This week was the second week of my new job as a full-time mum. I think I’m getting the hang of it, busying myself in the morning with things to do and adventures to have, and then tutoring the boy in the afternoon. There’s a little bit more cooking to do everyday, with lunch on some days to take care of as well. These lunches are usually simple affairs – pesto pasta with mushrooms, fried rice omelette rolls (which failed miserably in my first attempt last week and turned out to be just fried rice) and many more to come.
This week, I am making a very simple meal with salmon fillets. Just plonk them on the plate, add some sauce and then steam them. They are easily ready in 15 minutes. Of course you should never put the fillets on the same plate as the rice like how you see them in the images here, for fear that there might still be some bones in them which might then be devoured unknowingly with the rice (the photos here are for show only). But if you get the right ones at the market, they are usually boneless and so very easy to deal with.
And I am keeping my fingers crossed for the final World Cup match this Sunday. Not going to jinx it.
Ingredients:
- Light soy sauce: 2 tbsp
- Sugar: 1 tsp
- Hua teow jiu: 2 tbsp
- Salmon fillet: 3, approximately 150g each
- Spring onion: 1 stalk, ½ stalk cut into thumb lengths, ½ stalk finely chopped
- Ginger: 1″, peeled and sliced thinly
Method:
- Mix together light soy sauce, sugar & hua teow jiu in a bowl. Set aside.
- Place medium-sized salmon fillets on a plate.
- Arrange spring onions and ginger on top of or between each fillet.
- Pour sauce over fillet. Steam 15min.
- Garnish with remaining spring onions to serve.
Serving:
3 persons as side dish
