Teriyaki Salmon

This is my husband's favorite salmon recipe.  Salmon is often requested for a birthday meal and is our main dish for Christmas Eve dinner.  You can either use the Trader Joes Soyaki sauce or use the simple from scratch recipe below.  Both are delicious!  I love to serve this with an orzo pasta or rice pilaf and then broccoli/broccolini or green beans.

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Terriyaki Sauce for 4-6 Salmon fillets:

1/4 cup brown sugar

3 TBS avocado or olive oil

3 TBS soy sauce

1.5 TBS fresh garlic, minced

1.5 TBS fresh ginger, grated

2 tsp sesame seeds (white or black)

-Marinate fillets in teriyaki sauce for 30-60 minutes in refrigerator.  Preheat oven to 400.

-Line rimmed baking sheet with foil.  Place marinated fillets on foil and then bake at 400 for 25-30 or until cooked through.

*Note for the orzo pasta, I combine orzo, sautéed bell peppers & spinach, and then add the same teriyaki sauce to taste.

For an even easier version, the Soyaki Teriyaki sauce from Trader Joes works well too.

 

Salmon Tacos with Cucumber Slaw & Guacamole

Another recipe from Ina Garten with a few changes to my taste...

Again, we've become fish taco fans.  This is our other favorite fish taco recipe!

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Flour or Corn Tortillas

Slaw

3/4 lb green cabbage, cored and finely shredded 

1 seedless English cucumber, unpeeled, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced
3 TBS  white or red wine vinegar
1/2 c. sour cream
3 Tbsp minced fresh dill (or 1 tsp dried)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
-Combine all ingredients in a bowl and let marinate in fridge

Salmon

Olive oil, for greasing the pan 

salmon fillet, skin removed 

-Sprinkle salmon with chipotle chile powder, fresh lime zest and lime juice, salt, pepper

--Bake 425 for 20-25 minutes until just cooked through

Build Taco and top with:
-Guacamole:  avocados, seeded and peeled-mash adding 1/2 tsp Sriracha per avocado, salt/pepper.

Mustard Maple Salmon

We love salmon at our house.  I have several excellent recipes, but it seems that my pictures never look appetizing, so I never post them.  It must be all that natural fat that oozes out of the fish!

 

Well I've decided to post them regardless of picture beauty.  If you have secrets to taking a good picture--send them my way!  This combination seems a bit gross, but trust me it is good!

 

3 TBS Dijon mustard

3 TBS maple syrup

1 TBS balsamic vinegar

1/4 tsp salt

18/ tsp freshly ground pepper

4-6 salmon fillets

-Combine marinade and marinate 20 minutes.  Grill or Bake at 400 for 25 minutes (more or less depending on fillet thickness)  For a side dish as in the picture above, you can serve this with the Summer Parsley Pasta.