Caramelised Salmon Thai Style

Total Time: 17 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 50 g soft brown sugar
• 65 ml water
• 1/2 chili pepper, seeded and finely sliced
• 1 1/2 cm ginger, finely sliced
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 2 tablespoons thai fish sauce
• 2 tablespoons lime juice
• 2 salmon fillets, skinless
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 25 g mint
• 12 g coriander leaves, chopped
• 1 spring onion, sliced
• 1 tablespoon salted peanuts, crushed
• 1/2 lime, quartered

Recipe

• 1 bring the sugar and water to boil in a small pan stirring. add the chilli, ginger and garlic and let it bubble to reduce for 4 mins until syrupy.
• 2 remove from heat and add the lime juice and fish sauce.
• 3 chop the salmon into bite size pieces about 2cm squared and coat in the sauce. lift out the salmon and heat the oil in a frying pan. add the salmon and fry quickly on both sides to caramelise. add the sauce to the pan and heat through stir in the corriander and mint.
• 4 serve with rice (preferably jasmine rice) and scatter over the peanuts and spring onions.