Spicy salmon & lentils

Spicy salmon & lentils

This dish is easy to cook, but made special, thanks to the inclusion of salmon and lentils

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15 minutes

Super healthy

Method

  1. Heat a large, lidded shallow pan over a medium heat. Tip in the curry paste and fry briefly, stirring constantly, until sizzling and aromatic. Add the lentils with about quarter of a can of water and season. Heat until simmering then lay salmon on top, skin side up.Cover and leave salmon to cook for 6-8 minutes until it feels firm when prodded.
  2. While salmon is cooking, make the dressing. Mix together the olive oil and lemon juice and season well. When salmon is cooked lift it out of the pan with a fish slice and set aside. Turn the heat up, stir in the spinach and a third of the dressing and cook until the spinach has just wilted. Spoon the lentils and spinach onto two plates then sit the salmon on top. Drizzle over the remaining dressing and serve.

Per serving

600 kcalories, protein 46g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 38 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 4g, salt 2.35 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2004.

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  • 2007-12-09 20:07:29.570587

    Nic's Recipe rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This recipe was delicious! I did blitz up the lentils after i'd cooked them but before adding the spinach as I prefer the texture that way.

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  • 2007-12-10 10:25:02.188118

    Vicki rated and commented on this recipe

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    This is one of my favourite recipes - delicious, healthy and quick. Also can be done with storecupboard ingredients by using frozen salmon fillets & frozen spinach. Fab!

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    2008-04-22 12:32:06.115902

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  • 2008-06-18 19:19:29.386367

    Kate rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really easy and very tasty. I added extra curry paste to give it more kick - lovely. Would def make again.

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  • 2009-04-02 17:34:51.246194

    JueC rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really quick and easy to make. I substituted the can Green Lentils with Puy Lentils, only because that's what I had in the store cupboard. So tasty, I'll definately make again.

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  • 2009-05-12 09:05:49.281563

    Belkey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I changed this recipe as I used 100g dried green lentils, adding them to the curry paste with just over 500ml stock and a teaspoon of garam masala. I added some leeks that needed using up after about 25 mins and then cooked the salmon as above. Finally, I added chopped parsley & the juice of half a lemon before serving, omitting the olive oil. It was very good, even if I do say so myself!

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  • 2009-06-11 23:17:22.48541

    Buzz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! The spinach adds a lovely fresh flavour and texture. Next time I will try adding some other veggies as well - leeks, celery maybe.

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  • 2009-10-07 13:07:19.732615

    tones6 rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    I made this recipe last night, and my husband I both really didnt enjoy it, it was far to Lemony, maybe I had an exceptionally juicy lemon, will try again with half a lemon next time.

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  • 2009-12-10 13:15:47.802171

    KELLY COOKS rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This was lovely, I really enjoyed it and it was so simple to make. I cooked it with frozen trout and it was fine but needed longer to cook obviously. I used Vindaloo paste which was all I had but was a tad overpowering so perhaps a balti paste next time. Also the lemon dressing can be made with half the olive oil and juice and is plenty for two, plus saves calories.

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  • 2010-08-11 22:56:11.115193

    McCamley rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Yum YUM

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  • 2011-05-12 20:10:15.847754

    Foodie Mum rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious, and really quick and easy. To serve 3 I used 2 tins of lentils and 200g spinach.

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  • 2011-07-09 16:46:35.210997

    Jane rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this twice now, my husband I found it really tasty . So easy to do.

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  • 2011-11-17 17:10:19.860366

    Jonah rated and commented on this recipe

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    delicious, made it with balti paste and increased the spinach quantity as felt it needed a bit more green in it.

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  • 2012-01-10 20:52:21.173706

    Dani rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I cooked exactly as recipe, although did use frozen ingredients so adjusted cooking times accordingly and it really is delicious! So easy and quick and healthy. Ideal midweek meal.

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  • 2012-01-12 19:29:50.582109

    Mags rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very tasty healthy mid week tea. I doubled the quantities of the lentils for 3 people and the portion size was perfect

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  • 2012-01-13 21:57:21.526883

    Aileen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Beautiful! Salmon was really moist, lentils were very tasty. Used 2 extra large tsp curry paste. Didn't have spinach or dressing just a squeeze of lemon. Very quick & healthy.

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  • 2012-01-15 18:52:58.336176

    sara florence rated and commented on this recipe

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    so easy and healthy - a great weekly after work regular

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  • 2013-01-14 18:40:28.818784

    Jennie rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Tasty and healthy - wasn't blown away by it however I did use frozen salmon which perhaps affected the taste/texture. There is too much dressing here for two - I used half the amount for the two of us and that was plenty (and I normally like loads of dressings and sauces!) Used Tikka Masala curry paste and frozen spinach which both worked well.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Total time

Ready in 15 minutes

Super healthy

Healthy treat

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Per serving

600 kcalories, protein 46g, carbohydrate 20g, fat 38 g, saturated fat 7g, fibre 4g, salt 2.35 g

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