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Slow Cooker Poached Salmon
Dinner doesn’t get simpler than this flaky, delicious Slow Cooker Poached Salmon! It's such an impressive recipe with minimal kitchen time!
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Additional Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 35 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 177 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup water
- 1 shallot peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 large clove garlic thinly sliced
- 1 handful fresh dill
- 1 handful fresh parsley
- 6 whole peppercorns
- 1 lemon cut in half
- 1 pound wild-caught skin-on salmon fillet
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- In a large slow cooker, combine the wine, water, shallot, garlic, dill, parsley, and peppercorns. Squeeze half of the lemon over the slow cooker (watch for seeds!). Slice the remaining lemon half and add the slices to the slow cooker.
- Set the slow cooker temperature to HIGH and heat the poaching liquid for 30 minutes.
- Reduce the slow cooker's heat to LOW.
- Rub a thin layer of salt over the salmon. Place it in the slow cooker, skin side down. Cook on LOW for 1 hour.Tip: After about 45 minutes, start checking on the salmon to see if the flesh starts to flake away.
- Remove from the poaching liquid and set drain on a paper towel skin side down.
- Serve warm with your favorite sides. Sprinkle some fresh dill and place lemon slices on top for garnish.
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Notes
- If you use a whole salmon filet, you'll want to cut it into 4 relatively equal portions before cooking.
Nutrition Information
Serving
0.25pound
Calories
177kcal
(9%)
Carbohydrates
1g
(0%)
Protein
23g
(46%)
Fat
7g
(11%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
3g
Monounsaturated Fat
2g
Cholesterol
62mg
(21%)
Sodium
343mg
(14%)
Potassium
584mg
(17%)
Fiber
0.3g
(1%)
Sugar
0.4g
(1%)
Vitamin A
73IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
4mg
(4%)
Calcium
19mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 177
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 0.25pound | |
| Calories | 177kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 1g | 0% |
| Protein | 23g | 46% |
| Fat | 7g | 11% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 3g | 18% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 62mg | 21% |
| Sodium | 343mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 584mg | 12% |
| Fiber | 0.3g | 1% |
| Sugar | 0.4g | 1% |
| Vitamin A | 73IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.