Pacific Rim Salmon

Here's a quicky, easy, tasty grilled salmon recipe that I found in the Daily Herald. Prep time includes marinading time.

• Ready In: 1 hr 25 mins
• Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup soy sauce
• 1⁄2 cup rice vinegar
• 2 -3  cloves garlic, to your taste,minced
• 2  tablespoons  firmly packed brown sugar
• 2  tablespoons hoisin sauce
• 1  teaspoon ground ginger
• 2  teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted
• 1⁄2 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 2 1⁄2 lbs salmon fillets, with skin on
• 2  teaspoons black sesame seeds, toasted for garnish (optional)

Directions

1. In a small bowl, combine soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, brown sugar, hoisin sauce, ginger, sesame seeds and lemon pepper.
2. Pour over the salmon in a shallow glass dish.
3. Cover and let marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
4. Before preparing a hot fire, spray grill grate with non-stick cooking spray.
5. Grill the salmon, flesh side down first, directly on the grill grate, for about 5 minutes.
6. Using both a wide metal fish spatula and a grill spatula, carefully turn the fillet over onto the skin side and grill for another 5 minutes, until a milky juice appears on top of the thickest part of the fillet.
7. Serve immediately, sprinkled with the black sesame seeds.