HONEY SESAME SALMON

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HONEY SESAME SALMON

By Janine Rotter, Director of Fitness Nutrition for UNBOWED

HONEY SESAME SALMON 

We’ve come up with a great recipe for you that is high in both vitamin D and zinc that will naturally increase your muscle-building hormone, testosterone.

 

Serves 4 

2-3 lbs salmon fillets 

¼ cup soy sauce, tamari, or coconut aminos 

¼ cup sesame oil 

1 lemon, juiced 

2 tablespoons honey or coconut nectar 

1” of ginger, shredded or 1 teaspoon ginger powder 

1 tablespoon coconut oil  

2 tablespoons diced green onions or chives 

2 tablespoons sesame seeds 

Mix soy sauce/tamari/aminos, sesame oil, lemon juice, honey/coconut nectar, and ginger together to make a marinade. 

Place salmon in a glass dish and cover with marinade.  Let sit for a few hours or overnight. 

Heat a large cast-iron frying pan over medium heat and add coconut oil. 

Place salmon in pan skin side down and cook for 2-3 minutes. 

Pour marinade into the pan, lower the heat and cook for 3-5 more minutes or until salmon flakes easily with a fork. 

Sprinkle with diced green onions/chives and sesame seeds. 

Serve and Enjoy! 

Tip:  Wild salmon can contain up to 4 times the amount of vitamin D as farmed salmon.