I always need ideas to prepare quick, easy and healthy lunches since we are usually hungry when we trudge home from the playground. So I have decided to write down all my successful “inventions” here as a record. By the way, I find that when I write down recipes they stay in my head longer too!
This, here, is a simple one that consists of the basic components that makes up a balanced meal, protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, mineral and fiber. Oh and good fats as well 😉 You can probably chop up the pak choy and fish to mix it all up with the cous cous and end up with an oriental cous cous salad!
This serves 1 adult (My bub eats from here too)
Ingredients
1 fillet of salmon, thawed to room temperature if using frozen fish
A bunch of pak choy or greens of your preference, washed and trimmed
150g couscous, prepared per instructions on the packaging
A dollop of butter
Water for boiling
1 tbsp oil for pan frying
For the teriyaki sauce (Adapted from The Daring Gourmet)
1/4 cup soya sauce1/8 cup brown sugar
1/2 tbsp honey
1 1/2 tbsp mirin
1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
Method
1. Put in all ingredients for the teriyaki sauce in a small saucepan and let it come to boil. Lower heat a notch down to bring it to a small simmer and let it simmer for 2-3 mins till the sauce thickens and lightly coats a spoon.
2. Fill a saucepan half full with water. Bring water to a boil and put in pak choy. Submerge the pak choy in the water and wait till the water starts boiling again. Quickly remove pak choy from the water. Alternatively for a more crunchy pak choy, just blanched it for 1 min.
3. Prepare cous cous per instruction on package. Here I used the water from cooking pak choy and added a dollop of butter before covering it up and waiting for 5 mins. Then I fluffed it up with a fork.
4. While waiting for the couscous, heat a frying pan on medium high. Make sure it is hot. Add in the oil. Sear the salmon. 2 mins on each side. Once you are sure the salmon is cooked and there is a golden brown sear on each side, dish up. Pour the teriyaki sauce over it. Serve.
Food is ready! Guten Appetit!
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