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Salmon with Creamy Cucumber Sour Cream and Chive Salad

A tasty, healthy way to use up leftover dips.

Recipe author: 
Bakkavör Foods
Serves: 
4
Prep time: 
10 mins + draining time
Cooking time: 
7 mins
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Ingredients:

  • 4 x 75g salmon steaks 
  • A little olive oil 
  • Pinch of salt
  • Black pepper 
  • 225g cucumber 
  • 200g tub sour cream and chive dip 
  • Extra snipped chives 
  • Watercress salad to serve

Method:

  1. Heat a griddle pan to high or prepare some BBQ coals. 
  2. Rub the salmon steaks with the oil and season with salt and pepper. 
  3. Cook skin side down on the griddle or BBQ for 5 minutes, then carefully turn over with a fish slice and cook for a further 2 minutes. 
  4. Meanwhile, thinly slice a cucumber (we used the slicer on a cheese grater to save time). 
  5. Place the cucumber in a nylon sieve, sprinkle with a little salt and leave to drain for 5 minutes. 
  6. Transfer to a serving bowl and stir in a tub of soured cream and chive dip, sprinkle with the extra chives if using. 
  7. This easy salad is delicious served with watercress salad. 

Nutrition information:

Calories per portion: 472
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