How To Make Grilled Salmon with Orzo Salad
Cook a tasty seafood dish with this grilled salmon seasoned with dill and lemon zest, and comes with bright and refreshing cucumber, tomato, and orzo salad.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cucumber
- 4plum tomatoes
- 1tspsalt
- ½lborzo,(about 1 cup)
- 1cupolive oil,plus 1 tbsp
- 2tbsplemon juice,plus 1 tsp
- 1cupfresh dill,plus 1 tbsp, chopped
- fresh ground black pepper
- 1½lbssalmon fillet
- ½lemon zest,grated
Instructions
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In a strainer set over a medium bowl, toss the cucumber, tomatoes, and ½ teaspoon of the salt and let drain for 15 minutes
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In a large pot of boiling, salted water, cook the orzo for about 12 minutes until just done. Drain. Rinse with cold water and drain thoroughly.
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Toss the orzo with the ⅓ cup of oil, the lemon juice, the ⅓ cup of dill, ¼ teaspoon of the salt, and ⅛ teaspoon of pepper.
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Light the grill. Coat the salmon with the 1 tablespoon of oil, the remaining ¼ teaspoon of salt, and ¼ teaspoon of pepper.
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Grill the salmon, skin-side up, for 4 minutes. Turn and sprinkle with the 1 tablespoon dill and the lemon zest. Cook the fish for about 3 minutes longer until golden brown and just barely done, with the fish should still be translucent in the center.
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Serve the fish on the salad, and enjoy!
Nutrition
- Calories: 1070.55kcal
- Fat: 77.98g
- Saturated Fat: 12.87g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 45.96g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 12.71g
- Carbohydrates: 49.23g
- Fiber: 3.49g
- Sugar: 4.66g
- Protein: 43.42g
- Cholesterol: 93.55mg
- Sodium: 692.60mg
- Calcium: 59.18mg
- Potassium: 1045.96mg
- Iron: 2.29mg
- Vitamin A: 38.79µg
- Vitamin C: 24.01mg
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