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Yangnyeom Salmon

To know me is to love Trader Joes. No really! I always say, it’s cheaper than therapy (well maybe not anymore!), but whenever I’m having a bad day, or I just need to get out, I head to TJ’s. I love how their products are seasonal and constantly changing, and while not everything is kosher, their products inspire me a lot in the kitchen.

So when I saw their new kosher yangnyeom sauce on the market, I just HAD to have it. Firstly, because it’s Korean, and Korean food is my jam. Secondly because it’s spiced with gochujang, my absolute favorite umami-rich chili paste. And obviously because it’s kosher and pareve – I had to check it out.

Yangnyeom in Korean means “seasoned” or “marinated,” and it’s most famously associated with Yangnyeom chicken, a popular Korean fried chicken dish coated in the sweet and spicy sauce.

Traditional yangnyeom sauce is made with a combination of ketchup, gochujang, soy sauce, sugar, rice syrup or honey, garlic, and sometimes other seasonings like ginger, vinegar, and sesame oil. To me it tastes like teriyaki sauce, only spicier and more umami.

I think it would be great on fried or grilled chicken, meat, or fish!


Yangnyeom Salmon

6 slices salmon fillet
1/2 cup Trader Joes yangnyeom sauce (may sub teriyaki mixed with gochujang, to taste)-
1 pint button mushrooms, sliced
2 scallions, chopped
2 tsp black and white sesame seeds
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Method:

Place salmon in a parchment lined baking dish. Top with mushrooms, scallions and sesame seeds. Pour the yangnyeom sauce over it and drizzle with oil. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-18 minutes, until fish is flaky.

Variation: use thawed edamame in place of mushrooms.

Related Recipes:

panko salmon with almond butter sauce
chili lime crispy salmon
sweet chili broccoli salmon

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Panko Crusted Salmon with Almond Butter Sauce

Following the popularity of this cucumber salad, I knew I wanted to incorporate the dressing into other dishes, you just want to eat it with a spoon. I added it to broccoli salad, pasta salad, and this salmon – which I topped with nori panko crumbs that really takes it over the top! Perfect for the upcoming holidays, and even better with a side of fresh cucumber salad!

Panko Crusted Salmon with Almond Butter Sauce

1 side of salmon fillet
1/4 cup Liebers creamy almond butter
1 large clove garlic
1” piece of fresh ginger
2 tsp Goldbaum’s coconut aminos (may sub soy sauce)
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp Liebers honey
kosher salt to taste
2 scallions, chopped

Panko:
1/2 cup Liebers plain panko crumbs
2 tbsp toasted black and white sesame seeds
4 sheets toasted salted nori snacks (or 1 sheet regular nori, toasted)
1/8 tsp Liebers red pepper flakes
Kosher salt, to taste

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place the side of salmon on a parchment lined baking sheet.

In a small bowl, add the almond butter. Using a microplane, grate the garlic and ginger into the bowl. Add the coconut aminos, lime juice, honey and salt and whisk to combine.  Brush the mixture onto the salmon.

In a medium bowl, combine the panko ingredients. Crush with your hands until the nori is incorporated well into the panko crumbs. Sprinkle the mixture generously over the salmon.

Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the fish is opaque and flakes easy with a fork.

VARIATION: you may replace the almond butter with peanut butter, miso paste or tahini paste. You may need to add a bit of water if the consistency is too thick.

Related Recipes:

chili lime crispy salmon
sweet chili broccoli salmon
honey sriracha salmon

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Apple Honey Mustard Salmon

This recipe came to me last week when I was preparing my salmon and I’m so glad it did because it’s JUST. SO. PRETTY!! I definitely have a thing with decorating a side of salmon, and I love how the apples resemble fish scales!

I think a memory a lot of us have of Rosh Hashanah from our childhood is that moment when the fish head was brought to the table and WE. HAD. TO. EAT. IT.!! It always smelled awful and that fish eye just stared at us, as if to say, you killed me and now you’re going to have to eat me!!! I still have nightmares from those fish heads. Nightmares!!!

When people ask for recipes for the fish head, I usually just tell them that no recipe is going to make anyone want to eat it so just throw tons of lemon on it and stick it in the oven! Most of the fish stores have been storing the fish heads all year, so they’re definitely not fresh, and you can smell it a mile away. I don’t know what’s worse, the eyeball staring back at me or the smell coming out of it!

That’s the thing about fish that people don’t realize – it really should never smell like fish! It should smell like the ocean. If your fish smells fishy, it’s probably not fresh and it will probably taste fishy after you cook it. Moral of the story – BUY FRESH FISH. And don’t try and get fancy with your fish head ‘cuz nobody wants to eat it anyway.

But this here? This is the fish that you WANT to serve. It’s the dish that everyone is going to OOH and AHH over. And you’re going to be feel like a gourmet goddess for pulling it off. At least, until, we pass the fish head around!

May we all be blessed to be like the head, and not the tail this year!

 

Apple Honey Mustard Salmon

2 lb. side of salmon
1/3 c apricot jam
2 tbsp whole grain mustard
2 tbsp Dijon
2 tbsp honey, plus more for drizzling
salt and pepper, to taste
1 red apple, seeded and thinly sliced
1 green apple, seeded and thinly sliced
2 tbsp olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, combine the apricot jam, mustards, honey, salt and pepper. Brush the mixture generously over the salmon. Decorate the salmon by overlapping the apples, alternating between red and green until the salmon is covered. Drizzle with olive oil, lemon juice and honey. Bake, uncovered for 25 minutes, basting once with the pan juices during cooking.

Serve warm or at room temperature.

NOTE: I prefer this recipe served fresh, but if you want to prepare it a day ahead, you can serve the next day at room temperature (reheating cooked salmon tends to make it fishy and dry).

 

Related Recipes:

honey fish roasted salmon
salmon en croute with creamed leeks
honey sriracha salmon
honey mustard salmon

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Sweet Chili Broccoli Salmon

I have a confession to make: I can’t spell brocolli. I mean broccolli. No broccoli! Thank G-d for auto-correct because I just can’t get it right.

I’ve always been a good speller but I’ve got a few mindblocks:
broccoli
nauseous
exercise

It’s a good think I don’t get nauseous from eating broccoli after I exercise otherwise I’d have 3 typos in the same sentence, ha!


Actually speaking of broccoli, it’s one of my favorite veggies, and I can legit eat an entire tray in one sitting! I love it raw, I love it steamed, roasted and stir fried. I’m not even partial to fresh broccoli, the frozen stuff is just fine for my standards, so long as it’s thawed properly and not mushy. Mushy brocolli is gross, Mushy brocolli doesn’t deserve to be spelled correctly.

So for all you broccoli lovers out there – thaw your frozen broccoli, never boil it! I like to run the frozen broccoli under cold water just to lightly thaw and then stir fry over high heat. That’s it. Perfectly tender broccoli every time.

Sweet Chili Broccoli Salmon

olive oil cooking spray
2 lbs. skinless fillet of salmon, cut into cubes
2 eggs, beaten
salt and pepper, to taste
1 cup flavored breadcrumbs
3 tbsp sesame seeds, plus more for garnish
24oz. frozen broccoli florets
1 tbsp grapeseed oil
13oz. bottle sweet chili sauce
1 scallion, thinly sliced
prepared rice, for serving

Method:

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and spray with olive oil cooking spray. Set side.

Place eggs into a small bowl and season with salt and pepper. Place breadcrumbs in a second bowl and mix with sesame seeds.

Dip the salmon cubes in eggs and breadcrumbs and place on baking sheet. Spray generously with olive oil cooking spray. Bake for 15 minutes.

While the salmon is cooking, place the broccoli florets in a strainer in the sink and run water over it until mostly thawed. Pat dry.

Heat oil in a skillet and stir fry the broccoli over high heat until tender. Add the sweet chili sauce to coat.

When ready to serve, add the salmon to the broccoli and coat completely with the sauce. Garnish with scallions and serve with rice.

Related Recipes:

sweet chili salmon with wasabi crust
broccoli parmesan poppers 
fish tacos with broccoli slaw

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Honey Sriracha Salmon

Ah, you guys!! It feels like forever. I feel like I’m on an alternate universe these days – a cookbook universe to be exact. I’ve been photographing 5-8 recipes a day for my book every day, and social media + blogging has taken a bit of a back seat. I miss blogging and interacting but it will SO be worth it in a couple of months when we all get to hold a beautiful BIB cookbook in our hands, and cook from it!

I’m thankful for this delicious salmon recipe that I have archived from the summer, so I can share something delicious with you all while I get back to the studio. I’ve got 95 photos down and about 50 more to go and I am so PSYCHED! My cookbook assistant, Marnie, tells me that I do the HAPPY DANCE every time I get “the” shot and I’ve been doing a lot of them these days. This is all getting so real and so exciting, mark your calendars for May 2018!

Honey Sriracha Salmon

3 slices salmon filet or 1/3 side of salmon
2 cloves garlic
2 tbsp honey
2 tbsp lime juice
1 tsp sriracha
2 tsp soy sauce
1 tsp sesame seeds
chopped chives or scallions, for garnish

Method:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a small bowl, combine all the ingredients besides for the salmon. Place salmon in a baking dish and pour sauce over it. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for 15 minutes, basting once. Garnish with chives or scallions.

Related Recipes:

sweet chili salmon
teriyaki salmon
honey fig roasted salmon

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