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Baked Salmon With Lemon-Butter And Quinoa Salad

Looking for a delicious and healthy weekend dish that you can serve for your family? Try this Baked Salmon With Lemon-Butter And Quinoa Salad recipe. It’s going to be a sure hit! Imagine slow-baked flavorful salmon that melts in your mouth. Pair it quinoa salad and voila, you have a dish that everybody will love!
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Course: Salad
Cuisine: American, Asian
Keyword: Baked salmon, quinoa
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 4

Ingredients

Salmon

  • 1 Salmon  fillet and skin on 800-1000 grams
  • 1 pc Lemon juice squeezed
  • 1 pc Lemon sliced
  • 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter softened
  • 1/2 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1/2 tsp Red Pepper Flakes
  • Salt  to taste

Quinoa Salad

  • 1 cup Quinoa
  • 2 cups Water
  • 2 tbsp Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 tbsp Parsley finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup Yellow Bell Pepper small diced
  • 1/4 cup Tomatoes deseeded and cut into small dice

Instructions

Baked Salmon

  • Preheat the oven to 180º C (350º F).
  • Combine the butter, red pepper flakes, and cayenne pepper. Stir until well combined. Set aside.
  • Remove the scales from salmon. Rinse the salmon well and pat-dry with a paper towel. Season the skin side of salmon with salt and some cayenne pepper.
  • Prepare a baking dish or tray and put foil on top. Grease the foil with light olive oil or vegetable oil.
  • Place the salmon, skin down on prepared baking dish/tray.
  • Slather the top of the salmon fillet evenly with the butter mixture.
  • Pour the lemon juice all over the fillet.
  • Season with salt, and place the lemon slices on the middle of salmon.
  • Let stand for 5 minutes to allow the flavors to blend well.
  • Bake for 20-25 minutes until the flesh is opaque and the fish flakes with a fork.

Quinoa Salad

  • While the salmon in baking in the oven, rinse quinoa until water runs clear, drain and transfer to a medium pot. Add 2 cups of water and bring to a boil over medium heat. Cover and reduce heat and cover then let simmer for approximately 15 minutes.
  • When the quinoa is done, transfer to a mixing bowl and let it cool at room temperature.
  • Pour lemon juice into the cooled quinoa and gently stir until the quinoa absorbs the lemon juice.
  • Add the bell peppers, tomatoes, and parsley. Season the salad with salt. Serve immediately or chill in the fridge until ready to serve.

Notes

  • Most packaged quinoa is pre-washed. However, it is always safe to wash the quinoa before cooking.
  • You can add some herbs into the butter mixture like thyme, parsley, oregano or any herbs you prefer.
  • Always descale your fish before cooking. You can also ask your fishmonger to clean and prepare your fish for you before you take it home.
  • If you have frozen salmon, thaw it in the refrigerator. Always rinse the fish and pat dry with paper towels.
  • If you are planning to serve the salmon with a sauce, season it lightly with salt and pepper.
  • Salmon must be baked at low temperature in the oven. This process helps slowly melts the fat between the flesh to give your fish a remarkably moist and tender texture.
  • Aside from seasoning salmon with black pepper, I season it with cayenne pepper as it enhances the salmon flavor even more.