Dinner, dinner, salmon winner!
We’re on to our second recipe for Soba month and I’m so pumped to share with you this delicious and refreshing salmon and soba recipe. Mmm.
Salmon is a staple in my household. I personally have two salmon nights a week, especially after a big legs session in the gym. On top of it’s usual high in Omega-3s and such, adequate intake of salmon can also help with inflammation and recovery due to it’s high mono and polyunsaturated fat content. If you haven’t already, try to incorporate salmon into your diet.
In line with my philosophy of delivering recipes that are Asian-inspired, nutritious and cheap, here’s something you can consider making for one of your salmon lunches or dinners.
What you’ll need:
- 100g of salmon
- 100g cooked soba noodles
- 2cm cube of fresh ginger, grated
- 1 tbsp chopped garlic
- 3 different kinds of veggies – should add up to about 200g. I used enoki mushrooms, red capsicums and thin Thai asparagus in this recipe.
- A couple of sprays of Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
- Cili padi, sesame oil and lime to garnish
How to do it:
- Begin with cooking the noodles according to instructions. For most soba noodles, nothing more than 3 mins is good enough.
- While the water is boiling and eventually, the soba is cooking, spray some liquid aminos into a bowl. Grate fresh ginger and add in garlic. Add in a couple of sprays of liquid aminos again and stir the marinade.
- Add in the salmon and marinade well. Store in the fridge while prepping other ingredients.
- Cut the asparagus into 2 cm length and set aside. Next cut the capsicum and place it in the same bowl as the asparagus. Finally, cut the enoki mushrooms. Your veggies are ready.
- Set a non-stick skillet to medium high and pour 1tbsp of olive oil. Once the pan is hot, place the salmon and cook. Make sure you keep the rest of the marinade – don’t throw them away!
- Flip the salmon over, there should be a nice near black coating on the side where you just cooked.
- Turn over the salmon once and let it cook as desired. Remove the cooked salmon and place it on a plate. Set aside.
- It’s now time to cook the veggies. Pour the remainder of the marinade and stir. Add in all the cut veggies and stir fry it for 2 mins.
- Place cooked soba noodles on a plate and pour in cooked veggies. Using a pair of tongs, mix in both noodles and veggies. If you wish, garnish with cili padi. Place the salmon on top, sprinkle some sesame oil and finish off with a squeeze of lime. Enjoy!
