Tasty Sweet Soy Marinated Salmon with Cha Soba Noodles and Pickled Ginger for a flavour kick.
2 Salmon fillets, pin boned
200 grams Cha soba noodles
5 grams Sesame oil
500 grams Chicken stock
1 lemon, zested and juiced
45 ml Soy sauce
250 grams Broccolini
100 grams Baby spinach leaves
10 grams Roast sesame seeds
50 grams Pickled ginger
For the marinade:
45 grams Mirin
45 ml Soy sauce
15 grams White sugar
70 grams Ginger, 5 cm grated and reserved for marinade. Thinly slice remaining ginger andreserve.
Mix the marinade ingredients together until the sugar has dissolved. Place the salmon fillets in ashallow bowl, pour over the marinade and marinate for 30 mins, turning frequently
Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and add the noodles. Stir until tit comes back to the boil,then gently simmer until al dente (about 6 mins). Drain and cool under cold running water. Drainagain, place in a bowl and add sesame oil. Mix well and reserve
Place a ridged grill pan or frying pan over a moderate heat, with a piece of baking paper placedover the surface the pan. When hot, add the drained salmon and gently fry gently on both sides forabout 8 mins or until just cooked, brushing the salmon as it cooks with the remaining marinade
Place on two seperate plates
Meanwhile, bring the chicken stock, lemon zest and juice, soy sauce and thinly sliced ginger to theboil in a large saucepan, then add the broccolini and spinach. Boil gently for about 4 mins or untilthe broccolini is tender to the bite
Place the noodles in two bowls, divide the greens and the broth evenly between these and sprinklewith the sesame seeds. Serve alongside the salmon with a side dish of pickled ginger