Stage: 
Prepare the meal
vietnamese dipping sauce

Prep Time: 5  mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Total Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 fresh skinless salmon fillets, preferably centre cut (or frozen, fully thawed)

For garnish:

  • Sliced green onion, white and green parts, cut diagonally
  • Fresh cilantro leaves
  • Fresh lime wedges, for drizzling 

OVEN METHOD:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Pour 100 ml Nuoc Cham sauce into an oven-proof baking dish large enough to hold the salmon fillets flat.

  • Place salmon fillets in the dish, skin side up.

Bake for 20–25 minutes, until salmon is cooked through.

  • Remove dish from oven, then remove salmon to a serving platter; flip the salmon back over.

Place dish with sauce back into the oven under the broiler (about 6 inches from heat) to reduce and thicken the sauce slightly, about another 1-2 minutes or so.  

  • Spoon reduced sauce over salmon. 

Garnish with green onion and cilantro leaves and serve with lime wedges for drizzling.

There were some changes that went on while I was actually making it. Like changing from rice to -- I have some fresh linguine in the fridge that is already open. 

I mulled this over with Chat-GPT. I'll start there.

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Absolutely! That works beautifully 🙌 — you can treat the Nuoc Cham sauce from the salmon dish like a flavorful glaze that doubles as a pasta sauce. Here’s how to adapt it:

Nuoc Cham Salmon with Fresh Linguine

Ingredients

  • 4 salmon fillets (as in your recipe)
  • 100 ml Blue Dragon Nuoc Cham Vietnamese Dipping Sauce
  • Fresh linguine (enough for 4 servings; usually ~400 g)
  • Garnish: sliced green onion, cilantro leaves, lime wedges

Method

  • Cook salmon as before
    • Bake the salmon in the Nuoc Cham at 350°F for 20–25 minutes.
    • Remove salmon to a platter. Broil the sauce in the dish for 1–2 minutes until slightly thickened.
  • Cook the fresh linguine (or available soft noodle)
  • Serve the pasta in a wide bowl with the salmon on top

  • Pour liquid from roasting tray over salmon and noodles.

    Season with Passion

    Coriander, sesame seeds, micro--greens, green-onions, jalapeno peppers

  • Garnish with green onion, cilantro, and a squeeze of lime.

 

Method: 
baked