Yuzu Salt Recipe

Simply microwave pomelo/grapefruit peels for 5 minutes to get refreshing homemade yuzu salt.

What’s Yuzu Salt?

Yuzu is a Japanese citrus lemon. What makes this fruit so special is that it is able to maintain a special citrus flavor and fragrance under high cooking temperatures. Therefore, people like to dehydrate yuzu zests to mix with salt, which can be used for both finishing and seasoning.

Yuzu salt can bring a clean, refreshing and concentrated citrus flavor to steak, fish, or salads…

However, fresh yuzu can be hard to find and super expensive in the US.

Because, in order to protect American agriculture, fresh yuzu is banned from importing to the US. Therefore, in this recipe, we are going to use pomolo/grapefruit peels to make our homemade “yuzu” salt.

But trust me, our pomolo/grapefruit zest salt also has a delighting refreshing aroma with a mild sour taste.

How to use yuzu salt?

Simply substitute regular salt with our homemade yuzu salt at your marinating or finishing step.

It can become your secret weapon to boost the flavor of fishy seafoods, bland pork chops, or boring chicken breasts.

When you use the pomelo/grapefruit zest to make salt, don’t waste the pith! You can use it to make our juicy, chewy, refreshing Grapefruit Peel Candies!

Yuzu Salt Recipe

INGREDIENTS

• 1 large pomelo/grapefruit (Only need the peel)
• Fine salt or coarse salt

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Wash and dry a large pomelo/grapefruit, get its peel.

2. Use a peeler to shave off zests from the pith. The pith is bitter. So make sure you shave very thin pieces of zest from the peel.

3. Spread the zests evenly over a plate. Microwave the zests for 4 to 5 minutes. I recommend first checking them after 4 minute, then after every additional 15 seconds, until they turn dry and crunchy. So that they don’t get burnt.

4. Use a food processor to grind the zests into powder.

5. Sift the zest powder with a fine sifter.

6. Mix bigger zest flakes with kosher salt, in the ratio of 1:10. (10g zest flakes : 100g kosher salt).

7. Mix fine zest powder with fine salt, in the ratio of 1:10. (10g zest powder : 100g kosher salt)

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Yuzu salt

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Simply microwave your pomelo/grapefruit peels for 5 minutes to get homemade refreshing yuzu salt.

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 10 minutes mins

Course Seasoning

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 1 small bottle of salt

Calories 1 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Microwave
• 1 Food Processor 

Ingredients

  

• 1 large pomelo/grapefruit Only need the peel
• 5x Salt Fine salt or coarse salt

Instructions

 

• Wash and dry a large pomelo/grapefruit, get its peel.
• Use a peeler to shave off zests from the pith. The pith is bitter. So make sure you shave very thin pieces of zest from the peel.
• Spread the zests evenly over a plate. Microwave the zests for 4 to 5 minutes. I recommend first checking them after 4 minute, then after every additional 15 seconds, until they turn dry and crunchy. So that they don't get burnt.
• Use a food processor to grind the zests into powder.
• Sift the zest powder.
• Mix bigger zest flakes with kosher salt, in the ratio of 1:10. (10g zest flakes : 100g kosher salt)
• Mix fine zest powder with fine salt, in the ratio of 1:10. (10g zest powder : 100g kosher salt)

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Notes

These two kinds of salt can be used for both finishing and seasoning. They can bring a clean, refreshing and  concentrated citrus flavor to your steak, fish, or salads…

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