Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Calling All Salmon Fans Out There

Normally, I don't share food recipes of my cooking. That is because I'm not the greatest cook and cook only on weekends. It's usually simple dishes like a dish of vegetables, steam or fried fish with soup. This time I decided to share because I cooked salmon and if you didn't know already, I.LOVE.SALMON. But since it's not cheap and we don't always see it at the morning market, we don't buy it every week. Usually we buy kurau or English threadfin. 

Now, I know there are many salmon fans out there so I'm sure you will love this recipe. This time the fish is not fried or steamed the conventional way. My mum will always collect recipes from The Star newspaper. She'll cut them out and paste it in those old annual reports she received. That's how I got the recipe.

You'll need:

1 fillet or steak of salmon. (mine was steak)
1 small packet fresh herbs. (I got rosemary herb)
2 slices of lemon
Pinch of salt and pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil

Rinse the fish and pat dry with paper towels. Cut 1 sheet of aluminium foil about 15cm x 30cm and lay them (long side facing you) on a working surface.


Place the salmon in the centre of the foil. Sprinkle a generous pinch of salt and pepper on the fish and rub all over. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over the fish. Can you see the oil at the picture above? Mmm..


Break off a sprig of rosemary herb (I broke 2 sprigs! Can't resist the nice smell of the herb) and place it over fish.

 

Then top with the 2 lemon slices.


Make an envelope by folding the 2 long sides of the foil over the fish to enclose it.


Then fold both ends over and now the fish is snugly packaged.

You can steam or bake the parcel. If you chose to bake, then preheat for 10 minutes at 160 degree Celcius, place parcel on a tray and bake for 6-7 minutes.

You can also steam the fish like me because I don't have an oven. Steam it in a wok and just place the parcel on the steam rack. Of course cover the lid and steam for 5 minutes. (I forgotten to take a picture!)


There my salmon ready to be devoured. The verdict from the hubby and kids? Two thumbs up! They said it was delicious. There was a nice aroma and it had a nice tasting sauce. Fish wasn't tough, flaky and dry. Succulent!

18 comments:

  1. Although I am really a fan of salmon, i don't mind having your steamed salmon.

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    1. yeah you can. it's a healthy way. Maybe you can try other types of fish?

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  2. Not a fan of salmon..but it definitely looks good.

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  3. I have two frozen salmon pieces in the fridge... thanks for sharing.. with the lemon and the rosemary, I am sure the salmon has a better taste than eating it on its own.. :)

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    1. Good! You can try. Yeah the lemon and rosemary added more flavour definitely.

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  4. you bought the salmon from Tesco?
    I think i will try using your recipe.

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    1. Nope, I got it from the morning market near my house. Yes, you should try this recipe. You won't regret it.

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  5. We normally take our salmon grilled. But baking /steaming seems like a very good idea, no oil involved too.

    I'm a salmon lover!

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    1. Hey, thanks for dropping by again! We don't have a grill.:( Oh my recipe does involve oil actually. 1 tablespoon of olive oil in fact. But it's olive oil. So it makes it healtheir right?

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  6. wow first time seeing this method! :) must be really sweet and juicy. IM SALMON LOVER TOO :D! YUMMY

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    1. I know! hehe. So try it and tell me how it goes. It's really juicy.

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  7. Oh my, I've got to try this! Thanks for sharing the recipe. Do you eat this with rice or like a Western meal?

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    1. Yes, you've got to Germaine. You're most welcome. It's suppose to be a western dish but we ate it with rice anyway. LOL. The sauce from the fish goes well with the rice..:)

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  8. Thanks for sharing Carolyn. I will try to bake it with my HappyCall cos I don't have an oven. I wonder if the strong fishy smell would still be there if I were to steam it. I don't mind the smell but Ashley doesn't like it.

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    1. You're welcome. I can assure you, no fishy smell. The herbs and the lemon helps a lot. :)

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  9. ooohh sounds good. We hardly buy salmon too...but by coincidence, jut this week I bought 3 slices! Will give this a try. Thanks. :)

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  10. Hi Carolyn, wow! Very interesting....and yes, lots of people love salmon.
    And I guess there must be lots of ways cooking this fish. Yours looks really delicious.
    Believe it or not, I go fishing for salmon, hook those 20, 25 pounders, will release all, maybe the 5 I hook,
    And bring home one, give a friend.

    My wife not keen to cut and clean "that monster"! Ha ha ha.
    As well, I'm not a salmon lover, will not go overboard for it....more a mackerel person.
    You should see the salmon run here in October when thousands of these salmon come up river to spawn, then die. I did a posting about it last year, with pics.

    I always admire women who can cook.....
    You have a beautiful Sunday.
    Best regards.
    Lee.

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