Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa and Cauliflower Rice

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Active Time40 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Servings4

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower "Rice"
  • 1 head cauliflower (about 1 ½ lb)
  • 1 (15.5 oz) can hominy
  • Cooking spray
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon dried chives
  • Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa
  • 1 mango
  • 1 small red onion
  • 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro
  • 2 limes, for juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar (or honey)
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 lb sockeye (or coho) salmon fillet, skin removed
  • Cooking spray

Cooking sequence

  1. Prepare salmon recipe through step 1 (5 minutes)
  2. Prepare cauliflower (15 minutes)
  3. Complete salmon; serve (10 minutes)

Cauliflower "Rice"

  1. Cut cauliflower into florets and place in food processor bowl; pulse until finely chopped (resembling rice). Transfer to medium bowl.
  2. Drain and rinse hominy, then place in same food processor bowl; pulse until finely chopped and stir into cauliflower.
  3. Preheat large sauté pan on medium 2–3 minutes. Place cauliflower mixture in pan and coat with spray; cook and stir 3–4 minutes or until tender. Remove pan from heat; stir in cheese and chives. Serve.

Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa

  1. Preheat grill (or grill pan). Peel mango and cut into 1/4-inch cubes (1 cup). Chop onion (2 tablespoons) and cilantro. Squeeze limes for juice (1 ½ tablespoons). Combine mangos, onions, cilantro, lime juice, agave, and ¼ teaspoon salt.
  2. Combine all spices and remaining salt. Cut salmon into 4 equal pieces. Coat both sides of salmon with spray and spice mixture (wash hands). Place salmon on grill (or in grill pan); grill 3–4 minutes on each side and until flesh is opaque and flakes easily. Serve mango salsa over fish.
  3. Note: To bake, preheat oven to 400°F and bake salmon 8–10 minutes until flesh is opaque and flakes easily. Always check fish for bones and cook to an internal temperature of 145°F.

Ingredients

  • Cauliflower "Rice"
  • 1 head cauliflower (about 1 ½ lb)
  • 1 (15.5 oz) can hominy
  • Cooking spray
  • ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon dried chives
  • Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa
  • 1 mango
  • 1 small red onion
  • 3 tablespoons fresh cilantro
  • 2 limes, for juice
  • 1 tablespoon agave nectar (or honey)
  • ½ teaspoon kosher salt, divided
  • 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • ½ teaspoon chili powder
  • 1 lb sockeye (or coho) salmon fillet, skin removed
  • Cooking spray

Cooking sequence

  1. Prepare salmon recipe through step 1 (5 minutes)
  2. Prepare cauliflower (15 minutes)
  3. Complete salmon; serve (10 minutes)

Cauliflower "Rice"

  1. Cut cauliflower into florets and place in food processor bowl; pulse until finely chopped (resembling rice). Transfer to medium bowl.
  2. Drain and rinse hominy, then place in same food processor bowl; pulse until finely chopped and stir into cauliflower.
  3. Preheat large sauté pan on medium 2–3 minutes. Place cauliflower mixture in pan and coat with spray; cook and stir 3–4 minutes or until tender. Remove pan from heat; stir in cheese and chives. Serve.

Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa

  1. Preheat grill (or grill pan). Peel mango and cut into 1/4-inch cubes (1 cup). Chop onion (2 tablespoons) and cilantro. Squeeze limes for juice (1 ½ tablespoons). Combine mangos, onions, cilantro, lime juice, agave, and ¼ teaspoon salt.
  2. Combine all spices and remaining salt. Cut salmon into 4 equal pieces. Coat both sides of salmon with spray and spice mixture (wash hands). Place salmon on grill (or in grill pan); grill 3–4 minutes on each side and until flesh is opaque and flakes easily. Serve mango salsa over fish.
  3. Note: To bake, preheat oven to 400°F and bake salmon 8–10 minutes until flesh is opaque and flakes easily. Always check fish for bones and cook to an internal temperature of 145°F.

Apron's advice

Complete your meal with fresh salad blend and sugar-free pudding for dessert.

Choose fresh sockeye salmon during late summer months. During other times of the year, you can use fresh coho or frozen sockeye salmon.

Nutritional information

Cauliflower "Rice"

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 110, Total Fat 3.00g, Sat Fat 1.00g, Trans Fat 0.00g, Chol 5mg, Sodium 360mg, Total Carb 18g, Fiber 5.00g, Sugars 5g, Protein 6g, Calc 6%, Vit A 2%, Vit C 120%, Iron 6%

Spiced Salmon with Mango Salsa

Amount per ¼ recipe serving: Calories 200, Total Fat 7.00g, Sat Fat 1.00g, Trans Fat 0.00g, Chol 55mg, Sodium 230mg, Total Carb 12g, Fiber 1.00g, Sugars 10g, Protein 26g, Calc 2%, Vit A 20%, Vit C 30%, Iron 6%