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Sticky Soy and Ginger Salmon with Rice Noodles and Pak Choi

Pan-seared salmon glazed with soy, honey and ginger, served over rice noodles with wilted pak choi.

Total
25 min
Hands on
20 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
East Asian

Per serving · estimated

Energy
625 kcal
Protein
38 g
Fat
24 g
Carbs
62 g
Freshly cooked Sticky Soy and Ginger Salmon with Rice Noodles and Pak Choi

Method

  1. Step 1 of 9

    Bring a saucepan of water to the boil for the noodles.

    saucepan on hob
  2. Step 2 of 9

    Grate the ginger, mince the garlic and slice the spring onions, keeping green and white apart.

    • Fresh ginger
    • Garlic cloves
    • Spring onions
    grate ginger
  3. Step 3 of 9

    Stir the soy sauce, honey, ginger and garlic together in a small bowl.

    • Soy sauce
    • Honey
    • Fresh ginger
    • Garlic cloves
  4. Step 4 of 9

    Cook the rice noodles in the boiling water for 4 minutes, then drain and toss with the sesame oil.

    • Rice noodles
    • Sesame oil
    4 min
  5. Step 5 of 9

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat until it shimmers.

    • Vegetable oil
    oil shimmering
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  6. Step 6 of 9

    Lay the salmon in skin side down and fry for 5 minutes without moving it.

    • Salmon fillets, skin on
    5 min
    crispy fish skin
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  7. Step 7 of 9

    Turn the fillets, pour in the soy mixture and spoon it over for 3–4 minutes until sticky and the salmon reaches 63 °C.

    • Salmon fillets, skin on
    • Soy sauce
    63 °C / 145 °F4 minFin fish to 63 °C / 145 °F
    salmon just cooked
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  8. Step 8 of 9

    Lift the salmon onto a plate, add the halved pak choi and spring onion whites to the pan and cook 2 minutes until just wilted.

    • Pak choi
    • Spring onions
    2 min
    vegetables tender crisp
    What ‘ready’ looks like
  9. Step 9 of 9

    Pile the noodles into bowls, top with pak choi and salmon, spoon over the pan glaze and finish with spring onion greens, sesame seeds, sliced chilli and a squeeze of lime.

    • Rice noodles
    • Pak choi
    • Salmon fillets, skin on
    • Spring onions
    • Sesame seeds
    • Red chilli
    • Lime

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