I haven’t been spending as much time in the kitchen as I would like to, because when you start renovating and there is still stuff to do outside, your mind wanders, but I have been trying to perfect this amazing salmon recipe, and my oh my, it’s a winner.
Last year for Christmas my best friend gifted me this amazing encouragement calendar (you can find the 2019 version here). Each day, you tear off a page and see your new day motto. It has been spot on on so many occassions and I bet we can all relate to these messages of positivity, forgiveness, self-care and self-love.
Here I am world, open to everything you have to offer.
I keep in mind that the road to freedom is through the doorway of forgiveness.
I love myself exactly as I am. I no longer wait to be perfect in order to love myself.
Gifts of kindness, love and appreciation are the greatest gifts we can give. I now share my good with others.
It’s been great, and I have been sharing many of these messages with my close friends to encourage them in their day-to-day goings on.
I haven’t been spending as much time in the kitchen as I would like to, because when you start renovating and there is still stuff to do outside, your mind wanders, but I have been trying to perfect this amazing salmon recipe, and my oh my, it’s a winner.
It’s slow-cooked in the oven resulting in a melt-in-your mouth fish with a beautiful salty-sweet crust from the maple miso. Amazing!
Restaurant quality food at home. Give it a go.
Salty-Sweet Miso-Glazed Salmon and Soba Bowls
Ingredients
- 2 140g fresh salmon portions skin on,
- 2 tbsp shiro miso paste
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 2 tbsps olive oil
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 90g stick soba noodles
- 2 small cucumbers
- 1 small zucchini or 200g pack zoodles
- 1 baby cos lettuce
- 2 tablespoons mayo
- a few coriander leaves
- chilli flakes to taste
- 1 tablespoon crispy fried onion*
Instructions
- Preheat conventional oven to 120C / 250F. Place salmon pieces on baking paper skin-side down. Mix together the miso, maple syrup, 1 tablespoon olive oil and water. Top each piece with the paste and spread evenly over the top. Roast for 25 minutes on the middle shelf of the oven or until the paste is caramelized lightly.
- Meanwhile, cook soba noodles in boiling water for 8 minutes and drain. Using a mandolin slicer slice cucumbers lengthways. Spiralise zucchini, if using whole. Toss noodles, zucchini and cucumber in a large bowl with the remaining olive oil. Arrange lettuce leaves on plates. Top with the noodle mixture.
- Remove salmon from the oven and transfer onto the noodles. Drizzle with mayo, sprinkle with coriander leaves, chilli flakes and crispy onion. Tuck in!
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This recipe is 1.5 yrs old, but no reviews?
I was leery of investing time and $ into this recipe because it had been posted 1.5 years with no reviews. But I took a chance, and was glad I did. SO many layers of flavor! Fresh and healthy! This is a dish that is just as good served cold the next day, so make extra and take it for lunch. I made my sauce 1st and allowed the salmon to marinade in sauce while prepping the veggies, etc. Using frozen zoodles would work out fine. I did not have miso paste so I substituted fish sauce. I substituted 1 T. of sesame seed oil for 1 T of the olive oil. I crushed the red pepper flakes and added them into the sauce vs sprinkling on top at completion. I made deep cuts on the salmon thru the skin to provide more surface for the marinade and also for the fish to cook quicker. I cooked my salmon in the airfryer on 400° ~ 5 min. (mine were very thin). They came out nice and juicy; perfectly cooked. While the fish was cooking I added the (pre-cooked) soba noodles and zucchini zoodles to the remaining sauce in a frying pan and cooked until warm (~ 4 minutes) until both were hot. I plated this dish in this manner: Layed out lettuce leaves, then I placed the soba noodle/zoodle mixture on top of the leaves, laid the salmon fillets on the top and drizzled a little mayo. Topped this with fried onion rings and a sprinkle of cilantro leaves. If you pack it for a lunch, put the heaviest items in 1st, ending with the lightest/driest.