Choo chee salmon

Choo chee salmon is a Thai recipe consisting of salmon fillets cooked in a spicy and creamy curry sauce. The sauce is made with red curry paste, coconut cream, fish sauce, makrut lime leaves and chilli. Serve with steamed rice and lime wedges to squeeze over.

• serves

  4

• prep

  5 minutes

• cook

  15 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 400 ml coconut cream
• 3 tbsp red curry paste
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 tsp fish sauce
• 5 makrut lime leaves, julienned
• 2 salmon fillets, about 250 g each, skin on, scaled and pinboned
• oil, for cooking
• 1 large red chilli, julienned
• steamed rice, to serve
• lime wedges, to serve

Instructions

1. Heat a wok over high heat and add about 100 ml of the coconut cream and cook for about 2 minutes. Add the red curry paste and keep cooking for about 5 minutes until dry and oily. Add 250 ml of coconut cream, the sugar and fish sauce and bring to a simmer. Stir through half the lime leaves and simmer for another minute or two until thick.
2. Cut the salmon fillets in half lengthways. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add a drizzle of oil. Fry the salmon skin-side down for about 2-3 minutes until the skin is crisp. Roll the salmon over onto the remaining sides for 30 seconds to a minute each until the fish is just cooked. Remove to a serving plate.
3. Spoon the curry sauce over the fish, garnish with the remaining coconut cream, remaining lime leaves and julienned chilli. Serve with steamed rice and lime wedges.

Note

• This recipe used Mae Ploy red curry paste.

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.

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