I love Thai food for its aromatic flavours and fresh taste, but I’m always a little bit conscious that it can be super spicy! Last night we made a Thai red salmon noodle recipe from Wagamama’s noodle cook book, and it was actually a really refreshing dinner, and not too spicy either!
We poached the salmon in the curry sauce which made it super tender and delicious – we’ve never cooked salmon in this way before and will definitely be doing it again!
We did make a few tweaks and additions to the Wagamama recipe. They ask for a whole lime for two people, we reduced it down to half a lime, but id recommend cutting down on the zest and adding more when you serve if you fancy it. For the recipe below I’ve reduced the amount of lime to what we think is enough.
Would recommend tasting this as you go along to check spice/lime levels, before you pop the salmon in and again before you serve.
Ingredients
- 2 salmon fillets
- 4 golf ball sized shallots, diced
- 2 cloves of garlic, diced
- 200-300ml coconut milk (depending on how strong/spicy you like it – can add as you go along
- 2tsp red Thai curry paste
- 1/4 if a lime, zest and juice
- 2tsp fish sauce
- 2tsp muscovado sugar
- Thai rice noodles (the flat ones you use in pad Thai)
- Small handful of mint and basil finely chopped
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
- Fry the garlic and onion until soft
- Then add the Thai red curry paste and fry for around 3 minutes
- Then add the lime, fish sauce, coconut milk and sugar. Season to taste.
- Bring all to the boil and then reduce to a simmer for 5 minutes
- Now lower the salmon into the sauce, cover with a lid and poach for 8-10minutes until salmon is fully cooked
- Whilst the salmon is cooking, cook the rice noodles and any other veg you are serving as a side (we did some tenderstem brocolli). Drain the noodles immediately
- Once the salmon is cooked, lift the fillets out of the pan and set aside. Add the cooked noodles to the sauce and stir in, along with the mint and basil.
- Serve with the salmon on top of the noodles with a wedge of lime and green veggies
Hope you enjoy making the fresh Thai recipe! 😋 🍜
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