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Charred Salmon & Avocado Lettuce Cups

Name: Charred Salmon & Avocado Lettuce Cups
Prep time: 12 min
Cook time: 13 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Modern Australian
Ingredients: 700 g skinless salmon fillets; 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil; 1 tsp smoked paprika; 16 baby cos lettuce leaves; 2 avocado, roughly diced; 2 Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped; 2 limes, juice; 0.5 cup fresh coriander, torn

Warm charred salmon, cool avocado, cucumber and lime tucked into crisp lettuce leaves. Built for hands, so torn fish and uneven cups are part of the pleasure.

Prep12 mins

Cook13 mins

Serves4

DifficultyEasy

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Naturally flaked charred salmon and avocado in uneven lettuce cups — **TooGut pick**Flexible, practical, genuinely delicious.

Keeping the salmon in one piece for the pan, then flaking it by hand, gives tender chunks of different sizes. Small lettuce leaves become bites; larger ones become generous wraps—both are useful.

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What you’ll need

Ingredients

Serves4

Lettuce cups

700 gskinless salmon fillets
2 tbspextra virgin olive oil
1 tspsmoked paprika
16 baby cos lettuce leaves
2 avocado, roughly diced
2 Lebanese cucumbers, roughly chopped
2 limes, juice
½ cupfresh coriander, torn

One step at a time

Let’s cook.

Tick each step as you go. Built-in timers keep the important moments close.

Season the salmon

Pat salmon dry and rub with half the oil, paprika and salt. Leave thick and thin edges as they are.

Char, then finish gently

Heat a wide pan over medium-high. Cook salmon for 4 minutes on the first side and 2 to 4 minutes on the second, depending on thickness. Rest for 5 minutes.

Make a rough salsa

Fold avocado, cucumber, lime and remaining oil with a pinch of salt. Stop before the avocado turns to paste.

Flake by hand

Break the salmon into large and small natural flakes, following the grain rather than cutting cubes.

Fill as the leaves allow

Spoon salsa into lettuce leaves, add salmon and tear over coriander. Serve extra filling beside the smaller cups.

Per serve, estimate · Metric

Nutrition snapshot

Energy2,240 kJ

Protein38 g

Carbohydrate8 g

Fibre7 g

Approximate only. Values change with brands, portions and selected swaps.

Set yourself up

Equipment

✓ Wide heavy frying pan
✓ Fish slice
✓ Mixing bowl

Charred Salmon & Avocado Lettuce Cups

Ingredients

Lettuce cups

Let’s cook.

Season the salmon

Char, then finish gently

Make a rough salsa

Flake by hand

Fill as the leaves allow

Nutrition snapshot

Equipment

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