Marinated Sweet Chilli and Lime Salmon

This is actually a really simple dish. I was once in a rush for dinner and just cooked up a salmon fillet and some microwavable rice. After getting about halfway I decided i'd had enough. I had to have some sauce...

So I figured sweet chilli sauce would be a good option as the salmon was thai marinated already ( although I couldn't taste anything except salmon). O-mi-gosh, I didn't realise how well sweet chilli and salmon went!

Then after a little creative thinking of what goes with sweet chilli sauce, I gave a good squeeze of lime over my salmon and rice.

I thought there was a lot of potential here for a easy tasty healthy dish. So I planned a day where I had time and experimented a little to develop this dish to something blog-worthy since a blog saying: "Salmon with sweet chilli sauce", consisting of two ingredients, sounded a little boring...

Of course I healthified the dish and well this is the result.

Marinated Sweet Chilli and Lime Salmon

Serves: 2

Ingredients

For the marinade

• 2 salmon fillets

• 2 garlic cloves, minced

• 2tsp grated ginger

• 2 tsp dark soy sauce

• 1 tsp fish sauce

• 1tsp honey

• 1tsp sesame oil

• salt and pepper, to season

To serve

• healthy grains ( I used a mix of bulgar wheat and quinoa ), or rice

• steamed broccoli

• sweet chilli sauce, lime juice, coriander and sesame oil, to dress

Method

- The night before, combine all the marinade ingredients together and pour it over the salmon fillets in a lined, deep set pan.

- Use your fingers to rub the marinade into the salmon then cover and place in the fridge. You can marinate this on the day for a couple of hours or even 1 is better.

- When you're ready to serve the dish. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees. Drain the salmon fillets from the marinade.

- Once the oven has finished heating up, pop the fillets in the oven for 25-30 minutes

- Meanwhile, cook the grain.

- Boil some water and set a sieve over it. Add the broccoli to the sieve and cover with a lid. Leave it to cook until tender with a little crunch.

- Dress the grain in a good drizzle of sesame oil and fluff it all together

- Take the fillets out of the oven when they are flaky on the inside and no longer shiny ( like jelly looking ).

- Add a handful of spinach to a bowl. Pour the grains or rice on top. Add the salmon to once side and the broccoli beside. Pour over the sweet chilli sauce and a squeeze of lime.

- Sprinkle the coriander and serve it up.

I hope you enjoy!