Name: Salmon Salute
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 filleted wild sockeye salmon, pin bones removed and cut into 6 ounce portions; 1 pinch salt and pepper; ½ cup golden brown sugar; 1 thinly sliced red onion; 1 onion, diced fine; 2 clove garlic, finely chopped; 1 Tbsp oil; 1 cup quinoa; ½ cup wild mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water; 1 ½ cup mushroom liquid; ½ tsp thyme; salt and pepper; 1 bag washed and cleaned baby spinach; 2 Tbsp toasted sesame seeds; 2 Tbsp water; 1 ¼ Tbsp soy sauce; ½ tsp white sugar

Cook Time

30 min

Yields

4 servings

A succulent salmon dish served with quinoa and a Japanese gomaae salad.

The following recipe was provided by a competitor from Food Network’s Family Cook Off. This recipe has not been tested. If you have made this recipe, make a comment or rate it now.

ingredients

Salmon

filleted wild sockeye salmon, pin bones removed and cut into 6 ounce portions

pinch salt and pepper

cup golden brown sugar

thinly sliced red onion

Quinoa

onion, diced fine

clove garlic, finely chopped

Tbsp oil

cup quinoa

cup wild mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water

1 ½

cup mushroom liquid

tsp thyme

salt and pepper

Spinach Gomaae

bag washed and cleaned baby spinach

Tbsp toasted sesame seeds

Tbsp water

1 ¼

Tbsp soy sauce

tsp white sugar

Ingredient Substitution Guide

directions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit.

Step 2

Cover a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Portion the salmon and place on baking sheet, season with salt and pepper.

Step 3

Sprinkle with brown sugar and cover with sliced onion. Bake until just firm to touch, approx. 10 to 12 minutes.

Step 4

Sauté the onion in oil in a medium saucepan over medium high heat.

Step 5

Add the garlic once onion is translucent, season with salt and pepper.

Step 6

Add quinoa and continue to sauté until grains are coated with oil.

Step 7

Add the chopped mushrooms and liquid.

Step 8

Bring to a boil over high heat; reduce heat to minimum and cover, simmer for 15 minutes.

Step 9

Blanch spinach in boiling salted water.

Step 10

Remove from water and shock in ice water.

Step 11

Drain spinach and squeeze out excess water.

Step 12

Set aside ½ tablespoon of sesame seeds for garnish. Grind the remainder in pestle and mortar. In a mixing bowl combine sesame seed paste, water, soy sauce and sugar.

Step 13

Toss spinach in sauce and garnish with sesame seeds.

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