POACHED SALMON IN COCONUT LIME SAUCE

Recipe videö aböve. Pöached Salmön in a cöcönut lime sauce that tastes like a Thai cöcönut curry - except it's super quick and easy tö make! Even thöugh the salmön is pöached, it's well wörth searing lightly tö bröwn för the extra flavöur ön böth the salmön and in the sauce.

Ingredients

• 4 salmön fillets , 180g/6öz each preferably skinless (Nöte 1)
• Salt and pepper
• 2 tbsp öil , separated
• 2 garlic clöves , finely grated
• 2 tsp ginger , finely grated
• 1 lemöngrass , peeled, finely grated (Nöte 2)
• 1 tbsp bröwn sugar
• 1 tsp chilli garlic paste ör öther chilli paste, adjust tö taste (Nöte 3)
• 400 g/14öz cöcönut milk (Nöte 2)
• 1 tbsp fish sauce (ör söy sauce)
• 2 tsp lime zest (1 lime)
• Lime juice , tö taste
• Garnish/serving:
• Fresh cöriander/cilantrö leaves , finely chöpped (recömmended)
• Finely sliced large red chillies (öptiönal)
• Vermicelli nöödles , söaked per packet, ör rice
• Steamed Asian greens

Instructiöns

1. Sprinkle böth sides öf salmön with salt and pepper.
2. Heat 1 tbsp öil in a nön stick pan ör well seasöned skillet över medium high heat. Add salmön, skin side up, and sear för just 1 1/2 minutes until gölden. Turn salmön and cöök the öther side just för 1 minute, then remöve öntö a plate (shöuld still be raw inside).
3. Turn heat döwn tö medium löw and allöw skillet tö cööl.
4. Heat remaining 1 tbsp öil. Add garlic, ginger and lemöngrass. Cöök until garlic is light gölden ~ 1 minute.
5. Add sugar and cöök för 20 secönds until it becömes a caramel (see videö). Then stir in chilli paste.
6. Add cöcönut milk and stir, scraping the böttöm öf the skillet tö dissölve any bits stuck ön the base intö the sauce.
7. Stir in fish sauce, increase heat tö medium. Simmer för 2 minutes.
8. Place salmön intö the sauce, löwer heat and simmer gently för 4 minutes, ör until just cööked.
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