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Fragrant Middle Eastern-style Salmon with Herby Wild Rice
Dinners don’t get easier than this. Simmer responsibly-sourced salmon with garlic, tomatoes and Middle Eastern spices. Stir fresh coriander into steamed, nutty wild rice. Serve with a sprinkle of dukkah.
High protein
1/3 daily fibre
4 of 5 a day
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 courgette
- 2 garlic clove
- 200g passata (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 1 tbsp dukkah spice blend (buckwheat, pine kernel, coriander, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, cumin, oregano, paprika, sea salt)
- 1 handful of fresh coriander
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 1 tbsp Middle Eastern spice mix (galangal, cinnamon, ginger, pimento, cardamom, kalonji seeds, lavender flower, coriander, cassia, cumin, mace, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, chilli powder)
- 250g steamed wholegrain & wild basmati (Natural Wholegrain Basmati Rice - Steamed (89%), Natural Wild Rice - Steamed (10%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre)
- 2 diced salmon fillets (Fish)
- 1 onion
Nutritional Information
Calories: 670
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 49g
Fat: 34g
Ingredients
- 1 courgette (use half)
- 200g passata (use half) (tomatoes, salt, citric acid)
- 2 garlic clove
- 1 handful of fresh coriander (use half)
- 1 tbsp Middle Eastern spice mix (use half) (galangal, cinnamon, ginger, pimento, cardamom, kalonji seeds, lavender flower, coriander, cassia, cumin, mace, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, chilli powder)
- 1 tbsp dukkah spice blend (use half) (buckwheat, pine kernel, coriander, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, cumin, oregano, paprika, sea salt)
- 250g steamed wholegrain & wild basmati (use half) (Natural Wholegrain Basmati Rice - Steamed (89%), Natural Wild Rice - Steamed (10%), Rice Bran Oil, Acacia Fibre)
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 diced salmon fillet (Fish)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 675
Protein: 41g
Carbs: 50g
Fat: 34g
Fragrant Middle Eastern-style Salmon with Herby Wild Rice
Dinners don’t get easier than this. Simmer responsibly-sourced salmon with garlic, tomatoes and Middle Eastern spices. Stir fresh coriander into steamed, nutty wild rice. Serve with a sprinkle of dukkah.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Pull out a large frying pan, a medium frying pan, a grater & a measuring jug
Get started
- Cut the onion into 1cm thick wedges. Dice the courgette into 1cm chunks. Halve the tomatoes. Finely chop or grate the garlic
- Heat the large frying pan with 2 tsp oil on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the onion and courgette and cook for 4-5 mins, until softened. Season with salt and pepper
- Add the tomatoes and cook for another 2 mins
Build the dish
- Add the garlic, Middle Eastern spice mix and half the dukkah to the pan. Cook for 1 min, then stir in the passata and 100ml water (50ml for 1 person)
- Bring to a boil, gently stir in the salmon, then lower the heat and simmer for 14 mins, until the salmon is cooked through
Make the herby rice
- In the final 5 mins of the salmon cooking, heat the medium frying pan on medium-high heat. Once hot, add the rice and break it up with a wooden spoon. Add a splash of water and cook for 2-3 mins, until piping hot
- Roughly chop the coriander and stir through the rice with a pinch of salt
Plate up
- Check your fish is cooked through; it should be steaming hot, opaque and separate easily with a fork
- Share the salmon between bowls, with the rice alongside. Garnish with the remaining dukkah
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