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Salmon & Couscous Salad is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Salmon & Couscous Salad is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
Salmon / ˈsæmən / is the common name for several species of ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. Other fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling, and whitefish. Salmon are native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (genus Salmo) and Pacific Ocean (genus Oncorhynchus). Salmon is a sea-going fish, but starts its life in freshwater.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook salmon & couscous salad using 9 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Salmon & Couscous Salad:
- Prepare plus 1 tsp olive oil
- Prepare skinless salmon fillet
- Take Salt and pepper
- Prepare couscous
- Make ready orange
- Get snap peas, thinly sliced crosswise (about 1 cup)
- Make ready red onion, thinly sliced
- Take fresh flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
- Make ready fresh mint
Brilliantly versatile and quick to cook, salmon is the basis for a great midweek dinner or celebratory centrepiece. Salmon can be baked, roasted, pan-fried, stir-fried, cooked 'en papillote' (wrapped in foil or paper) and steamed. The easiest way to cook salmon is in a baking dish in the oven. This causes the least mess and also - if it bothers you - less of a fishy smell in the house.
Steps to make Salmon & Couscous Salad:
- Heat 1 tsp oil in large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Season the salmon with 1⁄4 tsp each salt and pepper, and cook until opaque throughout, 4 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a plate; refrigerate until cool, about 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, place the couscous in a large bowl. Add 1 cup hot tap water, cover and let sit for 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork.
- Using a vegetable peeler, remove 3 strips of zest from the orange. Thinly slice the zest and add it to the couscous along with the snap peas, onion, parsley, mint, remaining tbsp oil, 1⁄2 tsp salt and 1⁄4 tsp pepper. Squeeze in 2 tbsp orange juice and toss to combine.
- Using a fork, flake the salmon into large pieces. Gently fold the salmon into the couscous.
The easiest way to cook salmon is in a baking dish in the oven. This causes the least mess and also - if it bothers you - less of a fishy smell in the house. Salmon are silvery-sided fishes while in the ocean, but during the breeding season a change in coloration occurs that varies from one species to another. The males generally develop hooked jaws. The changes are most striking in male Pacific salmon.
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