I’ve seen a number of Asian style salmon dishes in foodie magazines and websites lately and whilst I love the flavours of soy sauce, ginger, chilli and sesame with salmon, I haven’t liked any of the recipes – they always seem very fiddly with everything happening at once. So, I set about trying to make a simple Asian style salmon dish, while keeping all the flavours.
What I have ended up with is very simple indeed! The salmon is chopped into chunks and briefly marinated in a very easy marinade of soy sauce, ginger, chilli, lime juice and sesame oil. I then fry the chunks of salmon for a few minutes, before chucking in the rest of the marinade and gently cooking the salmon until it is done. The salmon takes less than 10 minutes to cook and can be done in the time it takes to make some rice. A perfect midweek meal.
I love to serve this very simply with some plain boiled rice and some steamed green vegetables. I find pak choi and tenderstem broccoli work well. I like to serve this with a glass of dry Riesling from Alsace or Germany.
Soy, Chilli and Ginger Salmon
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons soy sauce
- Juice of 1 lime
- 2 tablespoons sesame oil
- 1 red chilli sliced and seeds removed (plus extra for garnish)
- 2 cm ginger chopped in thin slices (plus extra for garnish)
- 4 salmon fillets
- 200 g rice
- 400 ml boiling water
- Salt
- Tenderstem broccoli
- Pack choi cut into quarters lengthways
- Vegetable sunflower or wok oil
- Sesame seeds for garnish optional
Instructions
- Mix together the soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, sliced chilli and ginger in a bowl to make a simple marinade.
- Cut each salmon fillet into 4 equal chunks and put into the marinade. Turn the salmon pieces over a few times to coat them in the marinade and set aside.
- Next put the rice in the bottom of a steamer and add the water and salt. Put the prepared vegetables in the top of the steamer and place over the rice. Bring the rice to the boil and turn down very low. Cook for 8 minutes, by which time the rice should be just cooked and should have absorbed all the water and the vegetables should be just done.
- While the rice and the vegetables are cooking, drizzle a little oil into a frying pan and heat over a medium heat for 1 minute. Add the salmon, reserving the marinade for later. Cook the salmon for about 3 minutes on each side (top and bottom sides, not all the sides!) and then turn the heat down and tip in the marinade. Cook for a further 2 minutes.
- Sprinkle the salmon with a few sesame seeds and some extra chilli and ginger and serve with the rice and green vegetables. I like to put the soy sauce and a few limes on the table for everyone to help themselves to extra.
Oh wow Eb, this looks and sounds amazing! I would love to have this for my dinner. Thank you for sharing x #CookBlogShare
Aw, thanks Kirsty! I was really pleased with how this one turned out. I just love these kind of flavours and anything which takes 15 minutes to make is always good in my book! Eb x
I love salmon and the flavours you have chosen sound lovely. Will have to give this a go
Thanks, Alison. Let me know how you get on 🙂 Eb x
This looks delicious and as you say it would make a perfect midweek supper as it’s so quick. Well done for simplifying something that’s usually fiddly and time consuming! Thanks for linking up to #CookBlogShare this week x
Thanks, Mandy. It really is a great midweek meal – especially when I’ve had one of those afternoons that’s involved ferrying my kids to and fro. It’s nice to know I’ve got something quick and simple to prepare when we get home 🙂 I absolutely love simplifying recipes. I’ve seen lots of similar recipes, but they all seem to forget that you haven’t got six pairs of hands and can’t do everything all at once. I always enjoy the challenge of making this kind of recipe do-able! Eb x
This looks really delicious – lots of my favourite flavours! I think this would be a very popular dinner in our house 🙂
Thanks, Helen! It involves lots of my favourite flavours too. 🙂 It is definitely popular in my house, when I make it – my kids just can’t get enough of these asian-style flavours at the moment…and, to be honest, neither can I! Eb x
This sounds and looks delicious. I can definitely see my parents enjoying this Eb, they love their fish dishes. I’ll pass it on to them 🙂
Angela x
Thanks, Angela! It does taste pretty good. Hope your parents like it! Eb x
This looks so delicious! I used to make a lot of Asian style foods but since cooking for the kids I’ve cut back a bit. My youngest has just turned one so I haven’t been using soy sauce much due to salt levels. This is making me want to get back into cooking Asian dishes again 🙂
Thank you, Amy! I love Asian style food. It’s usually quick and simple to make, generally quite healthy and such great flavours! And as a bonus my kids absolutely love this kind of food: they are older than yours – 5 and 7 – and they both absolutely love soy sauce. Far too much, in fact. I have to ration it or they would have far more than is good for them! Hope you get back into cooking Asian dishes soon and your kids love it as much as mine 🙂
A WONDERFUL looking meal and one that ticks all the taste boxes for me Eb!
Thanks for your kind comments, Karen! Eb x
This looks incredible. Thanks for linking up to #tastytuesdays on honestmum.com
Thanks, Vicki! Tastes pretty good too 🙂 Eb x
Looks so delicious. My boys love salmon and are becoming so adventurous with their food that this may have to be our next food adventure! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you, Daisy! It’s great when kids get more adventurous with their food, isn’t it? My two love trying my new recipes and giving their very honest feedback on it! Thanks for commenting. Eb x
I love Asian-style Salmon dishes! Ginger, soy and chilli compliment the fish perfectly. Looks and sounds delicious! Might have to pop round for tea!
Aw, thanks Kate! They are great flavours with salmon, aren’t they? Sure no problem, what time do you want to come round? 😉
This is the sort of meal I would love. I do enjoy Asian cooking, you can really easily transform a meal into something very tasty! Thank you for sharing with #cookblogshare x
My recipe must be good to warrant a second comment 😉 Totally agree with you about Asian food…especially soy sauce. It’s amazing what you can perk up with a bit of soy. My kids are obsessed with it at the moment – I have to ration them or they would probably drown their meals in soy sauce! Thanks for all your kind words. Eb x
Absolutely loved this! I’ll definitely add this to my repertoire.
So pleased you enjoyed this one! It’s one of our favourites too. In fact my husband likes this one so much he chose it has his birthday lunch this year! Eb 🙂
Hi Eb, just wanted to say I tried making this yesterday and my husband and I loved it! We especially liked the fact that it is so simple and that you can do the rice and vegetables all in one ‘pot’ so to speak. The salmon itself was delicious – again what a simple yet delicious marinade! We will definitely be making it again. Thank you very much for sharing! X
Hi Nathalie, thanks so much for this lovely comment. I am delighted you and your husband enjoyed it so much! And thanks so much for taking the time to let me know – really appreciated. Eb 🙂