Every time, I make salmon for dinner, I wish I made it more often! It’s really so easy that time should never be a factor. For those of us on a budget, (and by those of us, I mean all of us), Salmon can certainly be expensive. I typically buy frozen wild salmon at Trader Joe’s. It costs about 12 dollars for a pound, and you can get 3-4 servings of salmon in a pound, making the cost per serving 3 to 4 dollars! So when you are on a budget, frozen protein and frozen vegetables are always great options. Did you know that frozen vegetables (without added sodium) have the same nutrient content as fresh!
After 17 days, I cannot believe the Olympics are finally over! Did anyone else pretty much watch the coverage every night (except for the fact that I always fall asleep during primetime)? Even after 17 days, I could still watch more figure skating, especially if the Americans were given a second chance!
Bok Choy Salmon Soba Bowl
simple recipe for a quick weeknight dinner
Ingredients
- 2 baby bok choy heads
- 1 cup mushrooms sliced
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 4 oz salmon
- 3 oz soba noodles
Instructions
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Preheat your ovens broiler setting to high.
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Spray a small glass dish with cook spray and add your salmon to the dish.
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In a small pot, boil some water.
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Wash and clean the bok choy and chop off the ends of the stalks. Wash and slice the mushrooms.
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Mix together the soy sauce and sesame oil.
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Spray a large skillet with cooking spray and add the bok choy and mushrooms. Pour half of the soy-sesame mixture. Cook for 8-10 minutes until the bok choy is tender.
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Pour the other half of the mixture on the salmon. Cook in the oven on broil for 10-12 minutes until your piece is done.
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When the water boil, drop in the soba noodles. When the noodles are soft, drain the water and pour the noodles into an ice bath.
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Then "wash" your soba noodes. I read this trick on Food52.
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To assemble your dish, place the noodles in a bowl. Add the vegetables and the salmon on top. I remove the salmon skin before placing in the bowl.
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Top generously with sesame seeds.
Substitutions:
- Gluten Free: Soba noodles are naturally gluten free, though check the packaging to make sure wheat wasn’t added. You can swap soy sauce which does have gluten to a gluten free version like liquid aminos.
- Salmon: Salmon not your cup of (green tea), or better yet, you love it but, don’t have any available tonight, swap with shrimp or even tofu. Treat the tofu like I did in this shroomami recipe.
- Bok Choy: Swap bok choy for other green vegetables like kale, or add edamame or carrots instead
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