Santa Fe Salmon With Fresh Spinach Wild Rice Food

SANTA FE WILD RICE SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, combine corn, onion, carrot and 1 can chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 to 15 minutes or until onion is tender.
• Stir in remaining chicken broth, wild rice, green chili peppers, chili powder, cumin, oregano and cayenne pepper. Simmer, uncovered, about 5 minutes or until heated through.
• Top each bowl with fresh tomato salsa, sprinkle with cilantro and serve.

SANTA FE SALMON WITH FRESH SPINACH WILD RICE

Steps:

• Santa Fe Salmon.
• Cut salmon into 4 servings; season with salt and pepper. Wash hands.
• Preheat large saute pan on medium-high 2-3 minutes. Combine tomatoes and mayonnaise in medium bowl.
• Coat both sides of salmon, using tongs, with tomato mixture and place in saute pan. Add remaining tomato mixture to pan and cover. Cook 3-5min until temperature reaches 145°F Cook time will vary depending on the thickness of the fillets. Serve.
• Spinach Wild Rice. (I usually use 90 sec Uncle Ben's rice).
• Place spinach and butter in microwave-safe bowl. Cover and microwave on HIGH 3 minutes.
• Stir in rice and microwave 4 more minutes.
• Let stand 2 minutes, sprinkle with cheese, if using, and serve.

SANTA FE RICE SALAD

Steps:

• In a saucepan, bring water to a boil. Add rice and stir. Reduce heat, cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat and chill.
• In a large bowl, mix together the rice, beans, tomato, cheese and green onion.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, peppers, sugar and salt. Pour over the rice mixture and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate salad for 30 minutes. Top with avocado just before serving.

SALMON WITH WILD RICE

Steps:

• Prepare the rice. Rinse the rice in a strainer under cold water. In a sauce pan, combine the rice, broth, zest, juice, salt, and butter. Cover and cook on high 30 to 45 minutes, or until tender. Stir in rest of ingredients and set aside.
• Prepare the salmon. Place orange juice and anise into a sauce pan. Heat to boiling and continue to cook until reduced to 1-1/2 cups. Let cool to room temperature and remove anise.
• In a blender add the cooked orange juice, salt, oil, garlic, and cumin. Blend for 30 seconds.
• Pour half the mixture into a plastic bag and add the salmon. Squeeze out the air as you seal the bag. Marinate the salmon in refrigerator about 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat a non-stick frying pan on high and cook the salmon for 3 minutes. Turn the fillets over carefully and reduce the heat to medium and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.
• Serve with the rice and pour remaining half of orange juice mixture over the salmon.

BAKED SALMON WITH SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix first 4 ingredients until blended.
• Place fish in single layer in 13x9-inch pan sprayed with cooking spray; drizzle with half the dressing mixture. Turn to evenly coat both sides of fish fillets with dressing mixture.
• Bake 10 min. Remove pan from oven. Move fish to one side of pan. Add spinach to other side of pan; drizzle with remaining dressing mixture. Bake 3 to 5 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.