Salmon and Persian feta salad

This simple salmon and Persian feta salad is the work of minutes and is packed with flavour and texture, to convert even the most fervent salad-haters! With creaminess from the feta, crunch from the pepitas and pops of sweetness from the dried cranberries, this salad skips the work of making a dressing for the ultimate weeknight meal.

Credit: Jiwon Kim

• serves

  4

• prep

  10 minutes

• cook

  8 minutes

• difficulty

  Easy

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Ingredients

• 4 x 125 g skin-on salmon fillets
• Salt
• Spray oil, for cooking
• 120 g baby spinach leaves
• 180 g Persian feta
• 2 carrots
• 1 Lebanese cucumber
• 50 g dried cranberries
• 80 g pepitas

Instructions

1. Pat the salmon fillets well with paper towel, then season on both sides with salt. Spray a large frying pan with the spray oil, then place on the heat. Once hot, add the salmon fillets.
   
2. While the salmon is cooking, prepare the remaining salad ingredients. Divide the baby spinach leaves between four plates. Use a mandolin to thinly julienne the carrot and cucumber, then divide between plates.
   
3. Check on the salmon and turn as required. Crumble the Persian feta with your hands, then sprinkle over the salad plates, followed by the dried cranberries.
   
4. Once the salmon is cooked to your liking, divide the fillets between the plates. Return the frying pan to the heat with the pepitas and lightly toast in the rendered salmon fat, until lightly browned, then sprinkle over the salad. Serve immediately.

Photography by Jiwon Kim.

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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.

Stream free On Demand

Not Your Normal Salad

episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • 

cooking • 

25m

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episode • The Cook Up with Adam Liaw • 

cooking • 

25m

G