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Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals: Green Tea Salmon recipe

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A nutritious dish with some ingenious touches. Green tea, coconut milk and miso liven up fish, rice and vegetables in just fifteen minutes.

  • Prep15m
  • Cook10m
  • Total25m

My first attempt at this 15 minute meal took 30 minutes but I didn't mind as it includes some of my favourite ingredients. The second time around took 20 minutes.

I never would have thought to empty the contents of a green tea bag over fillets of fish but it really works. The miso dressing is a marvel; not only does it turn the vegetables into one of the most desirable elements of the dish, it provides a great sauce for the rice.

This is such a quick and clever recipe where the ingredients have been thoughtfully combined. It doesn't taste like something that was cooked in 15 (or 20) minutes.

Having said that, my favourite bit has to be the fish skin. Jamie Oliver separates it from the fish and fries both sides until crispy. To my delight, Col doesn’t enjoy it so I get to eat his too. Yes, I know it sounds weird. When I saw Jamie Oliver cook the skin (which I used to just throw away) and declare it the star of the meal I was skeptical but I was wrong. He is a food genius.

Recipe credit

Jamie's 15 Minute Meals (affiliate link) by Jamie Oliver

Recipe

Jamie Oliver's 15 Minute Meals: Green Tea Salmon

  • Prep15m
  • Cook10m
  • Total25m
Serves: 4

Ingredients

Salmon

  • 4 x 120g salmon fillets, skin-on
  • 2 green tea bags
  • olive oil
  • salt and pepper

Rice

  • 300g basmati rice
  • 400g tin of coconut milk
  • ½ lemon

Vegetables

  • 1 red chili
  • thumb sized piece ginger, peeled
  • 1 tbsp miso paste
  • 1 heaped tsp honey
  • 2 tbsp light soy sauce
  • juice from ½ a lemon
  • large handful of coriander
  • 200g mangetout or sugar snap peas
  • 200g broccoli
  • 300g asparagus
  • lime

Method

This recipe requires a blender.

  1. Fill and boil the kettle
  2. Place 4 salmon fillets onto a plate, open 2 green tea bags and shake the green tea over the salmon. Season with salt and pepper and make sure the salmon is evenly coated on all sides.
  3. Pour a small amount of olive oil into a frying pan on a medium heat and place the salmon in the pan, skin side down. Fry the skin side for at least four minutes then periodically turn the salmon until all the sides turn golden brown.
  4. Wash 300g of basmati rice until the water runs clear then add it to a saucepan with 1 tin of coconut milk, 400g water (refill the coconut milk tin to measure the water) and half a lemon. Bring the water to a boil then place a lid on the saucepan and turn the heat all the way down. Cook for 10 minutes then turn off the heat leaving the saucepan lid on.
  5. Slice half a red chilli to use as a garnish then place the remaining half into a blender along with a thumb sized piece of peeled ginger, 1 tablespoon of miso paste, 1 heaped teaspoon of honey, 2 tablespoons of soy sauce, the juice from half a lemon, most of a handful of coriander and a small splash of water. Blend until all the ingredients have combined into a smooth liquid. Taste and add more soy sauce if needed.
  6. Fill a saucepan with boiled water and add 200g of mange tout, 200g of broccoli and 300g of asparagus. Cook for around 3 minutes until vegetables are just tender.
  7. Remove the cooked salmon from the frying pan and peel off the skins by sliding a knife under them. Place the skins back into the pan, soft side down, and cook for a minute to crisp up.
  8. Pour the miso dressing into a bowl or serving platter then place the vegetables on top.
  9. Gently fluff the rice, remove the lemon squeezing its contents over the rice and transfer to a large bowl placing the salmon and skins on top. Garnish with the chilli slices, coriander leaves and lime wedges.

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