Saturday, January 14, 2017

Oven Poached Salmon



            Fishes are super duper healthy. One should have it more often. They are loaded with essential nutrients. Fishes are world's best source of omega 3 fatty acids which are essential for human body & brain. Salmon is one of the healthy food item. It is a great source of proteins, as said before omega 3, vitamins like vitamin D, vitamin A & some members of vitamin B and also minerals like selenium, zinc, phosphorus, calcium & iron. Anyways enough of health benefits of salmon. This is not a website to provide health benefits of a food item, but recipe providing website. So I will stick to that.

             So till now you might have understood, I will be sharing a recipe for salmon today. Salmon itself is so healthy. But I will be also sharing a healthy way of making it. Oven poached technique for salmon. its very tasty. So we are not going to spoil its taste by adding any spices to it. Just some seasoning to it and we are done.

              Lets see how to make it.




Ingredients:
  • Salmon fillet along with its skin to one side 200 gm
  • Salt to taste
  • Thin Lemon slices 3
  • Garlic Clove 1 - sliced thinly
  • Oregano 1 tsp
  • Black pepper Crushed 1/3 tsp
  • Aluminium Foil
  • Olive oil 1 tsp



Method:
  • Preheat oven to 200 degree C.
  • Wash the salmon fillet.
  • Take a 30 x 30 cm aluminium foil piece.
  • Place the salmon fillet on the aluminium foil with its skin at the bottom side.
  • Sprinkle salt to taste, crushed black pepper & oregano evenly over the salmon fillet.
  • Place thin slices of garlic over it covering almost all the top of the salmon. Place the garlic slices 1 cm apart from each other. 
  • Place lemon slices side by side over the garlic pieces.
  • Drizzle some olive oil over it.
  • Now just wrap the salmon in the aluminium foil like a bag creating some space in the foil bag for the steam. That steam will help salmon cook evenly.
  • Cook it in the oven for 25 minutes.
  • Remove from oven. Let it rest for 2 - 3 minutes.
  • Serve hot !!
Tips:
  • Don't discard the juice created in the aluminium foil. Enjoy it with the salmon. Its super tasty.
  • This is the best recipe to enjoy salmon.
  • Don't eat the skin of the salmon.
  • Don't cover the salmon in aluminium foil tightly. Leave some space above it while packing just like bag.

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