Salmon Fillets with Creamy Wasabi Sauce

eDiets Healthy Recipe

Poaching in a low oven is the best way to produce evenly cooked fish. The cooking time given in this recipe yields a slightly rosy center. For a completely opaque fish, increase the cooking time to 18 minutes.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Bake/Cook time: 15 minutes

Ingtredients

1 cup water
1/4 cup plus 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
3 Tbsp. green onion, sliced thinly (about 1/3 green onion)
4 three-inch wide center-cut salmon fillets (about 2 lb.)
1/3 cup mayonnaise
3 Tbsp. wasabi sauce with ginger (such as Gold’s)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine water, soy sauce, green onion, ginger and garlic in a 2-quart baking dish. Add fillets skin side up and bake 15 minutes, until just cooked through.

2. Meanwhile, whisk mayonnaise with wasabi sauce. Set aside.

3. Remove fish from oven and let stand five minutes. Measure 2 tablespoons of the cooking liquid and whisk into mayonnaise mixture.

4. To serve, peel skin from fish and drizzle sauce on top.

Makes 4 servings. Nutritional values per serving: 567 calories, 41g fat, 46g protein, 2g carbohydrate, 1g fiber and 1g net carbs.

This recipe comes from Atkins at eDiets.

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