Quick-Brined Salmon with Lemon, Miso, and Sofrito

Here, pastry chef Paola Velez mixes green sofrito with garlic, shiro miso, butter, and lemon for a deeply flavorful sheet-pan salmon dinner, a riff on this recipe from former Food & Wine Senior Test Kitchen Editor Kay Chun. Brining the salmon before cooking it seasons the fish and prevents it from drying out. Velez likes to serve this dish with chofán, a fried rice dish popularized by Chinese immigrants in the Dominican Republic. The salmon would also be fantastic served on top of your favorite fresh or leftover fried rice or rice pilaf.

By Paola Velez

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Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary

active:
10 mins
total:
50 mins
Servings:
4
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Ingredients

Directions

  • In a medium bowl, stir together salt and water until salt dissolves. Place salmon in a baking dish just big enough to hold salmon. Pour brine over salmon and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. 

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  • Meanwhile, grate garlic into a small bowl. Add miso and use a whisk to blend. Mix in melted butter, then oil, then sofrito. Mix in lemon juice and season with pepper to taste. 

  • Preheat oven to 450°F. Line a baking sheet with foil. Lift salmon fillets from brine, gently shake to remove excess water, and place on prepared baking sheet. Spoon sofrito mixture on top of salmon fillets. Bake until salmon fillets are just opaque in the center, 10 to 15 minutes. 

  • Spoon chofán onto plates. Arrange salmon on chofán. Garnish salmon with sesame seeds and scallions. Squeeze lemon wedges over and drizzle with olive oil. 

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