Sweet and Saucy Grilled Salmon
"From America's Test Kitchen, with really good instructions from puppymomma's blog."
photo by lazyme
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 8
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets, skinned (2 inches wide)
- 1⁄2 cup jalapeno jelly
- 2 scallions, rough cut
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, stems okay
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon lime zest
- 2 tablespoons butter
- aluminum foil, folded into a little tray
directions
- Put the jelly, scallions, cilantro, garlic, and lime zest into a food processor. Pulse the processor until the mixture is finely pureed.
- Put in a small saucepan over medium heat, bubbling away for 2-3 minutes. Add to the butter and mix while it all melts into the sauce. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
- Put the salmon face-down (presentation side) onto the foil. You are putting it face-down because during cooking, you will turn the fish over one time only, therefore ending-up with the pretty side face-up so you can re-glaze at the end.
- Now brush the less-attractive bottom side (which is now face-up) with the sauce.
- Put the aluminum foil trays with your salmon onto the grill. Cook for 6-8 minutes. Carefully flip the salmon fillets over with tongs.
- With a spoon, put a thick layer of the glaze on top and let the salmon finish cooking.
- Plate the salmon. Add a little more glaze on top and garnish it with lemon and cilantro.
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Reviews
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Sooo delicious! Made this wonderful salmon dish for dinner tonight and it was a hit. I made just as directed and grilled it on my indoor-outdoor grill. Will definitely make this recipe again. Made for Culinary Quest, 2014 - Pacific Northwest. -
Yummy salmon. I'm not a huge fan of cilantro so I only used about half of it in the sauce. I used green jalapeno jelly but think the red one would add a special splash of color for this even tho the taste wouldn't be any different. This was easy to make and very tasty. Thanks for sharing. Made for Culinary Quest 2014.
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Amazing concentrated flavors that are sweet (from the jelly), flavorful (from green onion & cilantro), and spicy (from jalapenos). We loved the taste as well as the colors in the beautiful glaze. A delightful recipe from America's Test Kitchen. 9/09 update - I think I've made this recipe 5 times now, and it really rocks! I double the sauce recipe and keep half in the refrigerator for the next batch. -
Great salmon and easy to do. Served with Recipe #52500 and Mexican Kale salad.
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OK, here goes. I live in Athens, Greece. I moved out here many, many years ago from Ottawa, Canada - so I am blessed in having two wonderful heritages!
I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
