This meal is as easy to prepare as it is healthy.
Japanese rice
1 ½ cups | Rice, (basmati, sushi or jasmine rice) |
1 Tbsp | Tamari soy sauce |
1 knob | Butter |
1 Tbsp | Black sesame seeds, optional |
Glazed salmon and greens
4 fillets | Salmon, fresh and pin-boned (Main) |
1 Tbsp | Sweet chilli sauce |
1 | Lime, finely grated zest and juice |
1 piece | Fresh ginger, approx 1 inch long, sliced thinly and cut into matchsticks |
4 bunches | Bok choy, kai larn, tat soi or similar, trimmed |
1 dash | Sesame oil |
Directions
- Cook rice according to packet instructions. Add soy sauce, butter and sesame seeds and mix through the rice.
- Preheat oven to 200C. Line an oven tray or dish with baking paper and lay salmon fillets (flesh side up) on top.
- Mix sweet chilli, lime juice and zest and ginger and spoon over salmon.
- Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 6-7 minutes or until salmon is just cooked through.
- Cook greens in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain and drizzle with a little sesame oil.
- Divide rice between plates, top with a piece of salmon and Asian greens.
- Serve with a lime wedge to squeeze over salmon (optional).