20 Minute Miso Butter Salmon (Easy, Broiled in Oven)

This baked miso butter salmon is a 20 minute quick and easy dinner made on a sheet pan in the oven under the broiler with broccoli.

Course dinner, Main Dish

Cuisine American, Japanese

Diet Diabetic, Gluten Free, Kosher

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 7

Servings People

Calories 345kcal

If needed, gently remove bones with tweezers. Cut salmon filet against the grain into 4 strips.
Start preheating your oven’s broiler and move the oven rack to be on the top row, about 6-8 inches (15cm) underneath.
In a small bowl mix butter, miso paste, garlic, and black pepper. Set aside.
Rub 1-2 Tablespoons of miso butter onto the broccoli and season with salt and pepper.
Use paper towels to pat dry each salmon piece on all sides. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Use more salt and pepper if your salmon pieces are larger. Place the salmon pieces on the center of the rimmed baking sheet. To make clean up easy, you can line the sheet with parchment paper first if you prefer.
Rub about 1 Tablespoon of miso butter onto each salmon piece, coating each side. If the miso butter does not rub on easily, you can warm it in the microwave for 5 seconds or the preheated oven – careful since it will melt quickly and you don’t want that!
Sprinkle broccoli around the salmon on the sides of the pan.
Place pan in the preheated oven underneath the broiler and let it cook for 5-7 minutes until salmon is cooked through and broccoli is roasted. The inside of the thickest part should be at 140° - 145° degrees. Careful not to overcook!
Squeeze lemon juice over the top of each salmon piece and garnish the top with cilantro, green onion and sesame seeds.

Skin on or off? Skinless salmon is less fishy but this is a personal preference. If salmon has skin still attached and you want to leave it on, cook it skin side down.

Easy clean up. To make clean up easy, you can line the sheet with parchment paper first.

Confirm salmon is cooked through. Make sure the inside of the thickest part of the salmon is 140° - 145° degrees. Investing in a instant-read thermometer helps with this step. The risk to overcooking is higher than undercooking here so pull it out early and check if you're in doubt.

Use room temperature butter. Butter has to be at room temperature so that it will easily blend with the miso paste. Take it out of the fridge an hour or so before you want to prepare the miso butter.

Removing bones. When using tweezers to remove any bones from the salmon, pull gently in the direction of the bone to avoid damaging the fish.

Air fryer. If you've got an air fryer on hand you can use it and save yourself a few minutes of cooking time. Air fry salmon and broccoli at 400° F for 6-9 minutes. Check at 6 minutes and adjust cook time if needed. Also, make sure not to over crowd the air fryer and do broccoli after separately if needed.

Pan fry. Instead of using the broiler in this easy miso butter salmon recipe you can also pan fry the salmon on a large skillet and roast the vegetables separately or in the pan to the side of the salmon. If you choose this method, sear each side for about 3 minutes on medium-high heat. You can spoon any miso butter from the pan back onto the filets before serving.