Healthy Salmon Recipes with Grilled Salmon

The goodness of salmon along with tangy lemon and orange citrus salsa is one recipe difficult to resist.

Grilled Salmon Ingredients:

½ pound salmon fillet
Cooking spray
¾ orange, peeled, seeded and sectioned
1 teaspoon orange peel
½ lemon, sectioned and peeled
½ small cup fresh pineapple, chopped
¾ tablespoon sugar
¼ green onion, sliced
¾ tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
½ small jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped
Salt to taste
1/8 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground

Method:

1. For the citrus salsa: Chop orange and lemon roughly and reserve all the juices while chopping and peeling in the same small bowl. Combine chopped fresh pineapple along with the orange peel, green onions, snipped cilantro, and chopped jalapeno peppers. Mix the lemon slices, orange slices and its juices in this bowl and chill for up to 24 hours before serving. You may even make and store this salsa for up to 2 days in the refrigerator for convenience purpose.
2. If you use frozen fish then make sure to thaw it thoroughly. Wash the fillet and pat dry with paper towels, divide it into 2 portions. Place the salmon pieces in a glass baking dish and set aside.
3. Take a small bowl and combine ½ teaspoon orange peels with sugar, pepper and salt. Sprinkle this mixture evenly on the salmon pieces and cover the baking dish. Chill in the refrigerator for up to 10 hours.
4. Half an hour before serving prepare the grill for indirect heating. Use a nonstick cooking spray to coat the unheated grill rack. Discard the liquid part from the thawed salmon and place both the pieces on the grill rack with skin side down. Cover the griller and grill the fillets for about 15 minutes. Test with a fork, if the fish flakes easily then consider it done.
5. To remove the skin from the fish slip a metal spatula between the fish and skin. Lift the fish away from the skin and discard the skin. Serve the fish hot topped with tangy citrus salsa. This recipe makes 2 servings.

Health tip:

• Choose only skinless salmon fillets to reduce the total calories and total fat of this recipe. You may even choose to eat the salmon with the skin if you prefer in that form.
• Salmon is low in calories, cholesterol, and saturated fats but yet high in proteins and a unique health promoting fat – omega 3 fatty acids.