Apricot Glazed Salmon With Herb Rice Food

EASY BAKED STICKY APRICOT SALMON

Steps:

• Pre-heat the oven to 220ºC/430ºF.
• Combine all the glaze ingredients and bring to a simmer in a small saucepan. Allow to cook for a few minutes until the glaze has thickened and coats the back of a spoon easily. Adjust seasoning (add more soy or lemon juice if necessary) and allow to cool slightly.
• Line a baking tray with foil and grease with a little oil/cooking spray. Place the salmon fillets on the tray, skin-side down. Pour over the glaze and place in the oven.
• Allow to bake for 7-10 minutes, spooning the glaze over the salmon every 2-3 minutes, until the salmon is cooked to your preference, and is glossy and sticky.
• Remove from the oven and allow to rest for a few minutes before serving with sides of your choice.

SALMON WITH HERBED RICE

Steps:

• 1. Heat up skillet with olive oil in it. Add butter allow to melt. Add in onion, garlic and tarragon. Cook for 2 minutes allowing onion to become tender and garlic aroma to lift.
• 2. Sprinkle a pinch of salt on each fillet meat side and place skin side down into skillet. Add lemon juice and white wine. Cook for 4 minutes and flip so that meat side is down. Cook for 4 more minutes. Turn again and cook checking every two minutes. Fish is done when meat is easily flaked with a fork. Remove from pan and set to rest meat side down, skin should easily peel off from fish with a fork. Reserve juices. Cover to keep warm.
• 3. In sauce pan substitute broth for water required to cook rice. In broth add 1 tablespoon olive oil, oregano, parsley, basil, sage and bay leaf and pinch of salt. Allow to come to boil and add rice. Allow to cook per time stated on rice directions.
• 4. In skillet heat up 1 T olive oil and melt butter. Add rice and stir til lightly coated with liquid and rice had been fluffed.
• 5. Spoon rice onto plate and place one salmon fillet on top of rice and lightly spoon 1 tsp of reserved juices over salmon and rice. Serve!

EASY APRICOT-GLAZED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil.
• Mix apricot preserves with mustard.
• Place salmon fillets on the prepared baking sheet. Brush 1/2 of the apricot mixture over top.
• Bake on the top rack of the preheated oven for 16 minutes. Pull from the oven and brush with remaining apricot mixture. Cook until salmon flakes easily with a fork, about 2 more minutes.