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Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce

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Baked Salmon with a yogurt lemon dill sauce.

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Ingredients

  • 1 lemon
  • ½ cup plain fat-free yogurt
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 4 (4 – 6 ounce) salmon steaks or 1 pound skinless salmon filet
  • ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Details

Servings 4
Level of difficulty Easy
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 15mins
Cost Budget Friendly

Preparation

Step 1

Grate ½ teaspoon zest from the lemon. Cut the lemon in half, juice one of the halves to get 2 teaspoons of fresh juice, and set the remaining half aside.

Combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, yogurt, dill, and ¼ teaspoon of the salt in a small bowl.

Squeeze the reserved lemon half over the salmon and sprinkle with the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and the pepper. Spray a baking pan with non-stick spray or line with foil and place salmon on pan. Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees. Cook salmon at 500 degrees for 15 minutes. For salmon steaks, remove the skin before eating. Serve with the sauce. 4 servings

Step 2

Combine the lemon zest, lemon juice, yogurt, dill, and ¼ teaspoon of the salt in a small bowl.

Step 3

Squeeze the reserved lemon half over the salmon and sprinkle with the remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and the pepper.

Step 4

Spray a baking pan with non-stick spray or line with foil and place salmon on pan. Pre-heat oven to 500 degrees. Cook salmon at 500 degrees for 15 minutes. For salmon steaks, remove the skin before eating. Serve with the sauce.

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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 cups cooked sushi rice
  • 1 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  • 2 tbsp seasame oil
  • 1 tsp chili paste
  • Salt
  • 1 mango, diced
  • 1 avocado, diced
  • 1 lb salmon, diced

Method

  1. Combine the rice vinegar and sugar.
  2. Stir though the cooked sushi rice, and with wet hands, shape into balls.
  3. Press the balls into ramekins lined with parchment paper, and press the rice up the sides of the ramekins into cup shapes.
  4. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
  5. In the meantime, combine the soy sauce, cilantro, sesame oil, chili paste and salt in a bowl.
  6. Combine the mango, avocado and salmon.
  7. Pour the soy mixture over the salmon mixture, and stir through until evenly coated.
  8. Remove the rice cups from the refrigerator, and peel off the parchment paper.
  9. Distribute the salmon mixture between the rice cups.
  10. Garnish, serve and enjoy!

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