Sarah's asian salmon salad
- Preparation time 10 minutes
- Cooking time 6 minutes
- Serves 4-6
Ingredients
- 500 g dried rice vermicelli noodles
- 1 bunch baby bok choy
- 150 g snow peas, trimmed
- 1 large carrot, cut into thin strips
- olive or canola oil spray
- 4-6 small salmon fillets
- 1 red capsicum, cut into thin strips
- 400 g can baby corn, drained and halved lengthways
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons MAGGI Authentic Thai Sweet Chilli Sauce
- 1 teaspoon minced ginger
Method
- Place noodles in a large heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water.
- Stand for 10 minutes, then drain and rinse thoroughly with cold water; drain well.
- Remove the stem ends of the bok choy and separate the leaves.
- Wash and dry, then cut the leaves from the stems.
- Cut stems crossways into 1-cm slices, and cut leaves crossways into 2-cm shreds.
- Put stems, snow peas and carrot in a heatproof bowl and cover with boiling water.
- Stand for 3 minutes, then drain well.
- Spray a large nonstick chargrill pan or frying pan with oil and heat.
- Cook salmon over medium-low heat for 3 minutes on each side.
- Transfer to a plate, cover loosely with foil and stand for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place noodles and vegetables in a large bowl.
- In a small bowl or jug, mix lemon juice, sweet chilli sauce and ginger.
- Pour over noodle salad and toss well to combine.
- Divide salad among serving plates, and top with salmon fillet.
- Season with freshly ground pepper.
- Garnish with coriander leaves, if desired.
- Note: if serving 6, use 6 salmon fillets.
HINT: Fresh salmon fillets are delicious but can be expensive. Replace them with 400 g canned red salmon, drained and flaked into large chunks with a fork. This salad is also delicious with hokkien noodles
Nutrition
ANALYSIS per serve | 4 | 6 |
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Energy kJ (Cal) | 1862 (445) | 1241 (297) |
Carbohydrate (g) | 52 | 34 |
Protein (g) | 32 | 21 |
Fat (g) | 11 | 8 |
Iron, Vitamin C, Zinc |
Australian Institute of Sport - From the "Survival from the Fittest" cookbook
05 Nov 2018
HINT: Fresh salmon fillets are delicious but can be expensive. Replace them with 400 g canned red salmon, drained and flaked into large chunks with a fork. This salad is also delicious with hokkien noodles
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