BAKED ASIAN FISH PARCELS
BAKED ASIAN FISH PARCELS
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.