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Grilled Salmon & Vegetable Skewers

These grilled salmon and vegetable skewers cook in under 5 minutes. They are finished with a sweet Teriyaki mustard glaze, which also goes well with chicken or beef.
You can use whatever mix of vegetables you like for the skewers.

Ingredients

  • 10 wooden skewers roughly 8” long, submerged in cold water for 3 hours
  • 2 cloves of garlic finely minced
  • 2 tsp rice wine vinegar
  • ½ cup prepared Teriyaki sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 2 Tbsp honey
  • 1 red onion cut into ¼” slices
  • 1 yellow summer squash cut into ½” slices
  • 1 zucchini cut into ½” slices
  • 1 red bell pepper flesh cut into 1.5” cubes
  • 20 cherry tomatoes washed and left whole
  • 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
  • 20 oz (1.25 pounds) worth of cleaned salmon fillets, cut into 1.5” cubes
  • Kosher salt & freshly-ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Submerge the wooden skewers in cold water for roughly 2-3 hours before starting to grill.
  • To prepare the sweet Teriyaki mustard glaze, combine the 2 cloves of finely minced garlic with the rice wine vinegar and prepared Teriyaki sauce.
  • Add the Dijon mustard and honey, and whisk to combine.
  • Taste, and season with Kosher salt & freshly-ground black pepper if desired.
  • Set the glaze aside for when you are ready to serve.
  • When you are ready to assemble the skewers, combine the sliced red onion, yellow summer squash, zucchini, red bell pepper, and cherry tomatoes in a large bowl with 2 Tbsp worth of vegetable oil.
  • Season the vegetables with Kosher salt and freshly-ground black pepper, and set them aside.
  • Preheat the grill to 500F.
  • In a separate small bowl, season the cubed salmon on all sides lightly with Kosher salt.
  • Remove the wooden skewers from the water, and assemble the skewers with alternating types of seasoned vegetables and a few pieces of salmon on each skewer.
  • Grill the skewers until the salmon is barely cooked through, or roughly 4-5 minutes.
  • Remove the skewers from the grill, and drizzle liberally with the sweet Teriyaki mustard sauce.
  • Serve immediately.

Notes

If you are cooking the salmon skewers at a lower heat, you only need to soak the wooden skewers for about thirty minutes. I prefer to cook these skewers at a higher temperature, as you get more color on the grilled salmon and vegetables.