Hey y'all! Quick recipe post today! I can't believe Christmas is only three weeks away - I'm being reasonably organised this year, and have already baked my Christmas cake (Nigel Slater's one from The Kitchen Diaries), and have even done most of my Christmas shopping! Crazy! But I just foresee it getting busier and busier as Christmas approaches - work, catching up with friends and family, and of course more Christmas baking and cooking.
I posted a pic of this dish on Instagram two months ago, and have been meaning to share the full recipe ever since. I thought now was the perfect time - it's very easy, it's healthy, and it tastes great! Perfect to cook during this busy festive season, and perfect to eat if you've been indulging in a few too many mince pies like I've been - oops! You can literally buy all the ingredients at a supermarket on your lunch break or on your way home, and cook it all in about half an hour. It's substantial but not too heavy, making it suitable for both hot and cold days. (Fantastic for all that variable weather Melbourne's been having lately!)
The idea for this dish came from a few different recipes that I've made frequently over the years and just love: Nigella's mirin-glazed soba (Nigella Express), her cold soba noodle salad (Forever Summer) and Ottolenghi's famous chargrilled broccoli. The specific ingredients, measurements and method, however, are my own - based on my tastes (and what I had lying in the pantry!)
You marinate and then grill a piece of salmon, boil up the marinading liquid and use it to dress cooked soba noodles. Blanched and grilled broccolini add extra deliciousness and vitamins. Full disclosure - you will end up with quite a few dishes, but I think it's worth it! And chargrilled broccolini is so, so tasty. You must try it! In lazier evenings, I've replaced the broccolini with spears of asparagus - just chucking them into cooking water with the soba for the last couple of minutes.
Another good idea is to double the quantities, and have leftovers cold as a salad the next day (I'd suggest cooking the salmon all the way through if you're doing this). So good, and good for you! Enjoy.
Simple Salmon with Soba and Chargrilled Broccolini
An original recipe by Sarah Cooks, idea inspired by Nigella's mirin-glazed salmon, her cold soba salad with sesame seeds, and Ottolenghi's char-grilled broccoli
Ingredients
75 grams soba noodles
1 small salmon fillet
1 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon mirin
2 tablespoons soy
1 teaspoon sesame oil
1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted
1 spring onion, finely sliced
1/2 bunch brocollini
Method
For the noodles: cook the soba noodles in rapidly boiling water for 5-7 minutes (or according to packet directions) until cooked but still retaining a bit of bite. Drain and rinse with cold water to arrest the cooking.
For the salmon: mix together the honey, mirin, soy and sesame oil, pour over the salmon and allow to marinate for 5 minutes. Heat a little vegetable oil in non-stick pan over a medium heat, then fry the salmon for 2-3 minutes a side or until done to your liking. Allow to rest on a plate. Pour the marinade into the frypan and boil for 1 minute. Pour the cooked marinade over the soba, add toasted sesame seeds and chopped spring onions. Toss to mix.
For the broccolini: cook the broccolini in rapidly boiling salted water for 2 minutes. Drain and run under cold water to arrest the cooking. Drizzle with olive oil and toss to coat. Cook on a super hot griddle pan for a minute or two each side until you get marks on the broccolini and it starts to smell amazing!
Serves 1, but quantities can easily be increased to serve more
Love soba like I do? Check out these recipes, from the old old days of this blog!
- Chilled soba with oysters
- Soba noodles with salmon (these noodles are served in a dashi broth)
- Chilled soba noodles with prawns
- Zaru-Soba
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3 comments
Everybody! I can 100% concur that this is a damn friggin kickass recipe that everyone should try! Sarah, thanks for sharing this recipe with me earlier and giving me one of the best weeknight dinners I've had in a long time (esp cuz it was during exams lol). I loved this so much and you're right, the chargrilled broccolini was absolutely amazing. So so delicious to dig in to a plate of this after all the cooking. Hope you have a great Christmas break ahead! =D
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing this pic of Instagram and Winston has been making it too!! :)
ReplyDeleteNow I can't wait to try hehe I love love love salmon! and I've heard that soba is very healthy too woo hoo!
Thanks for sharing Sarah!
Winston - I'm so glad you liked the recipe! I'm sure all the omega 3s in the salmon helped you during exams! :) I felt bad when you instagrammed that there were a lot of dishes (and yup, there were!) but I love the broccolini too much to leave it out of the recipe, hehe.
ReplyDeleteDaisy - Soba is very good for you, loads of fibre and other good things! I hope you enjoy it if you make it. :)
xox Sarah