Thai Salmon

When I started making this the other week Mr M turned his nose up at the smell. Okay, it didn't smell that great whilst marinating it, I mean fish sauce doesn't have an entirely pleasant smell does it? But I have to say he thoroughly enjoyed it, and I did too!

It's a really simple idea but I love the fresh Thai flavours with the salmon. It's worth noting, whilst this is really quick and easy to put together, you do need to allow time for it to marinate. I didn't really forward-think and had to rejiggle dinners around and in the end left this to marinate overnight. 

The recipe serves 4 and whilst I have talked about grilling, you could also BBQ the salmon if you so wished!

Thai Salmon

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets
1 small red chilli, deseeded and finally chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 
coriander, small handful, roughly chopped
1 tbsp fish sauce
1 tbsp sesame 
2 tbsp honey
1/4 cucumber, diced
red onion, diced

Method

First you need to start by marinading the salmon. This needs to be left for at least 20 minutes or overnight. Pop the salmon fillets into a dish and cover with the chopped chilli, garlic, coriander, fish sauce, sesame oil and honey. Season well with freshly ground black pepper and refrigerate.

When you're ready to cook, pre-heat the grill to medium-hot.  Grill the salmon fillets until it is crisp at the edges. To make sure it's fully cooked (if you like it that way!) keep cooking until it feels firm to the touch. 

When cooked, serve with the diced cucumber and onion sprinkled over the top.

I also served this with some noodles, white rice and sweet chilli sauce. 

It was really yum and will definitely be a fav!