Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Honey Glazed Salmon (Happy Call) & Aglio Olio

Another great simple dish loved by me and DH
Still trying to make my kids love salmon
They'll eat any kind of fish deep fried / pan fried / steamed, but when comes to salmon, they'll say no no matter how it's cooked :(
I can't understand why they don't like a fish taste as nice as salmon... I adore salmon! :)
Anyway, I have done many things and is still doing anything to make them eating it, so far most of the time they eat salmon without knowing it LOL

Just like this dish I made...
They love pasta so much, so this time I was thinking to "hide" the salmon in the pasta. It worked :)
I made aglio olio pasta, one of pasta the whole family love, with honey glazed pan fried salmon using Happy Call pan

Here's the recipe for the salmon, it's from Martha Stewart site
I skipped the coriander seeds this time

What you need:

4 salmon fillets, skinned
1/4 cup honey
5 tbsp soya sauce
2 tsp fresh lemon juice
2 tsp oil
  1. Mix well honey, soya sauce and lemon juice
  2. Brush fillet with the mixture and cook on medium low fire in Happy Call pan til golden brown
  3. Lower fire, flip the pan and cook the other side also, make sure it's cooked well
  4. Bring the remaining glaze to boil on medium fire til thickened approximately 1 minute and pour over the fish
 And this is the recipe for aglio olio pasta...

What you need:

300g spaghetti, cook as directed til al dente
a handful of garlic, peeled and minced
1 tbsp chopped fresh parsley (I used dried parsley)
enough olive oil and garlic oil (ratio 3:1)
  1. On a wok, heat olive oil and garlic oil, sautee garlic til fragrant and color turned golden
  2. Add in parsley, mix well, cook til it's soft
  3. Add in spaghetti and mix well
  4. If you find it's dry, add more garlic oil
Note:
I usually cook aglio olio with cut red chillies and chopped bacon
I will pan fry the bacon with a little oil til crisp
Then it will be added together with parsley and chillies

This time I skipped chillies so it wouldn't be too spicy for the kids
And I didn't use bacon since there's salmon as the companion for the pasta already, healthier choice :)
But to be honest, without chillies and bacon, I felt the pasta a little too plain, even with the salmon :)

Arrange pasta on a serving plate and put the salmon nicely on top, yum! :)

Btw, I found a very useful information and tips about aglio olio here that you may read :)

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