RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Salmon Rice Bowl with Ginger-Lime Sauce

Okay, there's a reason the piece of salmon in this photo is so dinky. When I made this recipe by Mai Pham from FoodandWine.com, I wasn't expecting it to become a recipe of the week. But after I tasted it, I had to share it...there just wasn't much left over to photograph! This one-dish meal is so refreshing and delicious, and the entire meal can be be made in half an hour. I recommend using basmati rice or jasmine rice to enhance the Vietnamese flavor. You'll think you're at an Asian restaurant.

Ingredients
1 3/4 cups water
1 1/4 cups long-grain rice, rinsed
2 tablespoons minced, peeled fresh ginger
3 1/2 tablespoons sugar
1 Thai red chile, chopped
10 small garlic cloves, 2 chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons Asian fish sauce
2 kirby cucumbers (10 ounces), cut into thin strips
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Four 6-ounce skinless salmon fillets
Salt and freshly ground pepper

Directions
1.In a medium saucepan, bring 1 1/2 cups of the water and the rice to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to low and cook the rice for 12 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let stand for 5 minutes.
2.Meanwhile, in a mortar, pound the ginger with the sugar, chile and chopped garlic to a coarse paste. Transfer the paste to a bowl and stir in the remaining 1/4 cup of water, the lime juice and the fish sauce. Add the cucumbers.
3.Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet. Season the salmon with salt and pepper. Add the salmon to the skillet and cook over moderately high heat until lightly browned, about 3 minutes. Add the whole garlic cloves. Turn the salmon and cook over moderate heat until opaque throughout, about 4 minutes.
4.Mound the rice in bowls. Top with the salmon, garlic cloves and ginger-lime sauce with cucumber strips and serve. Pass any extra sauce at the table.

One Serving 652 cal, 26 gm fat, 4.9 gm saturated fat, 63 gm carb, 1.5 gm fiber.

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