Pacific Salmon with Ginger and Cilantro
From alison 17 years agoIngredients
- 1- Alaskan Pacific salmon fillet, approximately 1-1.5 lbs, skin still on. Suggested salmon varieties: Sockeye (red), Chinook (king) or Coho (silver). shopping list
- fine sea salt shopping list
- 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce (omit sea salt above if using regular, higher sodium soy sauce) shopping list
- 2 Tablespoons freshly grated ginger root or pre-packaged minced ginger root shopping list
- 1 teaspoon crushed garlic shopping list
- 1 cup fresh cilantro leaves, some soft stems are ok. shopping list
- extra cilantro leaves for garnish shopping list
How to make it
- Gently rinse salmon fillet in very cold water, about 10 seconds each side. Pat salmon dry with paper towel. Rub sea salt into salmon, flesh-side only, until most of exposed flesh is coated.
- In medium sized bowl, mix together soy sauce, ginger and garlic with a fork or whisk. Once well combined, briefly mix in cilantro, just enough to cause a little "bruising" of the leaves but not so much as to completely mash them to a pulp.
- Pour mixture into baking dish (preferably glass). If possible, try to match the size of the baking dish as closely as possible to the size of the salmon fillet.
- Place salmon fillet, skin side up, in the baking dish. If the fillet is a pretty uneven thickness (i.e. a difference of more than an 1 inch), I will sometimes choose to "tuck in" the thinnest parts and/or the edges, to keep those portions from being very overcooked when the thicker portion is just finished.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Cover baking dish, allow salmon to marinate for approximately 10 minutes.
- Baked covered salmon for 20 minutes, then remove from oven and turn fillet, if possible, to skin side down.
- At this point the majority of the salmon should flake easily with a fork and have changed color from a bright translucent reddish-pink to a opaque, bright orange-salmon color. Check the thickest part of the salmon with a fork, aligning tines along the natural grain of the fillet and pulling gently apart. The middle of the fillet should be opaque with a small amount of translucent portions.
- Return salmon to oven to bake for another 5-10 minutes, depending on how well cooked you wish it to be.
- Remove salmon from oven, transfer to serving plate and garnish with a few remaining cilantro leaves. Excellent served with rice, vegetables or any other mildly flavored side dish (so as not to overpower).
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