Sesame-Grilled Salmon with Cool Apple-Napa Slaw

Sesame-grilled salmon, lacquered with ginger, garlic, honey, and gochugaru, arrives with a cool apple-napa slaw. It nods to Pepper Paste Before First Snow, when village courtyards brined pale napa heads against the coming freeze.

Serves 2

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Ingredients

• 12 oz salmon fillets
• 4 cups shredded napa cabbage
• 1 crisp apple
• 3 scallions
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp grated ginger
• 1 tsp gochugaru
• 2 tbsp sesame oil
• 2 tsp fish sauce
• 1 tsp honey

Instructions

1. 1Combine sesame oil, grated ginger, minced garlic, fish sauce, honey, and gochugaru; brush half over salmon fillets.
2. 2Heat a grill pan over medium-high and cook salmon 4-5 minutes per side until just cooked through.
3. 3Thinly slice apple and scallions; toss with shredded napa cabbage, remaining sesame oil, and remaining dressing to make the slaw.
4. 4Serve grilled salmon alongside a generous mound of cool apple-napa slaw.