By: EatingWell
Photographer: Poached Salmon with Creamy Piccata Sauce
Publish Date: 2008-11-01
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings
Total Time: 20 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Description:
Easy poached salmon is sophisticated with a creamy caper-and-lemon sauce. Make it a meal: Serve with snow peas or roasted asparagus and a whole grain like quinoa or brown rice.
Recipe Ingredients:
- 1 pound center-cut salmon fillet, skinned (see Tip) and cut into 4 portions
- 1 cup dry white wine, divided
- 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 large shallot, minced
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 teaspoons capers, rinsed
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat sour cream
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
Recipe Steps:
- Place salmon in a large skillet. Add 1/2 cup wine and enough water to just cover the salmon. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce to a simmer, turn the salmon over, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat.
- Meanwhile, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add shallot and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the remaining 1/2 cup wine; boil until slightly reduced, about 1 minute. Stir in lemon juice and capers; cook 1 minute more. Remove from the heat; stir in sour cream and salt. To serve, top the salmon with the sauce and garnish with dill.
Recipe Tips & Notes:
- Tip: How to skin a salmon fillet: Place skin-side down. Starting at the tail end, slip a long knife between the fish flesh and the skin, holding down firmly with your other hand. Gently push the blade along at a 30° angle, separating the fillet from the skin without cutting through either.
Recipe Nutrition:
Per serving: 304 calories; 16 g fat (4 g saturated fat, 7g mono unsaturated fat); 73 mg cholesterol; 4 g carbohydrates; 23 g protein; 0 g fiber; 307 mg sodium; 500 mg potassium
Nutrtion Bonus: Selenium (60% daily value), Vitamin C (15% dv), excellent source of omega-3s.
Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fat
Carbohydrate Servings: 0
Recipe Categories:
- Course(s)
- Dinner
- Cuisine(s)
- Mediterranean
- Italian
- American
- Degree of Difficulty
- Easy
- Special Health Consideration(s)
- Healthy Weight
- Low Sodium
- Low Carb
- Low Calorie
- Seasons & Occassions
- Valentine's Day
- Father's Day
- Mother's Day
- Winter
- Fall
- Summer
- Spring
- Main Ingredient(s)
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- Seafood
- Salmon
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- Dairy & Soy
- Other
- Technique(s)
- Poach
- Quick
- Dish Type(s)
- Main Dish
Recipe Disclaimer(s):
Scaling Disclaimer: EatingWell recipes are tested extensively in the EatingWell Test Kitchen. Eating Well cannot guarantee a recipe that has been scaled to make a different number of servings from the original. Also note that scaling only applies to the ingredient measurements: no adjustment is made to the recipe instructions, so pan sizes and cooking times and ingredient amounts referred to in the text of the recipe only apply to the original number of servings.
Gluten-Free Disclaimer: We have verified that these recipes do not include the following gluten-containing ingredients: wheat (all varieties, including spelt and kamut, wheat germ or bran and other forms of wheat protein), rye, barley (in all forms, including malt, malt flavoring, malt vinegar and malt extract), oats, triticale or beer/ale. However, many processed foods, such as broths, soy sauce and other condiments, may contain hidden sources of gluten. If a recipe calls for a packaged (e.g., canned) ingredient, we recommend that you carefully read the label to be sure it does not contain a hidden source of gluten.
