Salmon chirashi

Serves 4

A more practical version of the authentic salmon chirashi you get in sushi restaurants that means you don't have to trawl the shops for sashimi-grade fish. I like to think this is just as delectable.

225g/7½oz short-grain brown rice
2cm piece ginger, chopped
1 garlic clove, crushed
3 tbsp tamari or soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
500g/1lb piece salmon fillet
2 pak choi, halved and broken into leaves
½ cucumber, chopped
4 spring onions, sliced

To serve

Pickled ginger
Toasted sesame seeds
Sesame oil, to drizzle

Cook the rice according to the packet instructions, or until just tender. Mix the ginger, garlic, tamari and mirin in a bowl, add the salmon then allow to stand for 15 minutes. Remove the salmon from the bowl and drain.

Heat a large, non-stick pan, add a drop of light-flavoured oil then the salmon skin-side down and cook for 3 minutes, or until crisp. Flip over the salmon and cook for a further 2 minutes. Transfer to a plate. Pour the marinade into the pan, add the pak choi, and cook until tender.

Divide the rice between 4 bowls and spoon over the sauce and pak choi. Flake the salmon into large chunks and add to the bowl along with the cucumber and spring onions. Serve with some pickled ginger, sesame seeds and a drizzle of sesame oil.