Teriyaki Salmon, Brown Rice and Sesame Spinach Slaw

Teriyaki Salmon, Brown Rice and Sesame Spinach Slaw

Ready in 25 minutes Serves 1
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, August 16, 2015.

Teriyaki salmon, served on Japanese brown rice with a sesame, spinach and carrot slaw.


Ingredients

BROWN RICE

  • 1/2 cup Japanese brown rice
  • 3/4 cup water

SESAME SPINACH SLAW

  • 1/3 bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1/2 carrot
  • 1/2 shallot
  • 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 1 teaspoon sesame oil
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

TERIYAKI SALMON

  • 150g salmon fillet
  • 1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
  • 1 tablespoon coriander leaves, to serve

Steps

  1. Combine rice, water and a pinch of salt in a small pot and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, cover with a tight-fitting lid and reduce to lowest heat to cook for 15 minutes. Turn off heat and leave to steam, still covered, for a further 8 minutes. Do not lift lid at any time during cooking.
  2. Roughly chop spinach; peel carrot and cut into thin matchsticks or grate; finely slice shallot. Combine in a small bowl.
  3. When rice is steaming, pat salmon dry with paper towels and remove any pin-bones. Heat a small fry-pan on medium heat. Toast sesame seeds until light brown, about 30 seconds. Remove from pan and set aside; increase heat to high and add a drizzle of oil. Fry salmon, skinside- down, for about 3 minutes, until skin is crispy. Flip and cook for a further 2 minutes for medium, or until cooked to your liking. Remove from pan, reduce heat to low and add teriyaki sauce. Leave to simmer until thickened and glaze-like, about 30 seconds. Remove pan from heat and return salmon to pan and turn to coat in sauce.
  4. Toss sesame oil, lemon juice and half the sesame seeds through slaw.
  5. Place rice, slaw and salmon onto a plate and drizzle over remaining teriyaki sauce. Sprinkle over coriander and remaining sesame seeds.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2545 kj
608 kcal
Protein 40.3g
Carbohydrate 64.9g
Fat 28.3g