Perfectly Cooked Salmon With 2 Fruit Slaw Recipes

SALMON WITH FRUIT SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Arrange salmon steaks in a shallow baking dish, and coat with the lemon juice. Season with rosemary, salt, and pepper. Top with lemon slices. Pour water into the dish.
• Bake for 30 to 40 minutes in the preheated oven, or until easily flaked with a fork.
• In a medium bowl, mix pineapple, onion, garlic, jalapeno, tomato, pineapple juice, red bell pepper, and yellow bell pepper. Cover, and refrigerate while fish is baking. Top fish with salsa to serve.

SLOW COOKED SALMON

Steps:

• To marinate salmon, put a large piece of aluminum foil on work surface.
• In a small cup or bowl whisk together lime juice and cognac.
• Rub both sides of salmon steaks with mixture.
• In another cup or bowl combine sugar, salt and pepper and then rub both sides of each salmon steak with about 2 teaspoons of the mixture.
• Lay half of the dill in the center ofthe aluminum foil and then place steaks over the dill and then place remainder of the dill on top of the steaks. Pull foil over salmon and seal to form package. Cover foil package with a plate or heavy weight and refrigerate for 24 - 48 hours.
• 2 hours before serving or thirty minutes before starting to cook the salmon, pour oil into the insert of the slow cooker and preheat it on High with cover on.
• Remove salmon from foil and discard dill and with a damp towel wipe seasonings off fish.
• Place the salmon steaks in one layer in slow cooker. Cook on high for 90 minutes - check temperature - it should read 140-degrees F. DO NOT OPEN COVER OR CHECK FISH FOR 90 MINUTES.
• Serve fish with mustard dill sauce (recipe is below).
• To make the mustard dill sauce: whisk sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.