Salmon is a great thing to make for dinners because it is healthy and super easy to make in such little time when you have the right recipe to follow.

This fish tastes great grilled, pan-seared, air-fried, or baked in olive oil and seasoned with salt and pepper.

However, there’s a secret ingredient that will make your salmon taste even “better”, according to a cooking pro that’s been using it for “over 20 years”.

Cooking expert Myo Quinn at Simply Recipes explained that she bakes her salmon with salt and pepper and then adds miso to it.

She said: “I attribute the appeal of baked salmon – whether it’s simply seasoned with salt and pepper or topped with a glaze – to one ingredient I always use to season it: Shiro (white) miso.

“It’s been my go-to weeknight dinner for over 20 years, and I never skip this one ingredient.

“It’s my secret weapon for turning this fatty fish into a weeknight dinner centrepiece. It’s salty, earthy, and funky, which translates to flavour, flavour, and more flavour without overwhelming the fish or the other ingredients.”

So what is miso? It’s a Japanese seasoning that is made from fermented soybeans.

Shiro miso, often labelled as white miso, is sweet, has a light floral aroma, and isn’t too salty.

Myo makes enough of the salmon miso glaze for around six regular fillets using:

• Two tablespoons of Shiro miso
• Two tablespoons maple syrup or agave syrup
• Two tablespoons of soy sauce
• One to two garlic cloves, grated
• A quarter teaspoon black pepper

For the recipe, simply start by combining all the ingredients listed above in a bowl and spread it over the top of the salmon fillets. There’s no need to spread it on the skinned side.

While the fish is marinating, preheat your oven to 220C/200C Fan/Gas Mark 7 for 10 to 15 minutes.

Alternatively, the expert noted that you can cook the salmon in the air fryer too.

Myo claimed that you “won’t taste the miso”, but you will “notice the oomph in flavour”.