Sweet & Spicy Salmon Fillets

Name: Sweet & Spicy Salmon Fillets
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings.
Cuisine: Mexican Dinners, Mexican Recipes
Ingredients: 4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each); 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 3/4 cup mango salsa

Tender and moist, this baked salmon has a hit of heat, and mango salsa lends sweetness. Stir leftover salsa into chili, spread over meat loaf or spoon over reduced-fat cream cheese with crackers for an app! —SUSAN BORDERS, GALENA, OHIO

Ingredients

4 salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
3/4 cup mango salsa

Directions

Preheat oven to 375°. Place salmon on a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with garlic powder and cayenne. Spoon salsa over top.
Bake 12-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Nutrition Facts

1 fillet: 281 calories, 16g fat (3g saturated fat), 85mg cholesterol, 355mg sodium, 2g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 0 fiber), 29g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 5 lean meat, 2 fat.

Originally published as spicy/sweet salmon filets in Healthy Cooking December/January 2012

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heartstamper50

Mar 4, 2012

Where's the Mango Salsa recipe????
danid

Dec 21, 2011

Incredible!! This was so easy to throw together. I go to Trader Joes and they had a cranberry mango salsa and it already had the cayeanne in it so I omitted that ingredient. I think I'm making it again tonight!!