When you need a tasty meal in minutes, turn to fish. Our easy salmon dinners call for only a handful of ingredients and are a snap to create. Plus, packed with omega-3 fatty acids, our healthy salmon recipes are good for you, too. Whether tossed into a salad or rolled into patties, these flavorful salmon dinners are sure to please.
Ingredients
4 - 4 ounces fresh or frozen skinless salmon fillets
4 - small oranges or 8 clementines, as needed for 1/2 cup juice
2 - teaspoons sugar
1/4 - cup butter
1/4 - teaspoon crushed red pepper
2 - 5 ounce pkg. fresh baby spinach
2 - tablespoons water
1/8 - teaspoon salt
1/8 - teaspoon black pepper
Directions
Thaw fish, if frozen. Rinse fish; pat dry. Halve two of the oranges; set aside. Remove 1 Tbsp. zest and squeeze juice (1/2 cup) from remaining oranges. In a small bowl combine the orange zest, orange juice, and sugar.
In a large skillet melt butter over medium heat. Add fish; cook, covered, 7 to 9 minutes or until fish flakes easily, turning fish once while cooking and adding the orange halves, cut sides down, during the last 3 minutes of cooking. Remove fish and oranges from skillet; keep warm. Add juice mixture and crushed red pepper to skillet; cook 2 minutes or until slightly thickened. Reduce heat to low.
Add spinach to skillet, tossing just until spinach begins to wilt. Remove from heat. Season with salt and black pepper. Serve salmon over spinach. Spoon any juices from the skillet over fish and spinach. Serve with orange halves.
Nutrition Facts (Orange Salmon with Spinach)
Per serving: 303 kcal cal., 19 g fat (8 g sat. fat, 3 g polyunsaturated fat, 5 g monounsatured fat), 93 mg chol., 269 mg sodium, 8 g carb., 2 g fiber, 5 g sugar, 25 g pro. Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet