Poached Salmon With Tarragon Sauce and Fingerling Potatoes Recipe

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Poached Salmon With Tarragon Sauce and Fingerling Potatoes
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Ingredients
12
Count
Nutrition
775
Calories
Total time
35
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Make sauce:.
  2. Pick enough tarragon leaves to measure 1/2 cup (do not pack).
  3. Chop enough chives to measure 1/3 cup.
  4. Coarsely chop shallot.
  5. In a food processor puree tarragon, chives, and shallot with remaining sauce ingredients until smooth and season with salt and pepper.
  6. Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
  7. Bring sauce to cool room temperature before serving.
  8. Make Fish:.
  9. In a deep 10-inch skillet bring wine and water to a simmer, covered.
  10. Cut salmon into 6 pieces and season with salt and pepper.
  11. Submerge 3 salmon pieces, skin sides down, in simmering liquid (add hot water if necessary to just cover salmon) and poach at a bare simmer, covered, 8 minutes, or until just cooked through.
  12. Transfer cooked salmon with a slotted spatula to a platter to cool and poach remaining salmon in same manner.
  13. When salmon is cool enough to handle, peel off skin and if desired with a sharp knife scrape off any dark meat.
  14. Salmon may be cooked 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
  15. Bring salmon to cool room temperature before serving.
  16. Assemble:.
  17. Cut potatoes lengthwise into 1/8-inch-thick slices.
  18. In a steamer set over boiling water steam potatoes until just tender, 4 to 5 minutes.
  19. Spoon sauce onto 6 plates and arrange some potatoes in a circle, overlapping slightly, on top of sauce .
  20. Season potatoes with salt and arrange salmon on top of potatoes.
  21. Garnish salmon with peas.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 774.55 Kcal (3243 kJ)
Calories from fat 333.67 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 37.07g 57%
Cholesterol 203.6mg 68%
Sodium 1131.75mg 47%
Potassium 1126.84mg 24%
Total Carbs 31.42g 10%
Sugars 4.62g 18%
Dietary Fiber 2.86g 11%
Protein 62.75g 125%
Vitamin C 50.4mg 84%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 40.8mg 226%
Calcium 241.4mg 24%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 116.24 Kcal (487 kJ)
Calories from fat 50.08 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 5.56g 57%
Cholesterol 30.56mg 68%
Sodium 169.85mg 47%
Potassium 169.11mg 24%
Total Carbs 4.72g 10%
Sugars 0.69g 18%
Dietary Fiber 0.43g 11%
Protein 9.42g 125%
Vitamin C 7.6mg 84%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 13%
Iron 6.1mg 226%
Calcium 36.2mg 24%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 18
    Points
  • 18
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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