with Buttery Rice and Basil
Greek-style salmon, sweet cherry tomatoes and feta combine for a flavour-packed bake! The Greek pesto will permeate every inch of tonight's meal! A base a buttery wild rice adds to the luxury of this easy weeknight family salmon dinner! Ingredients: Salmon fillet • Jasmine rice • Baby tomatoes • Roasted red pepper pesto (roasted red pepper, soybean oil, water, sunflower seeds, garlic, parmesan cheese (milk, bacterial culture, salt, lipase, calcium chloride, microbial enzyme, powdered cellulose), modified corn starch, salt, sugar, herbs, citric acid, spices, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate) (milk) • Shallot • Feta cheese (pasteurized milk, partly skimmed milk, water, salt, lipase, bacterial culture, microbial enzyme, cellulose, natamycin, calcium chloride) (milk) • Fresh basil • Garlic.
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Salmon Fillets, skin-on
250 g
Roasted Pepper Pesto
0.25 cup
Baby Tomatoes
113 g
Feta Cheese, crumbled
0.25 cup
Garlic, cloves
2 unit(s)
Shallot
1 unit(s)
Basil
7 g
Jasmine Rice
0.75 cup
Salt
0.26 tsp
Pepper
0.13 tsp
Butter
3 tbsp
- Before starting, preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Wash and dry all produce.
- To a medium pot, add 1 1/4 cups (2 1/2 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt. Cover and bring to a boil over high.
- Using a strainer, rinse rice until water runs clear.
- To the boiling water, stir in rice, then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 13-15 min, until rice is tender and water is absorbed. Remove from heat. Set aside, still covered.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Peel, then thinly slice shallot.
- Halve tomatoes.
- Pat the salmon dry with paper towels. Remove and discard salmon skin, then cut salmon into 1-inch pieces.
- To an 8x8-inch (9x13-inch) baking dish, add salmon, 2 tbsp (4 tbsp) butter, tomatoes, pesto, shallots and garlic. Season with salt and pepper, then stir to coat.
- Bake salmon in the middle of the oven for 6-8 min, until cooked through.
- When rice is done add 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) butter. Season with salt and pepper, then fluff with a fork.
- Thinly slice basil.
- To the baking dish with salmon, add feta. Toss to combine.
- Divide rice between plates. Top with baked pesto salmon and veggies.
- Sprinkle basil over top.
If you've opted to get salmon, pat dry with paper towels. Remove and discard salmon skin, then cut salmon into 1-inch pieces. Continue with rest of recipe as written.
790
kcal
Calories
42
g
Fat
17
g
Saturated Fat
73
g
Carbohydrate
4
g
Sugar
2
g
Dietary Fiber
34
g
Protein
120
mg
Cholesterol
760
mg
Sodium
1
g
Trans Fat
800
mg
Potassium
125
mg
Calcium
3
mg
Iron
