Salmon 'Paella'

Salmon 'Paella'

Ready in 30 minutes Serves 2
This dish most recently appeared in My Classic (5 Meals For 1) on Sunday, July 30, 2017.

A super Salmon spanish Paella!


Ingredients

SALMON ‘PAELLA’

  • 1½ cups chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1 pottle saffron
  • 150g salmon fillet
  • 1 teaspoon butter
  • 100g chorizo, sliced 0.5cm
  • ½ brown onion, finely diced
  • 1 carrot, grated
  • ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
  • ¾ cup brown rice
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 1 handful baby spinach leaves
  • ½ courgette, grated
  • Zest and juice of ½ lemon

TO SERVE

  • 1-2 tablespoons dill dressing

Steps

  1. Heat stock and saffron in a small pot until hot. Turn off heat and set aside. While stock warms, remove skin from salmon. To do this, place salmon fillet on a chopping board, skin-side-down, with the thinnest part closet to you.
  2. Hold thin end of fillet, and using a sharp knife, cut between the flesh and skin slowly, until the fish pulls away from the skin. Discard skin and dice salmon flesh 2cm.
  3. Heat butter and a drizzle of oil in a medium pot (with a lid) or paella pan on medium heat. Cook chorizo for 2 minutes, until starting to crisp up. Add onion and carrot and cook a further 2-3 minutes, until vegetables are starting to soften. Add paprika and cook for 1 minute, stirring until fragrant.
  4. Stir warmed stock, rice, salmon and salt into pot/pan with chorizo and bring to the boil. As soon as it boils, reduce heat to low, cover and cook for 15 minutes, until rice is just tender.
  5. When rice is cooked, add spinach, courgette and lemon to pot/pan and stir to combine. Be sure to scrape the bottom of the pot/pan, using a wooden spoon, to lift the caramelized and toasted rice. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
  6. divide salmon paella between bowls and dollop over dill dressing.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2835 kj
678 kcal
Protein 34.6g
Carbohydrate 64.2g
Fat 30.7g