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Baked salmon with ginger lemongrass and lime

This simple dinner captures the comforting flavours of baked salmon combined with the fresh aromatics of lime, lemongrass, coriander and chilli.

Baked salmon with ginger lemongrass and lime

Baked salmon with ginger lemongrass and lime Credit: Kitti Gould

  • serves

    4

  • prep

    15 minutes

  • cook

    10 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

4

people

preparation

15

minutes

cooking

10

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

Growing up on the coast, we were inundated with fresh fish, but I'm mostly obsessed with salmon.

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Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp finely grated ginger
  • 60 ml (¼ cup) extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 limes, thinly sliced into rounds
  • 4 pieces centre-cut salmon fillets, about 200 g each, skin on
  • 2 lemongrass stalks, white part only, bruised and halved lengthways
  • sea salt, to season
To serve
  • 2 long red chillies, seeded and thinly sliced
  • 4 lime cheeks
  • coriander sprigs
  • Steamed white rice

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 220˚C. Cut four 30 cm x 45 cm pieces of baking paper.
  2. Mix the ginger and olive oil in a small jug.
  3. Place 3 slices of lime in the centre of a sheet of baking paper. Top with a piece of salmon, drizzle with a little ginger oil, then top with the lemongrass and season with salt. Bring 2 long sides of the paper to the centre and fold over twice to seal. Roll up the ends to enclose. Place on a baking tray. Repeat to make 4 parcels.
  4. Bake for 10 minutes or until the salmon is just cooked. Divide among serving plates and slightly open the parcels. Serve with topped with chilli, coriander sprigs and lime wedges, with steamed rice to the side.
 

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

Growing up on the coast, we were inundated with fresh fish, but I'm mostly obsessed with salmon.

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