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Easy poached salmon with salsa verde
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Easy poached salmon with salsa verde

15 ingredients 15 min + 10 min Serves 6 openrecipes
Easy poached salmon with salsa verde

Create a poaching liquor of fennel, bay and parsley for your fish, then serve with an Italian 'green sauce'

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

806
Calories
60g
Protein
38g
Fat
61g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 16 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Anchovy 100g 210
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Potato 1 medium (173g) baked 161
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Fennel Bulb 1/2 bulb (87g) 27
Asparagus 6 spears (90g) 27
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Lemon juice of 1 lemon (48ml) 12
Clove 1 tsp ground (2g) 7
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Bay Leaf 1 leaf (0.6g) 2
Capers 1 tbsp (9g) drained 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1 tsp peppercorns
  • 200ml white wine vinegar
  • 1 fennel bulb , thinly sliced
  • 2 bay leaves
  • few parsley stalks (from the bunch used for the salsa verde)
  • 1kg/2lb 4oz piece British salmon fillet , skin on
  • few lemon slices
  • 3 or 4 garlic clove
  • 5 anchovy fillets, rinsed if packed in salt
  • zest and juice 2 unwaxed lemons
  • large bunch flat-leaf parsley , leaves and stems
  • large bunch basil , leaves and stems
  • 4 tbsp capers drained and rinsed
  • 6 tbsp rapeseed or extra-virgin olive oil
  • steamed Jersey Royal potatoes , buttered, and asparagus, to serve

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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