Summer Salad With Pan Fried Salmon

    15m prep time
    35m total time
    Easy level
    16 ingredients

Enjoy this epic salad with pan-fried salmon tossed with giant couscous, black beans, baby spinach, avocado and peppers. It's high in protein and fibre. The perfect working lunch salad or light evening meal when the sun is shining.

Method

Based on 4 servings, adjust as needed.

Step 1

Cook the couscous in a pan of boiling water for 7-8 mins. In the last minute, add the spinach and stir until wilted. Drain thoroughly and transfer to a large salad bowl.

Step 2

Tip in the black beans, tomatoes, roasted peppers, onion, avocado and olives.

Step 3

Stir in the cooked couscous and spinach, mixing well.

Step 4

Heat a pan over medium heat, add a little oil and pan-fry the salmon fillets for 4 mins on each side until opaque and cooked through. Remove from the heat. You can also cook the salmon in an air fryer or in the oven.

Step 5

In the same pan, fry the garlic for about a 20 seconds until soft. Remove from the heat, then add the extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice, Dijon, chopped coriander and chilli, stirring it all together to make the dressing.

Step 6

Plate up the salad and flake the salmon into pieces and stir it through the salad. Drizzle over the dressing to serve.
  • Ingredients
  • Based on 4 servings
  • 160g Cherry Tomatoes, halved 1 x Sainsbury's Cherry Tomatoes 500g
  • 80g Roasted Peppers in a Jar, sliced 1 x Karyatis Roasted Red Peppers 450g (350g*)
  • 0.25 Red Onion, thinly sliced 1 x Sainsbury's Red Onions Loose
  • 30g Kalamata Olives 1 x Sainsbury's Pitted Kalamata Olives with Herbs 70g
  • 2 x 140 g Salmon Fillets 1 x Sainsbury's Skin on ASC Scottish Salmon Fillets x2 240g
  • 2 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 500ml
  • 1 tsp Dijon Mustard 1 x Sainsbury's Dijon Mustard 185g
  • 10g Coriander, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Bunch Coriander 30g
  • 1 Red Chilli, finely chopped 1 x Sainsbury's Bird Eye Chillies (Red or Green) 20g
  • 150g Wholemeal Giant Couscous 1 x Sainsbury's Giant Couscous 300g
  • 240g Black Beans, drained 1 x Sainsbury's Black Beans in Water 400g (235g*)
  • 0.5 Avocado, cubed 1 x By Sainsbury’s Large Ripe & Ready Avocado
  • 1 tbsp olive oil, for frying 1 x Sainsbury's Olive Oil 500ml
  • 4 tbsp Lemon Juice 2 x Sainsbury's Lemons
  • 1 Garlic Clove, crushed 1 x Sainsbury's Garlic
  • 240g Baby Spinach Leaves 2 x Sainsbury's Baby Leaf Spinach 120g
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