Miso salmon rice bowl

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Description

An easy weeknight meal with sticky marinated salmon, dressed avocado, rice and a lively sriracha mayo to top it all.

Ingredients
  • 1 tbsp white miso paste
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • ½ tbsp maple syrup
  • 2 salmon fillets
  • 120g/4¼oz jasmine rice
  • 2 large ripe avocados
  • 1 tsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp sesame seeds, toasted
  • ½ tsp toasted sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp light mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp sriracha
  • sea salt flakes
Directions
  1. In a small baking dish – just big enough for the two salmon fillets to sit comfortably with about 2.5cm/1in of space between them – whisk together the miso paste, mirin and maple syrup to make a smooth marinade. Add the salmon fillets and turn them over in the marinade so they’re well coated, then leave them to marinate, skin-side up, while the preheats to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6.
  2. Cook the jasmine rice as per the packet instructions.
  3. Turn the salmon fillets over so they are skin-side down, then bake for 10 minutes.
  4. Meanwhile, peel and de-seed the avocado, using a spoon to scoop large pieces into a bowl. Add the rice vinegar, sesame seeds, sesame oil and a very generous pinch of sea salt flakes. Toss everything together so the avocado has broken down a little and taken on the flavours of the marinade.
  5. In a separate small bowl, stir together the mayonnaise and sriracha until smooth. The sriracha should break down the bonds in the mayonnaise to make a drizzling consistency.
  6. Serve the salmon fillets with the rice and the smashed avocado, with a generous drizzle of the sriracha mayo over the bowl.