Korean Chili–Marinated Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Pickled Cucumber / Spicy Sesame Buttermilk Drizzle / Crushed Peanuts

Name: Korean Chili–Marinated Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Pickled Cucumber / Spicy Sesame Buttermilk Drizzle / Crushed Peanuts
Yield: Serves 2 to 4
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 2 cups (500 mL) uncooked jasmine rice; ¼ tsp (1 mL) salt; 1 tsp (5 mL) sesame oil; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) sesame oil; 1 tsp (5 mL) rice wine vinegar; 1 cup (250 mL) sliced cucumber; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) minced garlic; ¼ cup (60 mL) sliced red chilies; 1 tsp (5 mL) soy sauce; ½ Tbsp (7.5 mL) water; 1 tsp (5 mL) minced ginger; 1 tsp (5 mL) minced garlic; ⅓ cup (80 mL) gochujang Korean chili paste or Thai chili sauce; ½ cup (125 mL) rice wine vinegar; 12 oz (340 g) Atlantic salmon, centre-cut fillet; ¼ tsp (1 mL) allspice; ¼ cup (60 mL) crushed peanuts; ¼ tsp (1 mL) cayenne pepper; ⅓ cup (80 mL) mayonnaise; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) buttermilk; 1 Tbsp + 1 tsp (20 mL) sugar; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) honey; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) sesame seeds; 2 heads butter lettuce; ¼ cup (60 mL) sliced green onion; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) sugar

Preparation info

Serves
2 to 4

Difficulty
Easy

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Fish for You

By Spencer Watts

Published 2022

About

This dish is the flavour grenade of food in every sense. The fatty salmon takes on every ounce of flavour from the Korean BBQ glaze, and the love affair between the BBQ salmon and the pickled cucumber is something out of one of my grandmother’s romance novels. Drizzle on some spicy sesame buttermilk for an extra kick and these lettuce wraps are going to be showing up weekly.

Lettuce wraps are in the building! These are super fun because you can “build your own bite” right at the tab