STEAMED SALMON, BAK CHOY & POTATOES, Simple One-Dish Meal

A wonderful nutritious, tasty, low-fat almost-instant meal  

Steamed salmon, potatoes & bak choy - a clean-eating  one-dish meal
(steaming baskets from Chinatowns and Nisbets.com)

This dish is a light and satisfying meal -perfect after weekends of autumn partying and before the calorie-fest of Christmas. 

Bak choy is a reasonably priced Chinese vegetable, now in most major supermarkets.  Reputable cancer specialists have ranked it second for nutrient density out of 41 so-called 'powerhouse' fruit and veg.     

Cost:  £4, less if using frozen salmon
Feeds: 2 

Ingred:

   2 salmon fillets
   1 tbsp dry sherry/white wine/grape juice
   juice half lemon
   half a lemon sliced
   1/2 tsp grated garlic
   1/2 tsp grated ginger
   pepper & a little salt
   3-4 new potatoes, sliced
   handful bak choy
   handful green beans

   reduced (not low) salt soy sauce as garnish

Method:

1. Line bottom of large steamer with foil.  Add potatoes, sliced 1/4 inch/ 1/2 cm thick.  Steam with lid on 10 mins
2. Meanwhile, mix sherry/wine/grape juice with lemon juice & grated garlic and ginger
3. Add salmon flesh side down and allow to marinade
4. When potatoes have reached 10 minute mark, cover fish with lemon slices, add a tablespoon of the marinade and place in steamer with bak choy
5. Steam 7 mins or more if fillets are thick; the fish should be nearly done
6. Add green beans; steam an additional 3 mins
7. The fish will be delicately flavoured but can be served with reduced (not low) soy sauce on the side  

Tip: 

Wok lid

• If doubling or tripling this recipe, wrap each fillet in foil with a tablespoon of the marinade, and bake in a moderate oven for 10-12 minutes.  The fish will continue cooking as it rests.  Boil potatoes and stir-fry the veg
• Purchasing a lid for the wok can speed up the cooking process
• bamboo steamers available in most Chinatowns; also Nisbets by mail order

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This recipe has been developed by B M Lee/ Bright Sun Enterprises.  It may not be reproduced without the author's written permission.