Jerk Barbecued Salmon Steaks with Mango ‘Chop Chop’ Salad
Give salmon steaks a Caribbean twist with this sizzling hot recipe from Levi Roots' Grill It With Levi book. The versatile mango salad works brilliantly with any meat. You'll make it again and again.
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Introduction
Wow, this is sizzlin’! Never has salmon tasted so good. You’ll be making the salad to go with all sorts
of things – it’s just as fabulous with chicken and pork. The jerk paste works with other fish too.
Ingredients
| For the jerk paste: | |
| 4 | spring onions, trimmed and chopped |
| leaves from 1 small bunch of coriander | |
| 3 | garlic cloves, chopped |
| ½ | small Scotch bonnet |
| 1 tsp | allspice berries |
| 2 tsp | ground cinnamon |
| 3 tsp | soft light brown sugar |
| 1½ tsp | salt |
| freshly ground pepper | |
| 25ml | cider vinegar |
| 2 tbsp | groundnut or sunflower oil |
| 6 | salmon steaks |
| For the salad: | |
| 2 | small mangoes |
| zest of 1 lime | |
| juice of 1 lime | |
| 4 | garlic cloves, finely chopped |
| 2cm | cube fresh root ginger, peeled and grated |
| 2 tbsp | groundnut oil, plus more if needed |
| 2 tsp | grain mustard |
| 2 tsp | caster sugar, or to taste |
| 1 | green chilli, seeded and shredded |
| 1 | red chilli, seeded and shredded |
| leaves from 1 small bunch of coriander | |
| about 30 fresh mint leaves | |
| salt and pepper |
Essential kit
You will need a food processor or mortar.
Method
Put everything for the jerk paste into a food processor or mortar and whizz or pound to a purée. Spread this all over the salmon steaks, cover and put in the fridge for a couple of hours.
To make the salad, peel the mangoes and cut the flesh from around the stone. Cut the flesh into slices about 3mm thick and transfer to a bowl. Toss with the lime zest and lime juice.
Pound the garlic and ginger in a mortar. Heat the oil in a frying pan, add the pounded garlic and ginger and gently cook until fragrant. Take the pan off the heat and stir in the mustard. Add this mixture to the mangoes, then gently stir in the sugar, chillies, coriander, mint and salt and pepper. Add a little more oil if you need to moisten it.
Lift the salmon out of the marinade but don’t scrape it off. Barbecue the salmon for about 8 minutes on each side, depending on the thickness of the fish. Serve with the mango salad.
