Southwest Salmon With Cilantro Lime Sauce Cooking For 2 Recipes

CILANTRO LIME SALMON

Steps:

• Add the oil and 1 tablespoon of the butter to a nonstick skillet and place over medium-high heat. Season the salmon on both sides with salt and pepper. Add the fish to the skillet and cook for 3 to 4 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of the fish and the degree of doneness you like. Remove from the skillet and keep warm.
• Return the skillet to medium heat and add the honey, soy, remaining 2 tablespoons butter and half of the lime zest and juice. Cook, stirring, until the butter melts and starts to bubble. Cook for a minute until the sauce thickens a little. Add the salmon and spoon over the sauce. Cook for another minute, basting as you go. Sprinkle generously with the cilantro.
• Stir the remaining lime juice and zest into the cooked rice. Serve the salmon with the rice, extra sauce and lime wedges on the side.

SOUTHWEST SALMON WITH CILANTRO-LIME SAUCE (COOKING FOR 2)

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix sour cream, cilantro, lime peel, lime juice, honey and salt; set aside.
• Season salmon fillets with taco seasoning mix. In 8-inch skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add fillets to skillet, skin-side down.
• Cook 6 to 8 minutes or until skin is browned. Turn fillets; cook 2 to 4 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with fork.
• Serve salmon with cilantro-lime sauce.

SOUTHWEST GRILLED SALMON WITH CILANTRO LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• For Salmon: Whisk together olive oil, cumin, chili powder and several chopped cilantro leaves, salt and pepper to taste.
• Coat flesh side of fish heavily with oil mixture and allow to marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Grill well marinated fish on high- skin side down- until just after fat begins to seep from salmon flesh.
• Fish should be cooked through, but still very moist.
• Before serving mix melted butter with juice from both limes and crushed and chopped cilantro leaves.
• Pour over salmon and serve immediately.
• This dish goes well with oven roasted asparagus or a tossed salad.

ASIAN LIME AND CILANTRO SAUCE FOR SALMON

Steps:

• Whisk together the lime juice, soy sauce, and sugar until sugar dissolves. Stir in the cilantro.

SALMON WITH LIME AND CILANTRO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450°.
• Place salmon on baking sheet and season with salt and pepper.
• Bake until no longer pink in the middle, 10-13 minutes.
• Remove salmon from pan leaving skin on the baking sheet.
• In a small bowl mix together lime juice, sugar, and soy sauce. Mix in chopped cilantro.
• Serve salmon with sauce poured over it.

BAKED SALMON WITH CILANTRO

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°. Line rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with aluminum foil; spray foil with cooking spray. Mix butter, cilantro and lemon peel. Cover and refrigerate butter while preparing fish.
• Cut fish into 4 serving pieces. Place fish, skin side down, in pan. Sprinkle with salt and cumin. Drizzle with lemon juice.
• Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Carefully lift fish from skin with pancake turner. Top each serving of fish with some cilantro butter mixture.

WW 6 POINTS - SAVORY CILANTRO SALMON

Steps:

• To prepare marinade, in food processor, combine cilantro, juice, cumin, salt, hot sauce, and 1/4 cup water. Puree until smooth.
• Transfer marinade to gallon-size sealable plastic bag; add salmon. Seal bag, squeezing out air, turn to coat salmon. Refridgerate 1 hour, turning bag occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 400. Spray 9 inch baking dish with nonstick spray.
• Arrange pepper slices in single layer in prepared pan; bake 20 min, turning peppers once.
• Drain salmon, discard marinade. Place salmon on top of pepper slices, bake, turning salmon once, 12-14 minute until fish flakes easily when tested with fork.
• 6 Points per serving (1 salmon fillet).

ROASTED SALMON WITH LIME AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Arrange salmon in a shallow baking pan. Season with salt and pepper. Roast until no longer pink in the middle and flaky, 10 to 13 minutes. Using a flat spatula, remove fillets, leaving skin on the baking sheet.
• In a small bowl, whisk together lime juice, soy sauce, and sugar; fold in cilantro. Spoon sauce over fish, and serve with asparagus.