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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Quick & Easy Grilled Salmon and Salsa

Prep: 4 minutes                                Cook: 27 minutes
Wild Alaskan Salmon and Arctic Char are your best choices
4            6-oz        Skinless salmon fillet
1/2         tsp         Salt, divided
1/2         tsp         Black pepper, divided
                             Cooking Spray
4             large     Plum tomatoes, halved
1             small     Red onion, cut into 1/2” slices
1                           Jalapeño pepper, halved
1                           Lime, halved
1.  Preheat grill to medium-high heat.
2.  Sprinkle fillets with ¼ tsp salt and ¼ tsp black pepper. Place on grill rack coated with cooking spray and grill for 4 minutes on each side or until desired degree of doneness.
3.  Place plum tomatoes, red onion, and jalapeño on grill rack coated with cooking spray, and grill tomatoes, cut side down, for 6 minutes. Turn; Grill for 1 minute. Grill onion and jalapeño for 6 minutes on each side or until lightly browned.  Remove from grill, and cool slightly.
4.  Coarsely chop tomatoes and onion; chop jalapeño finely. Combine tomatoes, onions, jalapeño, ¼ tsp salt, ¼ tsp black pepper, and juice from ½ lime. 
5.  Serve salsa over fish. Garnish with lime wedges.
Yield: 4 (1 fillet and about ½ cup salsa) servings.
 Calories: 336, Fat: 18.5g (sat 3.7g, mono 6.6g, poly 6.8g), Protein: 34.7g, Carb: 6.2g, Fiber: 1.7g
Chol: 100mg, Iron: 0.9mg, Sodium: 399mg, Calc: 32mg

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