Friday, January 8, 2010

What is a fast, good, and simple recipe for salmon?

I love salmon and i'm looking for new ways to cook it. The simpler and quicker it is to prepare and cook it the better because i'm a person that is always on the run.What is a fast, good, and simple recipe for salmon?
BAKED SALMON STUFFED WITH MASCARPONE SPINACH


Serve with pan-fried potatoes. What to drink: A crisp Sauvignon Blanc from California or New Zealand, or a French Sancerre.





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1 10-ounce bag fresh spinach leaves


1/2 cup cream cheese (about 4 ounces), room temperature


1/2 cup mascarpone cheese,* room temperature


Pinch of ground nutmeg


8 6- to 8-ounce salmon fillets with skin (each about 1 inch thick)


Olive oil


2 2/3 cups fresh breadcrumbs from French bread with crust


1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted


1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese














Cook spinach in large pot of boiling water just until wilted, about 30 seconds. Drain; rinse with cold water. Squeeze spinach dry, then finely chop. Place in small bowl. Mix in cream cheese, mascarpone, and ground nutmeg. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cut one 3/4-inch-deep, 2 1/2-inch-long slit down center of top side of each salmon fillet, forming pocket for spinach mixture. Fill each slit with spinach mixture, dividing equally among salmon fillets. (Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover and chill.)


Preheat oven to 450掳F. Brush rimmed baking sheet with olive oil. Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper. Mix breadcrumbs, melted butter, and Parmesan cheese in medium bowl. Top each salmon fillet with breadcrumb mixture, pressing to adhere. Place salmon fillets, skin side down, on prepared baking sheet. Bake salmon until opaque in center, about 12 minutes. Transfer to plates and serve.





* Italian cream cheese sold at Italian markets and also at many supermarkets.


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Baked Fresh Salmon





Ingredients





3 lb salmon


1 ts salt


1 ts pepper, black


1/2 ts thyme


6 tb butter


2 c cream,


3 onion; sliced


3 parsley sprig


1 garlic clove; quartered


1 bay leaf








Instructions





Combine salt, pepper and thyme then rub all sides of the salmon. Melt butter in baking dish then add salmon and coat with the butter. Add light cream, onion slices, parsley, garlic, and bay leaf around the fish. Bake covered for 40 minutes or until center bone can be removed easily. Remove and discard bay leaf, onion, parsley and garlic before serving


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Dill Mustard Salmon:


1 (2- to 3-pound) salmon fillet, 1 1/2-inches thick


3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil


Coarse kosher salt


Freshly ground black pepper


1 cup mayonnaise


2 cup sour cream


3 tablespoons minced fresh parsley leaves


2 tablespoons Dijon-style mustard


2 tablespoons minced fresh dill weed


2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice


Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste





Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line the bottom of an ungreased broiling pan with aluminum foil and spray broiler rack with vegetable-oil cooking spray. Wash salmon and pat dry. Rub with olive oil, sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper, and place skin-side down onto rack.





In a small bowl mix together mayonnaise, sour cream, parsley, Dijon mustard, dill weed, lemon juice, salt, and pepper; cover bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 3 hours before serving.





Bake salmon, uncovered, 8 to 12 minutes or until a meat thermometer registers an internal temperature of 140 to 145 degrees F (salmon will be slightly opaque in thickest part). NOTE: During this time the salmon continues to cook (meat temperature will rise 5 to 10 degrees after it is removed from the oven) and the juices redistribute. Carefully remove salmon from pan and transfer onto individual serving plates. Serve with the cold mustard dill sauce.





Approximately cooking times for salmon:





1/4 to 1/3-inch - 3 to 4 minutes


1/2 to 3/4-inch - 4 to 6 minutes


1 to 1 1/2-inch - 8 to 12 minutesWhat is a fast, good, and simple recipe for salmon?
I eat a lot of salmon and one of my favorite ways to prepare it is en papillote. This is traditionally done with parchment paper but I use aluminum foil b/c I always have that available. Depending on the size of the fish you have yo need to cut a piece of tinfoil that will be able to hold the fish inside when folded in half.





Rinse the fish and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with a little salt and black pepper. Cut up some vegetables that you like. I usually use whatever I have, asparagus, carrots or bell peppers cut into thin strips, green beans. Really whatever veggies you like. Place fish in the middle of the tinfoil piece you have already cut. Place vegetables around and on top of the fish. Add whatever seasonings or fresh herbs you like such as dill (always a good one w/ fish) Italian seasoning, lemon pepper, even Cajun spices. Drizzle a little olive oil over this and if you have white wine a couple TBSP of that (if not it's still delicious). Fold tinfoil over fish and crimp and fold the edges together so it is perfectly sealed. Place on a baking sheet and bake at 350* for about 20-25 minutes for an averaged size fillet, or about 45 minutes for a whole fish.





This is great b/c it requires practically no dishes and serve it with some sort of roasted potato or rice and you have a complete meal that's easy and has very little prep time
Panko-crusted Salmon


Ingredients





4 teaspoons olive oil


4 pieces thickly cut, boneless salmon (each 6 oz)


Salt and pepper to taste


2 Tbsp honey mustard or sweet-hot mustard


2 teaspoons chopped fresh thyme


2/3 cup panko bread crumbs


2 Tbsp chopped Italian parsley


1/2 teaspoon Hungarian sweet paprika





STEPS


1 Preheat the oven to 400掳F (convection or regular). Set the salmon on a foil-lined baking sheet skin side down. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.





2 In a small bowl, combine the honey mustard and 1 teaspoon of the thyme. In another small bowl, mix the panko with the remaining 1 teaspoon of thyme, 4 teaspoons of olive oil, parsley, and paprika. Add salt and pepper (a light sprinkle).





3 Using a small spoon, spread the mustard mixture on the salmon; top with the bread crumb mixture.





4 Roast the salmon for 12-14 minutes (test at 10) or until it is almost completely firm to the touch and flakes when poked with a fork. Serve at once.





Serves 4.





Or, just simply put pepper all over it, some salt, that works too!
Heat your fry pan to medium high, spread skin side with oil and a good sprinklind of salt and cook for about 5 minutes.


Sprinkle with a little more salt and flip. Cook for a few minutes longer, and remove from pan.


Cover and rest for 3 miutes, and you will have the best salmon ever with the crispiest skin. A treat that is worth eating,skin and all.
I LOVE Salmon Croquettes out of Canned Red Salmon


They are fast yet yummy!





Drain %26amp; remove the backbone discs


In a lg. bowl mix salmon


1/4 c. diced onion


1/2 c. crumbled Saltine crackers


1 Tbls. Soy sauce


1 Egg


Mix the above well %26amp; add pepper,salt garlic or any


fav. seasonings.


Form into Patties


Brown Patties in 2 Tblsp. Olive oil 4-5 minutes per side.





I serve them w/ mustard to dip them in !
Simple... Salt %26amp; Pepper then Pan Fry in a bit of butter until the bottom (skin) is brown and starting to crisp.





Remove from stove top.





Glaze with a small amount of Jalapeno Jelly which you have warmed and diluted with a few teaspoons of water and a crushed garlic clove.





Place in broiler and cook until top starts to brown.





Serve on a bed of rice with broccoli on the side.





MY FAVE RECIPE FROM AMERICA'S TEST KITCHEN (pbs.org)
Easiest way is putting it under the broiler:





Mix orange juice and soy sauce


Marinade salmon 2 hrs





In the highest setting for the oven





Put that salmon in for 10-15 min





Thats it your done, btw done forget to wrap your baking pans in foil when putting stuff under the broiler
Glazed Salmon: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/00鈥?/a>





Panko Crusted Salmon: http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/00鈥?/a>





Pan-Seared With Dill Sour Cream: http://closetcooking.blogspot.com/2007/0鈥?/a>
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/giada鈥?/a>


easy and healthy
Let it sit overnight in lemon pepper and seasoned salt. Then deep fry it in bacon grease!
well you take it out, put a little butter on it and some seasoning and bake it.. its delicious :D

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