Green Goddess Salmon
Green goddess salmon is a fresh, easy salmon dinner with crisp-seared fillets and a creamy green goddess sauce spooned over the top.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- blender or food processor
- cast iron or oven ready skillet
Ingredients
Green goddess sauce (you may have extra sauce)
- 1 cup fresh parsley, packed
- 1 cup watercress, packed
- 1/3 cup snipped chives
- 2 Tbsp fresh tarragon leaves
- 2 Tbsp fresh dill
- 3 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup mayonnaise
- salt and fresh cracked black peper to taste
Instructions
Make the dressing
- Put the all the sauce ingredients except the salt and pepper into a blender or food processor. Process until smooth. Scrape down the sides of the machine a couple of times, as necessary.
- Taste and season with salt and pepper. Adjust any of the other ingredients at this time and process to blend in.
- Put the dressing in an airtight container and refrigerate until needed. Will keep a minimum of one week, refrigerated.
Cook the salmon
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Coat the bottom of the pan with olive oil and heat over medium-high until the oil is hot and shimmering.
- Place the salmon presentation-side down (skin-side up,) in the pan, and let it sear without moving for about 4-5 minutes until it has a deep golden crust. Turn the heat down a bit if the pan starts to smoke. Do this in batches if necessary.
- Flip the salmon, then slide the pan into a preheated 400F oven for about 10 minutes or until cooked through and the internal temp reaches 135-145F (depending on the size and thickness of your fish.)
- Serve the fish asap, with a generous amount of green goddess over the top.
Notes
If you don't have an oven ready skillet you can transfer the seared salmon to a foil lined baking sheet for the oven.
Nutrition
Calories: 612 kcal · Carbohydrates: 4 g · Protein: 36 g · Fat: 50 g · Saturated Fat: 8 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 19 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 21 g · Trans Fat: 0.1 g · Cholesterol: 105 mg · Sodium: 268 mg · Potassium: 1082 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 1 g · Vitamin A: 1929 IU · Vitamin C: 32 mg · Calcium: 99 mg · Iron: 4 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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