EASY GRILLED SALMON

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A delicious dish that is perfect cooked on the griddle or the barbecue. Our easy grilled salmon recipe uses salty anchovies, citrussy lemon and garlic lentils

Provided by Good Food team

Time 45m

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

4 lemons
16 salted anchovies , rinsed, filleted and dried
extra-virgin olive oil , for drizzling
8 tbsp capers , well rinsed
6 tbsp finely chopped fresh flat leaf parsley
1 side of wild salmon , from a 3.5kg/7lb 8oz fish, cut into 8, 175/6oz portions
300g small brown lentils , such as Castelluccio or Puy
2 garlic cloves , peeled
2 sprigs of sage (8-10 leaves)
6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Steps:

Get the lentils ready first. Tip them into a small saucepan, cover with water and add the garlic and sage. Simmer gently for 15-20 minutes until tender. Drain, discard garlic and sage, season with salt and pepper. Stir in olive oil and set aside.
Squeeze the juice of one lemon over anchovies in a bowl, add freshly ground black pepper and drizzle with olive oil. Mix capers with the parsley in another bowl. You can get to here several hours in advance.
Preheat griddle pan until very hot. Season salmon on both sides, then sear, skin-side down (if pan is very hot the skin won't stick - this goes for grilling on a barbecue, too). Turn fish over when you see it change colour halfway, then sear the other side. This will take 2-3 minutes on each side for rare salmon, but cooking time may vary if pieces of fish are very thick.
To serve, reheat the lentils and put a large spoonful in the centre of warmed plates. Top with the salmon, skin-side up, then scatter the anchovies, capers and parsley on top. Serve with the remaining lemons.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 485 calories, Fat 26 grams fat, SaturatedFat 4 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 19 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 4 grams fiber, Protein 38 grams protein, Sodium 1.52 milligram of sodium