Green Tea Poached Salmon
Prep Time: 10 minutes | Cook Time: 35 minutes | Total Time: 45 minutes | Servings: 6
Ingredients:
- 3 cups water
- 8 bags Benner Green Tea, divided
- 3 teaspoons Stonemill Iodized Salt, divided, plus additional to taste
- 2 tablespoons Simply Nature Organic Wildflower Honey
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 cups Rice Bowl Long Grain White Rice
- 1 tablespoon Simply Nature Organic Coconut Oil
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 carrot, diced
- 1 zucchini, diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 teaspoons Stonemill Ground Black Pepper, divided, plus additional to taste
- 16 ounces Sea Queen Wild Caught Salmon, thawed
- 2 lemons, sliced, divided
- 1 teaspoon Stonemill Crushed Red Pepper
Pan Sauce:
- 4 tablespoons Countryside Creamery Unsalted Butter, divided
- ½ yellow onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2 bags Benner Green Tea, loose leaves
- 1 cup Winking Owl Chardonnay
- 1 tablespoon Simply Nature Organic Wildflower Honey
- ¼ cup Friendly Farms Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 green onion, sliced
Directions:
- For the rice: Bring water, 4 tea bags, 1 teaspoon salt, honey and lemon juice to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in rice, return to boiling. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, in a large sauté pan, over medium-high heat, melt coconut oil. Add onion, carrot, zucchini and garlic. Season with 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper; cook for 5 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- When rice is done, remove tea bags and add rice to sauté pan; toss with vegetables and season to taste with salt and pepper. Reserve.
- Season salmon with remaining 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon pepper.
- In a large sauté pan, over medium heat, simmer 2 inches of water with remaining 4 tea bags, one sliced lemon and crushed red pepper. Add salmon and simmer for 8 minutes, turning halfway.
- For the pan sauce: In a large sauté pan, over medium-high heat, melt 2 tablespoons butter. Add onion and garlic. Cook for 2 minutes then add tea leaves. Sauté until onion is translucent, about 3 minutes. Add wine and reduce by half, about 5 minutes. Stir in honey, cream and remaining 2 tablespoons butter. Cook for 3 minutes or until thickened. Strain, discard vegetables and leaves, reserving pan sauce.
- Serve salmon over rice with pan sauce, remaining lemon slices and green onion.
Recipe Courtesy of Chef Alyssa, ALDI Test Kitchen