Spicy salmon on herb bulgur salad

AUTHOR
Lenora Decker
DIFFICULTY
very easy
RATING
4 4
Due to the mix of chili, cumin and salt the fish tastes nicely spicy. With bulgur and herb-yoghurt sauce as a side dish it gets even better.
COOK TIME
50 mins
TOTAL TIME
50 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 200 g Bulgur
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper
  • 1 collar Mint
  • 1 collar flat leaf parsley
  • 250 g Whole milk yoghurt
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Lime juice
  • 1 kg Tomatoes
  • 2 red onions
  • 4 TABLESPOONS White wine vinegar
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp Chilli powder
  • 7-10 Tbsp ground cumin
  • 600 g Salmon fillet (in the piece, without skin)

Directions

  1. 1

    Boil Bulgur in 400 ml salted water. Simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. For the yoghurt sauce, wash the herbs, shake dry, pluck the leaves from the stems and chop coarsely. Finely puree 2 tbsp. yoghurt and half the herbs with a hand blender.

  2. 2

    Stir in the rest of the yoghurt. Season to taste with 2 tablespoons lime juice, salt and pepper.

  3. 3

    Wash the tomatoes and cut into slices. Peel onions and cut them into thin rings. Marinate tomatoes and onions with vinegar and 3 tablespoons of oil. Season well with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    For the spicy salmon 1⁄2 mix tsp. chilli powder, 1 tsp. cumin and 1 level tsp. salt. Rinse fish, dab dry, cut in half and rub both pieces with the spice mixture all around. Heat 2 tbsp. oil in a frying pan.

  5. 5

    Fry the salmon pieces for 3-4 minutes on each side at medium heat.

  6. 6

    Mix the cooked bulgur, 4 tablespoons lime juice, 3 tablespoons oil and other herbs, season with salt and pepper. Take salmon out of the pan, pluck lightly with two forks. Arrange bulgur, salmon and tomato salad.

  7. 7

    Drizzle with herb yoghurt sauce.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
690 kcal
CARBS
41 g
FATS
39 g
PROTEINS
40 g