Air Fried 5-Thing Salmon with Shirataki Noodles
Friday Night Dinner. What, Salmon and Pasta? “Don, you’ve done this” you say.
Not like this. Tonight we take two (2.5 actually) departures from this classic dinner. Number one…that ain’t no pasta. This is a Japanese plant-based noodle called shirataki. This serving had 2 grams of carbs and 5 calories. They are made from a flour derived from the starchy tuber of the konjac plant. Konjac roots!
But let’s talk salmon first. This is my first air-fried salmon…and the results were stunning. Usually I cast-iron pan fry, or glass baking dish broil my salmon. Tonight I did my 5-thing salmon (kinda) and air fried it. My usual five things are soy sauce, olive oil, garlic, dill and lemon juice. But tonight I found I used all my lemons up. But I did have an orange. So I substituted it, and I’m glad I did, because I came up with a whole new salmon flavor that was fantastic!
I air-fried the salmon, which had been it the marinade for an hour, at 400° for 8 minutes. It was crispy on the outside, and perfectly pink in the center. This is how I cook salmon now!
Back to the noodles. They come in a bag full of liquid, so I drained and thoroughly rinsed them. Then I put them in a paper towel lined bowel and dried them as the salmon marinaded.
When I put the salmon into the air fryer, I put the noodles in a medium high skillet that had a little Kerrygold butter. I kept tossing them for 8 minutes to dry them out more.
When the timer on the air fryer when off, I opened the door for the salmon to rest, I added a little butter to the noodles, some garlic, dry basil and a bit of black pepper and tossed it. To this I added about 3/4 of a cup of finely grated Parmesan cheese and tossed it. I plated this, put 1/4 cup of finely grated Parm on top of this, along with some chopped up feta cheese. I placed the salmon on top, and placed some garlic/basil petite peas on the side with a garnish of orange wedges.
It was a delightful meal, and my root-noodles were a huge hit! I got them on Amazon, but my foodie friend Bill tells me they can be found at Wegmans.