Salmon Suggestions??

I usually bake salmon

Here's an idea : Don't cook it.

I just cured my first salmon this week and it turned out fantastic. Google for recipes, but basically you mix a ton of kosher salt, some sugar, and anything you find tasty to make a "cure".

Spread the cure over the non-skin side, wrap the filet in plastic wrap, lay it in a pan/tray of some sort and stack some weights on top (optional.)

Over the course of 2-3 days in the fridge, lots of moisture will come out. Drain this, and maybe rotate the fish if you feel like it.

When its ready, the fish will feel firm (not squishy) when you poke it with your finger. Take it out of the fridge, rinse it thoroughly under running water to get all of the cure off of it, and let it dry.

To serve, slice the salmon as thin as you can. Serve with sliced red onions, crumbled hard-boiled egg, sour cream, capers, and a dry white wine. If I wasn't low-carbing it, I'd add some kind of yummy bread/crackers.

Believe me, if you like lox, this is a life-changing discovery !

The cure I made had fresh-ground horseradish, Bombay Sapphire gin, brown sugar, black pepper, and 3/4 cup of kosher salt. Surprisingly, the horseradish taste is very mild : you almost have to "watch" for it.

It is similar to lox, but not identical. The texture is somewhat firmer (due to the weights, perhaps ?) and the taste is as wonderfully rich and subtle, just coming from a slightly different direction.

Man, this is making me so hungry ! I'm gonna go home and eat some more !

p.s. Make a bunch. It keeps for a week in the fridge.

bake it at a high temp for a short amount of time and put some lemon juice on it when it comes out of the oven!! simple tastes best with salmon (in my opinion)

a ginger marinade/ glaze tastes amazing with salmon. Take equal parts of honey, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, and olive oil and grate in some fresh ginger and garlic. Marinate for 20 minutes then grill or sear the salmon. While cooking the fish, add the marinate to a sauce pan and reduce it to a glaze consistency. Delicious!

I marinate the filets for several hours in equal parts of fresh lime juice, olive oil and soy sauce. The origional had a cilantro butter to put on after you cook...awesome without the extra calories you could add some cilantro to the marinade.

Drain.

Take sheet of foil and poke a bunch of holes in it. If not non stick spray a little spray. Put on gril medium heat until cooked and flakes with fork. I fold the ends under the filet if they are thin. I have also cut into serving sizes before grilling.

Yummo. I don't think this has ever come out dry.

I had a recipe at work last week that was amazing!! It was grilled salmon and then had a mango salsa dressing with black beans over spring mix!!! It was amazing!!

I prefer baking or grilling it with a splash of citrus. I tried a sweet maple glaze recipe I found on Cooking for Engineers but think the super sweet glaze ruins the flavor of the fish.

I coat my salmon with some olive oil and lemmon pepper then bake. So easy but so good!

I just made up a new salmon recipe last night. I mixed 1/2 tbsp of 1/2 fat mayo (I know, EVIL, but yummy), plus 1/2 tbsp dijon mustard. Added some roughly chopped capers (had them on hand from another recipe), and brushed the mixture over the salmon fillets (3 of them). Baked at 400 for about 20 minutes, but these were very thick pieces. I usually go about 15 or so. You could easily add some other herb flavours to this mix, but it really kept the salmon soft and moist. My husband and 2 1/2 year old loved it.

A lot of the time I cook fish 'en papillote' - in other words you cook it in a parcel. I use foil , envelope the fish, and fold it in at the edges so that no moisture can escape. I find that it produces incredibly moist and flavoursome fish, time after time You can stick whatever you want in there with the fish - I like it simple with lemon and pepper, or else Asian style with teryaki sauce, garlic and ginger.

Cooking times obviously vary with the amount of fish but for some average salmon fillets I usually have them in for about 20 minutes.

Fish, and in particular salmon, is the only food I normally microwave. Put the fillets in a covered container, season (tarragon is good) and mirowave for three minutes. Comes out perfectly tender and moist and you are eating 5 mins after you come in the door.