HealthPerks Recipe: Tomato Poached Salmon Served With Tomatillo Salsa

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Ingredients

Salmon:

• 1 16oz Salmon Fillet
• 1 Cup White Wine
• 1 Cup Low Salt Tomato Juice
• 2 Cups Water
• 5 Whole Peppercorns

Salsa:

• 16 oz Chopped Tomatillos
• 1 Cup Diced Tomatoes
• 1 Cup Cilantro
• 1/2 Cup Diced Onion
• 1 Clove Minced Garlic
• 1 Jalapeño
• 1/8 Cup of Lime Zest
• 1/4 Cup of Lime Juice
• 1 Teaspoon White Sugar

Instructions

1. Pour wine, tomato juice, water, and sliced onions in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer.
2. Place Salmon in liquid and lower the heat to just barely simmering. Cook gently for 6 to 10 minutes, then remove salmon from the liquid.
3. Peel tomatillos and rinse well. Boil in water in a medium pot for 5 minutes. Drain and let cool.
4. Dice tomatillos and mix in a large bowl with tomatoes, onions, garlic, cilantro, jalapeño, lime zest, lime juice, and sugar.
5. Serve Salmon on plates with salsa and your choice of side. Yields 4 servings.

This recipe first appeared in the February 2014 edition of the HealthPerks newsletter.