Salmon Bok Choy with Soba Noodles

Salmon, bok choy, and soba noodles with a tangy Asian dressing – this is what’s for dinner tonight.

About this salmon bok choy recipe

We have a serious crush on soba noodles right now. We’ve always had a thing for salmon and bok choy, so we threw all of these food loves together and came up with this delicious meal.

When we started this food blog a friend said, “Make something Asian with noodles.” This salmon bok choy is part of our answer to that request. Not only is it really good to eat, but it’s easy to make. We pan-sear the salmon in a skillet which means you don’t have to fire up your grill. Soba noodles cook in about five minutes and you simply stir-fry the bok choy and onions. That places this meal squarely in the easy zone.

Ingredients

Here’s all you need to make this meal for two:

• Salmon fillets – cook one 7-oz fillet for each person.
• Bok choy – use three heads of baby bok choy or one large head.
• Yellow onion – adds allium flavor.
• Soba noodles – buckwheat noodles.
• Sesame ginger dressing – tangy, ginger dressing that goes great with this meal.

Here’s what our sesame ginger dressing looks like. Go here to see how to make it. It just takes a few minutes and it’s a tangy, little-bit sweet addition to this salmon bok choy meal. If you don’t have the time or the ingredients to make this dressing, try splashing some ponzu sauce on the salmon bok choy, and soba noodles. It’s easy to find in the Asian food section of most supermarkets.

Making Salmon Bok Choy

Step 1: Get the ingredients ready

• Thaw out the salmon.
• Make the sesame ginger dressing.
• Slice the onion into strips.
• Wash the bok choy.
• Cut off the base of the bok choy.
• Separate the bok choy into separate stalks with leaves.
• Slice each stalk lengthwise.

Step 2: Cook the soba noodles

• Start the water for the noodles.
• When the water is boiling, add the noodles.
• Cook the noodles for five minutes and drain them when they are done.

Step 3: Cook the salmon, onions, and bok choy

• Add the oil to each skillet and set the heat to medium on each one.
• Put the salmon in one skillet.
• Set the heat on medium-high. After about a minute, reduce the heat to low and put a lid on the skillet.
• Cook the salmon for about three minutes.
• Turn the salmon and cook for another three minutes or so, depending on how thick the filets are. Fish is done when it’s flaky in the middle.

• Put the bok choy onion mix in the other skillet.
• Use two wooden or silicone spoons to stir-fry these ingredients for about 4-5 minutes.

Tips for making Salmon Bok Choy

• Make the sesame ginger dressing ahead of time. It takes about 10 minutes to make and it keeps for days in the fridge, so make it earlier in the day or even the day before. But no worries if you don’t make it ahead of time. It just takes about 5-10 minutes to prepare.
• Cook everything at the same time. Each part of this meal cooks in about the same time, so you can cook it all at once. Plan ahead and get out two skillets, one pot, and the utensils needed. See the recipe for the full list of ingredients, items needed, and the instructions.
• Cooking the salmon: start the salmon on medium-high heat and then cover it and turn the heat down to medium. It takes about five-to-six minutes to cook the salmon – about three minutes on each side, depending on how thick the filets are. You want it thoroughly cooked but not over-cooked. Separate one of the filets with a fork to check for doneness. The fish is thoroughly cooked if it flakes apart using a fork.
• Cooking the bok choy and onions: Stir-fry the bok choy and onions for 4-5 minutes. The leaves of the bok choy will be limp but the stalks stay crunchy. The onion should be a little bit brown.
• Cooking the soba noodles: The soba noodles cook in about five minutes. When they are done, drain them.

Assemble the Meal

Put the soba noodles in the bowls that you plan to use. Add the cooked bok choy and onions to the bowls with the noodles in them and drizzle a little sesame ginger dressing over the noodles and bok choy onion mix. Put a piece of salmon on top of each bowl and call it dinner.

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Salmon Bok Choy with Soba Noodles

Salmon, bok choy, and soba noodles with a tangy Asian dressing – this is what’s for dinner tonight.

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Course: Main dish

Cuisine: Asian

Keyword: bok choy, salmon, salmon bok choy, salmon bok choy with soba noodles

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 25 minutes

Servings: 2

Author: Julia

Ingredients

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Salmon bok choy ingredients

• 2 7- oz salmon fillets
• 1 head of bok choy or three heads of baby bok choy
• 1/4 yellow onion or more if you like more onion
• 1 3- oz package of soba noodles
• 4 oz of sesame ginger dressing

Sesame dressing ingredients

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 2 teaspoons honey
• 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
• 1.5 teaspoon ginger grated
• 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
• optional 1/2 teaspoon sesame seeds
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Instructions

Get the food ready to cook

• Thaw out the salmon.
• Make the sesame ginger dressing. 
• Slice the onion into strips.

To prepare the bok choy:

• Wash it.
• Cut off the base.
• Separate it into separate stalks with leaves.
• Slice each stalk lengthwise (if using regular size bok choy).

Get out the cookware you’ll need

• 2 skillets – one for the bok choy onion mix and one for the salmon
• One pot for cooking the noodles
• Wooden or silicone spoons to stir-fry the bok choy and onions
• Spatula to turn the fish
• Sieve to drain the cooked noodles

Cooking the meal

• Start the water for the noodles. 
• When the water is boiling, add the noodles.
• Cook the noodles for five minutes and drain them when they are done.
• Add the oil to each skillet and set the heat to medium on each one.
• Put the salmon in one skillet.
• Set the heat on medium-high. After about a minute, reduce the heat to low and put a lid on the skillet.
• Cook the salmon for about three minutes.
• Turn the salmon and cook for another three minutes or so, depending on how thick the filets are. Fish is done when it’s flaky in the middle.
• Put the bok choy onion mix in the other skillet.
• Use two wooden or silicone spoons to stir-fry these ingredients for about 4-5 minutes. (You don’t need to stir-fry constantly. Just toss the ingredients every few seconds.)

Serving the meal:

• When the noodles are done, drain them.
• Put the noodles in the bowls.
• Put stir-fried bok choy onion mix on top of noodles.
• Drizzle the sesame ginger dressing on top of these ingredients.
• Put the cooked salmon on top of everything.

Notes

If it seems easier to cook the noodles first, go ahead and do that. Soba noodles are frequently served cold so it’s OK if they’re in the bowls and ready for the other ingredients ahead of time. Drain the soba noodles and then put them in the bowls. Then add the bok choy onion mix and the salmon when those ingredients are cooked. Pour a small amount of the sesame ginger dressing on the noodles to keep them from sticking to each other.

Products used in this recipe

• Soba Noodles