Healthy salmon & bulgur wheat risotto with hummus!

This Middle Eastern come Mediterranean dish actually worked surprisingly well! I like to cook with bulgur wheat a lot and have a current obsession with hummus so I did some experimenting... It actually has a really interesting taste to it and the hummus thickens the meal and makes it more of a risotto style dish. If you haven't come across bulgur wheat before check out my post about it, and how to prepare it by clicking here. Alternatively, you could use wholegrain rice for this recipe!

Cooking and preparation time: 30 minutes

You will need:

• 30g of bulgur wheat
• One small yellow pepper
• 5 cherry tomatoes
• A slice of lemon/lime
• A small fillet of salmon
• 2 tablespoons of hummus

Steps:

1. First preheat the oven (if a fan oven) to 180 degrees Celsius. Take a square of tin foil, place the small fillet of salmon on the centre and loosely wrap the foil around it.
2. Take your small pepper and slice into small pieces as seen in the photo above, and also slice the tomatoes into sections.
3. Boil 160ml of water in the kettle. Weigh out 30g of bulgur wheat and place in a saucepan. Once the water has boiled, add the bulgur wheat to the pan and then the boiled water. Place this on the hob at a medium heat.
4. By now the oven should have reached 180 degrees, so place the the tin foil-wrapped salmon onto a metal oven tray and place in the oven. Set a timer for 20 minutes.
5. For about 15 minutes you should stir the bulgur wheat until all of the water has been absorbed. Once 15 minutes has passed and the water is gone, turn the heat from the hob down to the lowest heat and add two tablespoons of hummus directly to the pan as well as your chopped ingredients and stir well. You should only need to stir this for a minute or two as otherwise the bulgur wheat may overcook and stick to the pan. Remove the saucepan from the heat.
6. By now the salmon should have been in the oven for 20 minutes so remove it and place on a small plate or chopping board to cut into small sections. 
7. Place your risotto mixture onto your serving plate, and then place the salmon pieces on top. Squeeze the lime lightly over the dish for extra flavour (this is of course optional).
8. Season to taste and enjoy!

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