Garlic, Honey & Chilli Baked Salmon with Cucumber & Red Onion Relish

Quick, easy, tasty, healthy dinner for two.

Ingredients

• 2 salmon fillets
• 1 red birdseye chilli finely chopped (seeds retained if you like it hot)
• 1 clove garlic crushed
• 1 tbsp fish sauce
• 2 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tbsp sesame oil
• small bunch of fresh coriander roughly chopped (reserve some to garnish)

• 1/3 cucumber
• 1/2 red onion
• juice of half a lemon or more if you like a zingy relish!
• drizzle of extra virgin olive oil
• salt & pepper to taste

Method

1. Combine the chilli, garlic, fish sauce, honey, sesame oil and most of the coriander in a lidded ovenproof dish. Leave to marinate for at least 15 minutes but the longer the better.  You can prepare the night before and leave in the fridge.
2. Simply bake the salmon at 190° (180° fan assisted) for 15 minutes.
3. Whilst the salmon is cooking you can prepare the relish and put the rice on.
4. Finely dice the cucumber and red onion and mix in a bowl with the lemon juice and oil.  Season to taste and leave to one side.
5. For the rice, I rinse it before cooking to make it less stodgy.  Then in a saucepan add lots of water and bring to the boil and simmer covered for just 4 minutes.  Pop the kettle on a couple minutes before the rice is due to finish and then drain the rice in a sieve, pour over some boiling water and leave to stand with the lid on.
6. Once the salmon is cooked plate it up and use the sauce to mix into your rice.  Serve with the cucumber and red onion relish and scatter with the leftover coriander.