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Salmon skewers with Moroccan chickpea and parsley salad

  • Time to make: 25 mins, plus 30 mins marinating
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 8 long wooden skewers
    • 1 ½ teaspoons ground cumin
    • 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
    • 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger
    • ¼ cup orange juice, plus 1 extra tablespoon
    • 400g skinless salmon fillets, cut in 1.5cm cubes
    • 2 small courgettes, trimmed, cut in rounds
    • 1 large red capsicum, deseeded, diced in 1.5cm cubes
    • 16 small button mushrooms
    • 2 x 400g cans chickpeas, drained, rinsed
    • ½ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
    • ½ small red onion, thinly sliced
    • 2 tablespoons currants
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Soak skewers in cold water for 20 minutes. Combine cumin, paprika, ginger and orange juice in a shallow non-metallic bowl. Add salmon fillets. Stir to coat. Cover bowl and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Alternately thread salmon cubes, courgettes, capsicum and mushrooms on prepared skewers.

    2 To make salad, place chickpeas, parsley, onion, currants and extra orange juice in a large salad bowl. Toss to combine and set aside.

    3 Preheat a grill pan or barbecue to high. Cook skewers, turning, for 8 minutes or until vegetables are tender and salmon is golden and cooked to your liking.

    4 Divide salad among plates, top each with 2 skewers then serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check ground spices are gluten free.

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