Bring some excitement to your dinner table with Sesame Ginger Salmon and Vegetables. It's a tasty, 30-minute meal that's accessible for the whole family!
Ingredients
1 head Romanesco broccoli or regular cauliflower
2 C shelled frozen edamame
2 C shredded carrots
4 salmon fillets
½ C chopped green onions
1½ Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
Sauce
1 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 Tbsp sesame oil
⅛ C honey
2 Tbsp rice vinegar
2 Tbsp brown sugar
2 Tbsp low sodium soy sauce
2 cloves minced garlic
1 Tbsp fresh or frozen ginger
2 tsp corn starch
Instructions
Preheat oven to 450ºF.
To begin, steam the vegetables by pouring about 1 inch of water into a pot, inserting the steamer, and then bring to a boil. While you are waiting for the water to heat, cut the Romanesco broccoli into bite-sized pieces. If you can't find Romanesco, it is actually more similar to cauliflower than broccoli, so feel free to substitute with traditional cauliflower. Once the water is boiling, add all of the vegetables to the steamer, cover, and steam for 4 minutes.
While the vegetables are steaming whisk together all of the sauce ingredients and then divide in half.
Once 4 minutes have passed, remove the vegetables from the steamer and mix them together with half of the sauce in an oven-safe dish.
Next, prep the salmon by covering a baking sheet with tinfoil (to save on dishes) and by arranging four salmon fillets skin side down, taking care to make sure that all of the bones have been removed. Using a basting brush, coat each piece of fish with the sauce.
Bake the fish in a 450ºF oven for 4 minutes and then re-baste with the remaining sauce. Return the salmon to the oven along with the oven safe dish of vegetables and bake for another 2-4 minutes or until the salmon easily flakes and has an internal temperature of 145 ºF. The vegetables will also be hot and steamy and their sauce will have thickened.
Serve the salmon and the vegetables together immediately and garnish with toasted sesame seeds and chopped raw green onions.
Notes
This is a light and nutritious meal. If you have extra hungry mouths to feed, consider serving with white or jasmine rice.
Recipe by Simple as That at https://simpleasthatblog.com/sesame-ginger-salmon-and-vegetables/