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Chili Lime Poached Salmon

Chili lime salmon poached in a spicy coconut milk broth

Recipe By: Madeline
Prep: 10 minutesCook: 20 minutesTotal: 30 minutes
Servings: 2 servings 1x

Ingredients

  • 2 fillets of salmon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp avocado oil
  • 4 cloves of garlic
  • 2 tsp chili flakes
  • 2 tsp fresh grated ginger
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 cup vegetable broth
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • Zest from 1 lime
  • 1/2 tbsp arrowroot starch
  • 2 tbsp water

Instructions

  1. Season salmon fillets on flesh and skin side with salt. Mince garlic and grate fresh ginger. Combine coconut milk, vegetable broth, lime juice and fish sauce in a small bowl.
  2. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Sear salmon in warm oil over medium heat for 2 minutes on each side. Remove salmon fillets from the pan.
  3. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add minced garlic, ginger, and chili flakes to the warm pan and cook for 2-3 minutes. Pour liquid mixture into the pan. Stir and increase the heat to medium high until the sauce bubbles.
  4. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer the sauce for 5 minutes and then add the seared salmon back to the pan with the skin side up. Poach salmon in the simmer sauce for 4-6 minutes keeping the skin side up the whole time and regularly spooning sauce over the skin side of the salmon.
  5. Remove the poached salmon from the sauce. Combine arrowroot starch and water. Pour slurry into the sauce as you’re stirring the sauce. Continue stirring until the sauce thickens. Serve salmon with the thicken chili lime sauce, garnish with lime zest and cilantro and enjoy!
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