Sweet & Sour Salmon

Prep time: 30 mins

Serves: 4

Ingredients

- 600g Salmon (skinless & diced)

- ½ tsp Salt

- 1 tbsp Cornflour

- Vegetable oil for deep frying 

For the sauce

- 1 tbsp Vegetable oil

- 4 Garlic cloves, chopped

- 2 Onions, cut into wedges

- 2 Red chillies, cut into strips 

- 2 pieces Ginger, sliced into strips

- 400ml Water

- 3 tbsp Tomato sauce

- 2 tbsp Chilli sauce

- 1 tbsp Sugar

- ¼ tsp Salt

- 1 Cucumber (seeds removed and diced)

- 2 Tomatoes (Chopped)

- 1 ½ tbsp Cornflour (mixed with 1 tsp water into a slurry)

- 2 tbsp Water

- ½ tbsp Plum sauce

- 5g Sesame seeds (for garnish)

- 1 small bunch Coriander, chopped (for garnish)

- 2 spring onions, sliced thinly (for garnish)

Method

- Rub the Salmon with salt and cornflour until evenly coated.

- Heat your veg oil in a deep saucepan and once hot, place the fish in and fry for 10 minutes until cooked & crispy. Drain and reserve on a paper towel to absorb excess oil.

- In a large, deep frying pan or wok, heat 1 tbsp oil, then add the garlic, onion, chilli and ginger.

- Fry for 2-3 minutes on a high heat, then add the 400ml of water, tomato sauce, chilli sauce, sugar & salt. Bring to the boil, then add the cucumber, tomatoes and cornflour slurry to thicken.

- Lastly, once your sauce is thickened, stir in the plum sauce, then toss in your fried salmon right before serving.

- Serve with steamed rice, or chips if you’re being naughty! garnish with coriander, spring onions and sesame seeds… then enjoy!