How To Make Grilled Salmon with Avocado Chimichurri
Enjoy a satisfying meal with this grilled salmon complemented with the flavors of avocado chimichurri made with parsley, cilantro, and red wine vinegar.
Preparation: 15 minutes
Cooking: 6 minutes
Total: 21 minutes
Serves:
Ingredients
For Salmon:
- 24ozsalmon fillets,(4 fillets), skinless
- 1tbspolive oil,plus more for brushing grill
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1tspground cumin
For Avocado Chimichurri:
- 1small avocado,diced
- ¼cupfresh parsley,finely minced
- 2tbspfresh cilantro,finely minced
- 1tspdried oregano
- 1½tspgarlic,minced
- 1½tbspred wine vinegar
- 1tbspfresh lemon juice
- 2tbspminced red onion
- 3tbspextra virgin olive oil
- 2tbspwater
- ⅛tspred pepper flakes,optional
Instructions
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Preheat a gas grill to 425 degrees F.
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Brush both sides of salmon with olive oil., then season with salt, pepper, and cumin.
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Brush grill grates with oil, place salmon on grill, and grill for about 3 minutes per side, or to the desired doneness. Serve salmon immediately topped with avocado chimichurri.
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To prepare chimichurri, in a small mixing bowl, toss together all chimichurri ingredients while seasoning with salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
- Calories: 544.96kcal
- Fat: 42.06g
- Saturated Fat: 7.89g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 20.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 8.75g
- Carbohydrates: 5.46g
- Fiber: 3.14g
- Sugar: 0.64g
- Protein: 35.94g
- Cholesterol: 93.55mg
- Sodium: 581.19mg
- Calcium: 41.81mg
- Potassium: 864.39mg
- Iron: 1.68mg
- Vitamin A: 21.18µg
- Vitamin C: 17.78mg
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