Sexy Salmon and Sassy Slaw

Elmotoo's Note:

A match made in heaven! See for yourself with this recipe created for RSC#14!

• Total Time: 1 hrs
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

salmon

• 1 lb salmon, halved
• 1 cup dry white wine
• 2 sprigs fresh dill

slaw

• 2 cups napa cabbage, shredded
• 1/2 medium jicama, peeled & julienned, about 1 1/2c
• 1/4 lb fresh snow pea, trimmed & julienned on the diagonal, about 1 1/2c
• 1 bunch green onion, trimmed & chopped, about 1c

vinaigrette

• 1 lime, zest of
• 1 lime, juice of
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In 8x8 baking dish, pour in the wine, add the dill sprigs & top with salmon, skin side up. Bake for 25 - 30 minutes.
3. Toss together cabbage, jicama, snow peas & green onions.
4. Whisk together all ingredients for the vinaigrette. Set aside 2 TB & toss the rest with the slaw.
5. Whisk together the 2TB reserved vinaigrette with the 2TB melted butter.
6. To serve:
7. Place about 3/4c slaw on a plate. Set a piece of salmon on top. Drizzle with vinaigrette/butter mixture.

Reviews

[morgainegeiser]

This was nice switch for salmon. I liked the inclusion of the slaw. That being said, I do think the slaw has too much oil and we felt there was too much slaw and had a lot left over. But it was a nice way to have salmon.

[Rita~]

This is a 5 star recipe but taking into consideration that the directions and amounts were off it`s 4 stars for us. The butter should be posted under the salmon ingredients, The directions state to mix all the dressing ingredients together which would include the butter. Oops. No I didn`t didn`t do it but I know some would. Very easy to put together. The amount of salad leftover is a bit! It should have been worked is serve 4 not 2. Some fresh shredded ginger root and carrots would be delish in this as well. I light and refreshing dish! Thanks a good luck!

[Deb's Recipes]

The slaw tasted good and nicely complemented the salmon. I liked the inclusion of snow peas, and also added a few matchstick carrots and double the garlic. I made my slaw a couple hours in advance so that the jicama could soak up the lime and garlicky flavors of the dressing. Then I marinated the salmon in wine for a half hour before oven-poaching it. This cooking method was easy, and that was nice. A couple concerns were that the vinaigrette seemed too oily and the leftover slaw became mildly bitter overnight in the refrigerator. Also, I experienced a little confusion in step #4 of the recipe because it appeared that butter was listed as one of the vinaigrette ingredients. That being said, I really enjoyed your recipe and thank you for sharing it. Good luck in the contest!