BAKED ASIAN FISH PARCELS

Ingredients
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- plus extra for greasing
- 1 green chilli
- halved lengthways
- 5 garlic cloves
- peeled and halved lengthways
- 5 tbsp dark soy sauce
- 100ml/3½fl oz oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp Thai fish sauce
- 2 x 130g/4½oz salmon fillets
- skinned and cut widthways into 1cm/½in slices
- ¼ tsp mild chilli powder
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh root ginger
- 1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
- 4 spring onions
- finely sliced
- large handful coriander leaves
- roughly chopped
- 8 x rice spring roll wrappers (around 22cm/8½in diameter)
- 1 romaine lettuce
- leaves washed
- drained and thickly shredded
- 2 medium carrots
- peeled and cut into long
- thin matchsticks
- 1 red pepper
- seeds removed
- cut into long
- thin matchsticks
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Line a baking tray with foil and brush with vegetable oil.
- To make the parcel sauce
- heat the oil in a small saucepan and fry the chilli and garlic for 30 seconds. Add the soy sauce
- oyster sauce and fish sauce. Cook for 2–3 minutes
- or until thickened and glossy
- stirring constantly.
- To make the filling
- put the salmon fillet in a bowl and season with a little salt and pepper. Add chilli powder and turmeric and mix together. Heat the oil in a small frying pan and gently fry the ginger and garlic for 1 minute. Season with a pinch of salt and add the spring onions and coriander. Mix together and remove from the heat.
- Take a spring roll wrapper and dip quickly into a bowl of cold water. Put on a lightly wetted plate and place a few shredded pieces of lettuce down the centre. Top with a few sticks of carrot and pepper
- making sure they are all facing the same direction.
- Place 3–4 pieces of salmon on top and add a little of the spring onion mixture. Spoon over a little of the sauce. Fold in the ends of the spring roll wrapper and then roll up. Place on the lined tray. Repeat with the remaining wrappers
- filling and sauce. (Discard the chilli and halved garlic cloves.)
- Bake the parcels for 10 minutes
- or until the salmon is just cooked. Arrange on a plate and eat warm.

