Salmon with Spinach Sauce Recipe

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You won't have to fish for compliments with this tasty recipe developed by Country Woman's Test Kitchen. Poaching is a quick and healthy way to prepare an entree as delicate as fish, keeping it moist and tender while cooking. And the flavorful spinach sauce adds a pretty green accent to the pink salmon.

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Salmon with Spinach Sauce Recipe

Prep: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 2 Servings

15 10 25

Ingredients

1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
3/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1-1/2 cups water
2 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
1/2 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning
4 slices lemon

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the spinach, mayonnaise, mustard, lemon juice and garlic salt; cover and refrigerate until serving.
Pour water into a pressure cooker. Place salmon on rack; sprinkle with lemon-pepper and top with lemon slices. Close cover securely; place pressure regulator on vent pipe. Bring cooker to full pressure over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook for 2 minutes. (Pressure regulator should maintain a slow steady rocking motion; adjust heat if needed.)
Remove from the heat. Immediately cool according to manufacturer’s directions until pressure is completely reduced. Discard lemon slices. Serve salmon with spinach sauce. Yield: 2 servings.

Editor’s Note: This recipe was tested at 15 pounds of pressure (psi).

Originally published as Salmon with Spinach Sauce in Country Woman July/August 2005, p39

Italian Marinade

Prepared Italian salad dressing makes a simple marinade for salmon. Just marinate the fish in the dressing in the refrigerator overnight, then drain and discard the marinade and cook the salmon as desired. —Kathryn McCormick, Warrensburg, Missouri