Orange-Ginger Roasted Salmon with Quinoaspiced carrot and beet slaw
This orange-ginger sauce perfectly coats and flavors salmon and our carrot and beet slaw for a colorful, healthy, and tasty weeknight dinner!
Smarts: Try to find efficiencies by using sauces on both proteins and vegetables.
Ingredients
- Salmon - 1 1/4 lb
- Homemade orange-ginger sauce - 1/4 cup
- Quinoa, uncooked - 3/4 cup
- Carrots - 2, grated
- Beets, medium - 2, grated
- Green onions - 3 stalks, sliced thinly
- Raisins - 1/2 cup
- Homemade orange-ginger sauce - 1/4 cup
- Coriander - 3/4 tsp
- Cumin - 3/4 tsp
- Pistachios, shelled - 1/2 cup
- Ginger - 1 inch, grated
- Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
- Lemons - 1/2, zest of and then sliced into wedges
- Orange juice - 3/4 cup
- Balsamic vinegar - 2 Tbsp
- Honey - 2 Tbsp
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Prep
- Make sauce - Grate ginger, mince garlic, and zest lemon. Combine in a small saucepan with orange juice, balsamic vinegar, and honey. Bring to a boil and simmer until reduced by 1/3. (Cane be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Carrots / Beets / Green onions - Prep as directed. For the beets, just slice off both ends and peel with a peeler before grating on a box grater or in the food processor. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead)
- Marinate slaw - Toss carrots, beets, green onions, and raisins with slaw’s portion of orange-ginger sauce, coriander, cumin, and some salt and pepper. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Salmon - Rinse and pat dry. Place onto a sheet pan lined with parchment or foil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and pour on orange-ginger sauce.
Make
- Heat oven to 400F / 204C degrees.
- Bake salmon for 12 to 18 minutes, depending on thickness of fillets and desired level of doneness.
- While salmon cooks, cook quinoa (double if making Tuesday’s dinner). Combine quinoa with 2x the amount of water (or stock if you prefer) in a saucepan. Add in some salt. Bring to a boil covered. Lower heat, keep covered, and cook until liquid is absorbed, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Optional step: Toast pistachios in the oven (with salmon) for 4 to 6 minutes to bring out their nuttiness.
- Add pistachios to slaw.
- Enjoy salmon with rest of the orange-ginger sauce, carrot and beet slaw, and quinoa (if you doubled, remember to save half for tomorrow night’s stir-fry). Slice zested lemon into wedges and serve with salmon.
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Reviews
Ratings
This meal has 83 reviews
The sauce was delicious on the salmon. Really tasty
Really great!!! Loved the slaw a lot, though I think I'll marinate the fish in the sauce next time to give it a bit more flavor.
I wish more of the sauce would have stayed on the salmon instead of running to the sheet. Really liked the slaw -- used jicama instead of beets.
This was absolutely delicious! Even my kids gobbled it up.
hubby liked the slaw and thought it was interesting. I wasn't in love, but it was a nice way to use up my CSA beets and carrots
The salmon turned out great and the whole house smelled awesome from cooking the sauce. The slaw was beautiful. My husband thought the slaw was good as-is, but I was not feeling it. Turns out I am not a fan of raw beets. Added some red cabbage to de-beet-ify the slaw a bit and ended up liking it.