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Roasted Salmon With Orange-Herb Sauce

Reports from the Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and other studies show that omega-3 fatty acids found in oily fish, including salmon, help reduce the risk of heart disease.

Type: Fish
Courses: Main Course
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Orange - unpeeled, sliced (large)
1   Onion - halved, and (large)
  Thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlOlive oil
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
6   Skinless salmon fillets - (3 oz ea)
3 tablespoons 45mlChopped fresh dill
1/2 cup 118mlOrange juice
1/4 cup 15g / 0.5ozThinly-sliced green onions
1 1/2 tablespoons 22mlFresh lemon juice
  Additional unpeeled orange slices

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place orange slices in single layer in 13- by 9- by 2-inch glass baking dish. Top with onion slices. Drizzle with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast until onion is brown and tender, about 25 minutes. Remove from oven. Increase oven temperature to 450 degrees.

Push orange and onion slices to side of baking dish. Arrange salmon in center of dish. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and 1 1/2 tablespoons dill. Spoon orange and onion slices atop salmon. Roast until salmon is opaque in center, about 8 minutes.

Meanwhile, mix orange juice, green onions, lemon juice and remaining 1 1/2 tablespoons dill in small bowl. Transfer salmon to platter. Spoon onion alongside; discard roasted orange slices. Pour orange sauce over fish. Garnish with additional orange slices.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Per serving: calories, 196; total fat, 10 g; saturated fat, 1 g; cholesterol, 55 mg

Source:
Bon Appetit, September 1999

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