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Recipe: Zingy Poached Salmon for Two (using chili pepper, tomato and lime)

Main Dishes - Fish, Shellfish
ZINGY POACHED SALMON FOR TWO

"This recipe is quick and easy. It's an old dinner party standard."

Vegetable oil spray
1 small onion, minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon fresh hot chili pepper, minced
2 (6 ounces each) salmon fillets or other firm-flesh fish fillets, skin removed*
2 cups water
1 tomato, peeled, seeded and chopped
1 sprig thyme
Juice of 1 lime
1 bay leaf
6 black peppercorns
Sea salt, to taste
3 scallions, minced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro leaves, chopped

Coat pan lightly with vegetable oil spray. Saute onion, garlic and chili for 1-2 minutes.

Add fish, 2 cups water, tomato, lime juice, thyme, bay leaf, peppercorns and salt. Bring to a boil and immediately reduce heat to simmer for 10 minutes. Remove fish and strain broth.

TO SERVE:
Place fish in shallow serving bowls. Ladle some of the strained broth over the fish. Garnish with chopped scallions and cilantro.

Makes 2 servings

Nutrition Per Serving: Calories 269, Total Fat 6g. Saturated Fat 1g, Cholesterol 88mg, Sodium 130mg, Potassium 988mg, Total Carbohydrate 17g. Dietary Fiber 4g, Protein 37g. Calcium 116mg, Iron 5mg, Zinc 1mg, vitamin C 87mg, vitamin A 1062 IU, vitamin B6 .6mg, vitamin B12 5.lmcg, Thiamin Hi .4mg, Riboflavin B2 .3mg, Folacin S6mcg, Niacin 9mg

*We recommend that you use wild-caught salmon instead of farm-raised salmon.

Source: The Diet Doctor's Wife's Cookbook by Gabrielle Nagler, M.A. and Bill Nagler, M.D.
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