Asian Salmon with Carrot and Cucumber Slaw

• Seafood

  • 250 g Salmon

• Produce

  • 1 Carrot
  • 1/2 Chilli, red
  • 1 Chilli
  • 1 tbsp Chilli paste or 1 red chilli
  • 4 sprigs Cilantro
  • 2 Cilantro, sprigs
  • 1 Cucumber
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 tbsp Ginger
  • 1 Lime juiced
  • 2 tbsp Peanuts
  • 1 tbsp Peanuts, dry roasted
  • 3 Radishes
  • 2 Spring onions

• Condiments

  • 2 tbsp Fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp Honey
  • 1 tbsp Lemon grass paste
  • 1/4 cup Lime juice, fresh
  • 1/4 cup Soy sauce
  • 2 tsp Tamarind sauce

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 tbsp Palm sugar or brown sugar
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Sesame seeds

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Description

Ingredients

• ¼ cup - soy sauce
• 1 tbsp - lemon grass paste
• 2 cloves - garlic
• 1 tbsp - grated ginger
• 1 tbsp - chilli paste or 1 red chilli, minced
• 4-5 sprigs- cilantro, chopped
• 1 lime- juiced
• 2 tbsp - honey
• 250 gr/8 oz- salmon, divided
• 1 tsp sesame seeds
• 1 cucumber, cut in matchsticks
• 1 carrot, cut in matchsticks
• 3 radishes, cut in matchsticks
• 2-3 spring onions, sliced
• ½ red chilli, sliced thinly
• 2-3 cilantro sprigs, leaves only
• 2 tbsp peanuts, crushed
• 1 tbsp dry roasted peanuts
• 2 cloves of garlic
• 1 chilli, minced
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 tbsp Palm sugar or brown sugar
• 2 tbsp fish sauce
• ¼ cup/125 ml fresh lime juice
• 2 tsp Tamarind sauce (optional)

Directions

• Mix soy sauce, lemon grass paste, garlic, ginger, lime juice, chopped cilantro and chilli paste or fresh minced chillies and pour over your salmon.
• Let it marinade for at least for 30 minutes.
• Then brush the marinade off your salmon and glaze it with 2 tablespoons of honey, broil in the oven for 7 minutes in the same pan it was marinading until the top is caramelised and blackened and the salmon flakes up easily with a fork.
• Prepare the dressing by combining peanuts, garlic, minced chilli, salt and palm or brown sugar in a mortar, bash with a pestle until you have a paste and then combine with fish sauce, Tamarind sauce if using and lime juice. Set aside.
• Peel carrots and cut carrots, cucumbers and radishes in matchsticks using a mandolin or a vegetable grater. Slice spring onions and chilli.
• Combine all vegetables in a medium sized bowl and gently toss with the dressing.
• For serving divide the slaw between two plates and sprinkle with crushed peanuts. Top each plate with a piece of salmon. Sprinkle salmon with sesame seeds and more sliced spring onions. Serve immediately.