Easy Salmon Recipes
If you are looking for healthy but quick meals to serve your family, easy salmon recipes can be a good choice.
Salmon is not only delicious but contains high amounts of omega-3 fatty acids and Vitamin D, making it one of the healthiest foods around. Another good thing about cooking salmon is because the fish already has so much flavor it doesn’t take a lot of ingredients or fancy cooking to make a tasty meal. This makes it easy for you to prepare a easy healthy salmon recipe that not only tastes great but is healthy as well.
When it comes to cooking salmon, it can be grilled, baked, broiled, smoked or even prepared from a can.
Here are some easy salmon recipes for you to try.
Easy Recipes For Salmon
Easy salmon patty recipes are very quick and simple to prepare. Just grill your patties for about five minues and you’ll have a tasty lunch or light dinner.
Easy Salmon Burgers
Ingredients
2 pounds salmon
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons chopped, fresh dill
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
4 toasted buns
Directions
Remove skin from the salmon. Mince salmon and place in a large plastic bag. Use a meat pounder or a rolling pin to mash the salmon. Place mashed salmon in a mixing bowl and combine with the egg whites, bread crumbs, mustard, dill and salt. Form into four patties. Place the patties on a grill and cook four to five minutes per side on medium heat. If cooking the patties on top of the stove, first heat up the olive oil in a pan on medium heat and then cook the salmon patties five minutes on each side. Serve salmon burgers on toasted buns.
Quick And Easy Salmon Recipes
If you’re looking for a quick and simple meal to prepare, here’s an easy salmon recipe for soup that only takes about a half an hour to prepare.
Easy Salmon Soup
Ingredients
1 can of pink salmon
1/4 cup butter
1 quart milk
1/2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
Directions
Drain and flake the salmon. Remove all skin and bones. Scald the milk in top of a double boiler over boiling water. Stir in the salmon, butter, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Let simmer for thirty minutes or until it is heated through.
Here is an easy salmon recipe that uses just a few simple herbs and some lemon and butter to draw out the natural, delicious flavor of salmon.
Easy Broiled Salmon with Herbs
Ingredients
4 salmon steaks
Juice of 1 lemon
1 tablespoon grated onion
6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon marjoram
1 tablespoon minced chives
2 tablespoons minced parsley
Directions
Place salmon steaks on a platter. Mix the remaining ingredients together and pour half of the mixture over the salmon steaks. Broil the steaks two inches from the heat for about four minutes. Turn the steaks over and pour the remainder of the mixture over steaks. Broil for six to seven minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
Easy Bake Salmon Recipes
Ingredients
6 tablespoons of virgin olive oil
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 tablespoon of fresh, chopped parsley
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 6-ounce salmon fillets
Directions
Prepare the marinade in a glass bowl. Mix together the olive oil, garlic, pepper, salt, basil, parsley and lemon juice.
Place the two salmon fillets into a glass baking pan. Cover the fish with the marinade. Place the salmon in the refrigerator to marinate for about half an hour, turning the fish occasionally.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees/
Place the fillets in aluminum foil, cover with the marinade, and seal the foil tightly.
Place the foil package into a glass baking dish. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the salmon easily flakes with a fork.
As you can see, easy salmon recipes really are easy and don’t take a lot of expensive ingredients or a lot of time to prepare or cook. Enjoy your salmon.
For more delicious salmon recipes, please see baked salmon recipes, smoked salmon recipes, and grilled salmon recipes.