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Comments (0)Preheat the oven to 500F. Mix all but last ingredient in a bowl. Place the salmon, skin side up, in a baking pan just large enough to fit it snugly in one layer (if you have empty spaces, the liquids will burn). Pour the sauce evenly over the fish. Bake 18 minutes, or a minute or two longer, until the fish is tender but firm to the touch. Transfer to a platter and pour the cooking juices over the fish. Serve hot, or at room temperature. Makes eight main course servings, or a dozen ample first course servings.
Trimming salmon sides: You will notice on the outermost side of each salmon half a flat, opaque strip, which runs the whole length of the fish. This is very fatty and not meaty and contributes nothing but a greasy, fishy taste. Have no mercy, cut it all off and discard it: You are not wasting it, you are saving the salmon.
P.S.: Sushi restaurants use that part of the salmon to great advantage, but you are not a sushi restaurant and are not equipped with their knowledge and quality control, so please don’t go there. Order it in a good sushi restaurant instead!