Alkaline Diet Recipe #99: Marinated Salmon Fillet Asian Style

For the last alkaline recipe going out to all of you this year I thought to include a delicious marinated salmon recipe, which can be used as a healthier alternative for your Christmas meal!

Salmon is my favourite type of fish and this recipe has got an abundance of different flavours given by the Asian herbs and spices used as a marinade. Salmon is a particularly good “oily” type of fish to use, as it is high in protein, Vitamin D and most importantly the Omega-3 fatty acids. These are essential for good health and should be included as much as possible on the acid/alkaline diet.

I hope you enjoy this delicious and flavoursome recipe, which is perfect if you want to make your Christmas meal more alkaline and this little bit more special at the same time!

Please note: If you want to use this recipe on a particular day you need to prepare this dish two days before, as the marinade needs to soak into the fish.

Marinated Salmon Fillet Asian Style

Serves 4

Ingredients

800g salmon fillet with skin
30g fresh coriander
2 red chillies
1 tbsp black peppercorns
50g fresh ginger
2 lemongrass stalks
Fresh lime peel from 4 organic/unwaxed limes
2 tbsp Bragg’s Liquid Aminos
20g Himalayan Crystal Salt or Celtic Sea Salt
1 tbsp oyster sauce
1 handful of sesame seeds

Instructions

For the marinade wash the coriander, drain it and hack it into fine pieces. Crush the peppercorns in a mortar, wash the chillies, halve and deseed them and cut into fine pieces.

Wash the lemongrass and cut into thin slices. Wash the ginger and cut into small dices.

Mix the coriander with the lime peel, ginger, lemongrass, pepper, chilli, salt, oyster and Bragg’s Liquid Aminos.

Lay the salmon fillet skin side down into a form which the salmon fits in and spread the marinade evenly over the salmon filet. Cover the salmon with cling film and let the marinade soak in for two days in the fridge.

Roast the sesame seeds in a frying pan without any fat until they turn golden. Remove the whole marinade from the salmon fillet after two days and sprinkle the sesame seeds onto the salmon.

To serve cut the salmon into thin slices.

Merry Christmas!

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