Chili Lime Poached Salmon
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5.0
27 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Servings
2 servings
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Calories
566 kcal
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Course
Dinner
Chili Lime Poached Salmon
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Chili lime salmon poached in a spicy coconut milk broth
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Ingredients
- 2 fillets of salmon
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp avocado oil
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 2 tsp chili flakes
- 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 1 tbsp fish sauce
- 1/4 cup lime juice
- Zest from 1 lime
- 1/2 tbsp arrowroot starch
- 2 tbsp water
Instructions
- Season salmon fillets on flesh and skin side with salt. Mince garlic and grate fresh ginger. Combine coconut milk, vegetable broth, lime juice and fish sauce in a small bowl.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Sear salmon in warm oil over medium heat for 2 minutes on each side. Remove salmon fillets from the pan.
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add minced garlic, ginger, and chili flakes to the warm pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Pour liquid mixture into the pan. Stir and increase the heat to medium high until the sauce bubbles.
- Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer the sauce for 5 minutes and then add the seared salmon back to the pan with the skin side up. Poach salmon in the simmer sauce for 4-6 minutes keeping the skin side up the whole time and regularly spooning sauce over the skin side of the salmon.
- Remove the poached salmon from the sauce. Combine arrowroot starch and water. Pour slurry into the sauce as you're stirring the sauce. Continue stirring until the sauce thickens. Serve salmon with the thicken chili lime sauce, garnish with lime zest and cilantro and enjoy!
Nutrition Information
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Serving
2g
Calories
566kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
13g
(4%)
Protein
37g
(74%)
Fat
42g
(65%)
Saturated Fat
24g
(120%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
6g
Monounsaturated Fat
10g
Cholesterol
94mg
(31%)
Sodium
2464mg
(103%)
Potassium
1215mg
(35%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Vitamin A
928IU
(19%)
Vitamin C
12mg
(13%)
Calcium
69mg
(7%)
Iron
6mg
(33%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 2servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 566 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 2g | |
| Calories | 566kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 13g | 4% |
| Protein | 37g | 74% |
| Fat | 42g | 65% |
| Saturated Fat | 24g | 120% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 94mg | 31% |
| Sodium | 2464mg | 103% |
| Potassium | 1215mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Vitamin A | 928IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 12mg | 13% |
| Calcium | 69mg | 7% |
| Iron | 6mg | 33% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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