February, a short, yet a month full of love, opens the doors to a different and sophisticated way of romance. Thanks to the Japanese culture, we are going to celebrate the beauty of this month in a new and exciting way with Broiled Salmon Teriyaki.

            Teriyaki is way of preparing food in Japan by using a sweet soy sauce marinade. The trick to a perfect Teriyaki meal is continuing to brush the cooked ingredient with the sweet sauce before and during cooking.

            In a bowl, mix the soy sauce, ginger, brown sugar, and rice vinegar, marinate the salmon for at least one hour. After, place the salmon in the broiler. Meanwhile, sauté the portabella mushrooms in canola oil with the dry parsley. Sauté the diced onions in the butter, add the rice and cook till it is coated with most of the butter. Then, add the water, salt, pepper, spices, bay leaf and cover, cook on low heat for fifteen minutes. Now it is time to brush the salmon with some of the left over marinade again. Place it again in the broiler for about ten more minutes. While that is getting cooked, finish the rice pilaf by adding the portabella mushrooms, and adjust the taste with salt and pepper, if needed. Finally, take the salmon out one last time and brush it lightly with the marinade. Broil for only five more minutes.

            Broiled Salmon Teriyaki is ready to be enjoyed with some fine dry sake.

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