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TERIYAKI SALMON SOBA NOODLE RECIPE
Given how much salmon we eat at home, I’m always trying out new ways of serving it, and this is my current favourite. It’s amazing how much flavour the salmon takes on after just 20 minutes in the sweet and salty marinade, and it’s even better if you can give it two hours. Remember always to cook fish skin-side down at first to protect the delicate flesh from too much heat. Serve with garlic tenderstem broccoli and perhaps Soba Noodle Salad.
A wholesome, filling side dish of buckwheat noodles served with fresh vegetables and dressed with a kind of Japanese vinaigrette of sesame oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce and lemon juice. Do add the nori seaweed if you can. It gives the finished dish a real depth of flavour.
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Ingredients
TERIYAKI SALMON
- 2 cm piece of fresh root ginger finely sliced
- 2 garlic cloves peeled and finely sliced
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp mirin rice wine
- olive oil
- 4 in salmon fillets about 500gtotal
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
SOBA NOODLE SALAD
- 300 g soba noodles
- 100 g kale stalks removed, leaves shredded or torn
- 150 g sugarsnap peas topped and tailed, halved lengthways
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced into ribbons (use a vegetable peeler)
- 2 Spring onions trimmed and finely chopped
- 3 cm piece of fresh root ginger peeled and finely sliced
- 1 tbsp Sesame oil
- 1 tsp –2rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp –1½soy sauce
- Juice of ½ lemon
- 1 sheet of nori seaweed finely sliced (optional)
- Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Ingredients
TERIYAKI SALMON
SOBA NOODLE SALAD
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Instructions
TERIYAKI SALMON
- 1. Put the ginger and garlic into a bowl and mix with the soy sauce, maple syrup, mirin and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Place the salmon fillets in a dish, season with salt and pepper and pour the sticky dressing over them. Cover with cling film and set aside in the fridge to marinate for up to 2 hours, but at least 20 minutes.
- Place a large frying pan over a medium heat and add a dash of oil. When hot, add the salmon, skin side down, reserving the marinade. Cook for 2 minutes, then pour in the reserved marinade and cook for a further minute or so, until the salmon fillets are opaque halfway up the sides. Turn them over and cook on the other side for 3–4 minutes, basting with the sauce so that the salmon is well coated. Add a splash of water if the sauce is too thick.
- Serve the salmon fillets on individual plates, spooning over any teriyaki sauce left in the pan.
SOBA NOODLE SALAD
- Cook the soba noodles according to the packet instructions. When almost cooked, add the kale, sugarsnaps and carrots to the pan to blanch. Drain once the noodles are tender.
- Add all the remaining ingredients to the noodle mixture, season with a little salt and pepper, stir well and serve.