Onions In Lemony Salmon Recipe

Asked by Greyfriars. Answered on 20th November 2016

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In Lemony Salmon recipe I am not sure what to do with the "onion bowl" of chopped red onions and lemon juice. Did the recipe omit this? Thanks!

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Nigella's Lemony Salmon With Cherry Tomato Cous Cous (from KITCHEN) is a speedy midweek meal of pan fried salmon with a zesty, cherry tomato studded cous cous. The cous cous also includes finely chopped red onions that are briefly marinated in lemon juice.

The recipe does not omit the onions at a later stage. At step 4 lemon juice is added to the chopped onions, then at step 9 the onions and lemon juice are added to the cooked and fluffed up cous cous: "Tip the tomatoes with the lemony onions, juice and all, into the couscous, mixing with a fork".