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Chilled Salmon Salad with Orange Citrus Onions

Chilled Salmon Salad with Orange Citrus Onions

Servings

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 4 fresh salmon filets * 5 ounces each
  • Salt and pepper
  • ½ cup finely chopped red onion
  • ½ cup dry white wine or 1/4 cup each lemon juice and water
  • 3 medium yellow onions sliced
  • 3 tablespoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon orange peel grated
  • 1 teaspoon lime peel grated
  • ¾ cup orange juice
  • 5 ounce mixed dark leafy salad greens about 4 cups loosely packed
  • Fresh dill sprigs or Italian parsley

Instructions

  • Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper. Portion red onion onto salmon filets and press on evenly with back of spoon. Pour wine into 10-inch skillet and heat until bubbling at the edges. Set salmon in wine, return liquid to a gentle boil and cover. Let cook gently without turning for 6 or 7 minutes or until salmon is cooked through and topping is rosy. Chill fish and liquid.
  • For Orange Citrus Onions: Heat oil in a large skillet, add yellow onions and cook over medium heat, stirring often, until golden. Remove from heat and mix in orange and lime peels and orange juice. Cover and chill.
  • To serve, portion lettuce onto 4 plates. Top with salmon filets. Lift onions from liquid with slotted spoon or fork and top salmon. Spoon juice from onions over salmon and lettuce. Garnish with dill.
  • *If salmon filets have skin on them, purchase 4 (6 ounce) filets and pull off skin.
  • Provided by the National Onion Association