add the salmon.  Cook on each side for 4 - 5 minutes.

Guchujang Sauce

1. Combine all the sauce ingredients.  Set aside.

   Once the salmon is cooked in the skillet, liberally apply the guchujang sauce.  Place the skillet into the oven on low broil and broil for 1 - 2 minutes.

   Serve and enjoy!