Smoked salmon chive jacket potato
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Prep Time
5 Minutes
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Cook Time
45 Minutes
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Yield
2
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Difficulty Level
Easy
Ingredients
- 1 x 95g can Safcol Premium Smoked Salmon, drained
- 2 large potatoes, scrubbed
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons sour cream
- 25g butter
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives, plus a few extra chives to decorate
for the red slaw
- 1 cup finely sliced red cabbage
- ½ small red onion, finely sliced
- ½ small red apple, finely sliced
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and julienned
- 1 stick celery, finely sliced
- 2 tablespoons flat leaved parsley, chopped
- 1 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon extra olive oil
- 1 tablespoons mayonnaise
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 190°C
- Rub the skin of the potatoes with olive oil and dust lightly with sea salt. Bake in the oven for about 45 minutes or until tender. If you’re short of time, you can cook the potatoes in a microwave.
- If you’re making the red slaw, do this while the potatoes bake. In a medium bowl, simply mix together all the slaw ingredients and season to taste, cover and refrigerate until required.
- When the potatoes are ready, in a small bowl, mix together the drained Safcol smoked salmon, chives and sour cream mix and season with salt and pepper. Cut the potatoes in half, divide the butter between the 4 halves and season with salt and pepper, then mash the potato flesh with a fork.
- Top each half with a spoonful of the smoked salmon and chive sour cream mix. Decorate each potato with a few chives and serve with a couple of spoonfuls of red slaw on the side.
| Servings: | 2 |
| Ready in: | 50 Minutes |
| Course: | Lunch, Dinner, Side, Comfort Food |
| Recipe Type: | Potatoes |
| Ingredient: | Salmon |
Smoked salmon chive jacket potato
Add a little luxury to your favourite potato with our smoked salmon chive jacket potato for a really satisfying meal. Note: Some of the better potato varieties to use for baking are coliban, kestrel or Desiree.
Comfort food with a good dose of Omega 3
Ashleigh Feltham (MNutrDiet)
A jacket potato is a classic go-to meal. This recipe is one to save as it will add more health benefits than the traditional potato stuffed with cheese option. Starting with the quality salmon from Safcol, the salmon will add delicious flavour as well as adding a good dose of healthy omega 3 fat for heart, brain, and artery health. Omega 3 fat is an anti-inflammatory fat and may help reduce symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis.
Potatoes are often seen as unhealthy but when they are in their whole form, they are a highly nutritious vegetable providing fibre, vitamin C and folate.
Extra virgin olive oil is the king oil as it contains over 36 different antioxidants as well as another cholesterol promoting fat called monounsaturated fat.
All the vegetables and apple add fibre to support healthy gut function and increase the satiety factor of the meal. Chives are a great source of immune-supporting vitamins A and C. Onions with their antioxidant called quercetin to add more support to help your immune system work at its best. Carrots add more vitamin A. Vitamin A plays other roles including supporting your eyes to function at their best. Lemon juice, the apple and cabbage add more vitamin C. Vitamin C is also needed to make collagen, this protein is needed for healthy ligaments, tendons as well as supporting the health of your skin. There are so many health benefits within this simple meal so make sure you save it for the next time you are in the mood for a stuffed potato.
