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I've used a marinade, as opposed to a sauce. The salmon fillets come out of the oven perfectly seasoned, no sauce required.
For two 6 ounce fillets:
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 Tbsp. light olive oil
1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1 Tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp. dried basil
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. black pepper
Place all in a glass dish and let marinate in the refrigerator for one hour.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees C.
Wrap salmon in foil packets, cover with the marinade and seal tight.
Place back in dish, and bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
Depends on the type of salmon. If I've splurged and bought beautiful fresh wild sockeye salmon, the only thing that's gonna hit it will be salt, pepper and finished with a bit of butter and a squeeze of lemon.
On the other hand, the farm raised salmon (with the added color) is always sauced. Personally, I don't like it, but DH does. The usual sauce is roasted tomatoes, maybe with some other herbs and a bit of roasted garlic.
Farm raised Atlantic salmon is actually my second favorite salmon, and that is just because it is farm raised. If I could get wild Atlantic salmon I'd choose it over King. It is rich, fatty, unctuous. Ok, I know what's for dinner this weekend.
usually just season and cook quickly in olive oil and a dab of butter- today it was a tad over cooked (I was finishing some pan veggies with it, so I added a dab of our favorite Jamaiican Jerk sauce to the top of each fillet (its actually a wing sauce but pretty tasty in general)-
worked great!
For salmon, always offer the sauce on the side. I put a dry rub on the salmon then grill it. Usually my go-to sauce (more of a condiment) is cherry preserves with chopped chipotle in adobo sauce, then a squirt of lime juice.
Farm raised Atlantic salmon is actually my second favorite salmon, and that is just because it is farm raised. If I could get wild Atlantic salmon I'd choose it over King. It is rich, fatty, unctuous. Ok, I know what's for dinner this weekend.
Ah, another plebian who likes Atlantic better! I always feel like I'm supposed to hide in a corner in shame when I say I like it better.
Have you tried Norwegian salmon? My local supermarket carries it and it's amazing, it melts in your mouth.
The judgments were definitive, and surprising. Farmed salmon beat wild salmon, hands down. The overall winner was the Costco frozen Atlantic salmon (Norwegian), added to the tasting late in the game — to provide a counterpoint to all that lovely fresh fish, we thought.
Have been following this thread and just today our local paper had a recipe for a salmon sauce! I was planning on salmon for dinner today anyway and decided to make it. Luckily I had all the ingredients, except yogurt.
OT: Well, I just found the most amazing plain yogurt (BTW, I have been using their flavored yogurt from a different natural foods store as I like the maple flavored version and was wary of buying it today because it has always been so 'watery'). Anyway the brand is Maple Hill Creamery, 100% grass fed, whole milk silky Smooth' Plain Yogurt. OMG it is awesome and I'm sure it made this recipe even better. Now I will go to the store where I usually buy this yogurt and inform them that their product is somehow compromised.
Usually I have my salmon grilled with only sea salt and black pepper. But I thought I'd give it a try (really based on the interest of the OP!) . I ❤️ it!
Here it is:
Grilled Salmon with Yogurt Sauce
1/4 cup low-fat plain yogurt (I used the whole milk yogurt)
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander
1/4 teaspoon coarse salt*
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
4 (6-ounce) skinless salmon fillets
In a small bowl, combine yogurt, ginger, turmeric, coriander, salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper and set aside.
Prepare salmon, top with yogurt sauce.
I found it just spicy enough, BUT I will use less salt next time. I'm extra sensitive to salt and use it sparingly, in fact, almost never. So, I need to remember to taste test it before I add the full amount of salt!
The judgments were definitive, and surprising. Farmed salmon beat wild salmon, hands down. The overall winner was the Costco frozen Atlantic salmon (Norwegian), added to the tasting late in the game — to provide a counterpoint to all that lovely fresh fish, we thought.
Oh wow, really interesting! I'm not a member of Costco but a family member is so I'll definitely ask her to get me some the next time she goes!
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