Grilled Salmon and Smokey Tomato-chipotle Sauce

"My Favorite fish Salmon is one of the richest, strongest flavored fish available, it combines well with piquant sauces. This one is made with tomatoes and chipotle chiles. You can find these chipotles canned in dark red adobo sauce."
 
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Ready In:
1hr
Ingredients:
14
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • To prepare the sauce: In a medium saucepan, warm the olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until soft, 4 to 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic and oregano, and cook until the garlic is light brown, about 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Add the tomatoes (including the juice) and the chile. Season with the sugar, salt, and pepper. Bring the sauce to a boil, then lower heat to a simmer. Cook for 30 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally and crushing the tomatoes with the back of a large spoon as they soften. Carefully pour the sauce into a food processor. Puree and return to the pan. Keep warm over low heat.
  • Generously brush or spray the salmon fillets with olive oil; season with salt and pepper to taste. Grill the fillets, flesh side down, over Direct Medium heat until you can lift them off the grate with tongs without sticking, 7 to 8 minutes. Turn the fillets and finish cooking them, skin side down, for 2 to 3 minutes. Slip a spatula between the skin and flesh, and transfer the fillets to serving plates. Serve warm with the sauce.

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Reviews

  1. This sauce is outrageous. We loved it and can see using it on so many different grilled dishes. It would be wonderful on grilled or smoked chicken and can't wait to try it on them. Will become a regular here with us, we love spicy.
     
  2. The sauce is spectacular. Because we were snowed in, I had to substitute tomato sauce instead of canned tomatoes and I baked the salmon at 425degrees for about 15 minutes instead of grilling. My husband and I were WOWED! I love how the chipotle sauce had a great kick but didn't overpower the roasted salmon. He even said it was the best salmon I had ever made. Thanks for a warm meal on such a cold night and thanks a million for posting!
     
  3. The sauce in this recipe is incredibility delicious. The seasonings and ingredients are just right. My DH thought it was super! I have left over sauce today and plan to use it with a black bean and chicken recipe. I am sure it will be delicious! This sauce could be used on almost any type of meat.
     
  4. DELICIOUS! The sauce is so flavorful-smoky and spicy-and comes together easily. Only change was that I used grilled catfish. I served over a bed of linguine that I simply tossed w/ butter, cilantro, lime juice, and I topped all w/ sliced avocado. (Would be great w/ grilled chicken, too.) Thank you for a great recipe!!! UPDATE: I used the leftover sauce as a sub for rotel tomatoes when making pork chili verde in my crock pot and it came out fabulous!
     
  5. I used just the sauce to accompany a simple salmon cake recipe from elsewhere since all I had was canned salmon. Wow, the sauce is incredible! It ended up being devoured faster than I expected, so I actually watered it down a little (about 3:1 sauce to water) and it still had enough vim and vigour to be awesome. I liked that the sauce was so savoury with just enough of a spicy kick to keep you on your toes. The chipotle chile adds a really nice smokey flavour. I also found that substituting fresh tomatoes for the canned ones and normal salt rather than kosher salt worked alright, but I did add a little extra salt to make up for not having kosher salt. I highly recommend this sauce for accompanying salmon. Of course, I'll have to try the salmon fillet part now, too.
     
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  1. The sauce is spectacular. Because we were snowed in, I had to substitute tomato sauce instead of canned tomatoes and I baked the salmon at 425degrees for about 15 minutes instead of grilling. My husband and I were WOWED! I love how the chipotle sauce had a great kick but didn't overpower the roasted salmon. He even said it was the best salmon I had ever made. Thanks for a warm meal on such a cold night and thanks a million for posting!
     
  2. I used just the sauce to accompany a simple salmon cake recipe from elsewhere since all I had was canned salmon. Wow, the sauce is incredible! It ended up being devoured faster than I expected, so I actually watered it down a little (about 3:1 sauce to water) and it still had enough vim and vigour to be awesome. I liked that the sauce was so savoury with just enough of a spicy kick to keep you on your toes. The chipotle chile adds a really nice smokey flavour. I also found that substituting fresh tomatoes for the canned ones and normal salt rather than kosher salt worked alright, but I did add a little extra salt to make up for not having kosher salt. I highly recommend this sauce for accompanying salmon. Of course, I'll have to try the salmon fillet part now, too.
     

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