Blood Orange Salmon
Blood orange salmon is a flavorful dish that is easy to make. The salmon can be ready in 15 minutes start to finish.
Ingredients
- 6 ounce salmon fillet
- 1 blood orange
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce or tamari
- 1 teaspoon honey
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the juice from the blood orange, soy sauce, honey, and garlic powder. Stir to combine.
- Pat the salmon dry with paper towels. Remove the skin if needed. Season with salt and pepper.
- Heat oil in a small skillet over medium heat. When oil is hot, add salmon to the skillet and cook 3-4 minutes. Flip and cook and additional 2-3 minutes. (Note: may need to cook longer depending on thickness and desired level of doneness of salmon).
- Reduce heat to medium-low. Add the blood orange sauce to the pan and cook an additional 1-2 minutes.
- Plate the salmon with the sauce served over the top.
Notes
- Salmon cook time will depend on your thickness of salmon and your stove. Adjust cooking times as needed.
- If you want, save a couple of slices of blood orange for topping the salmon before juicing the rest!
- This recipes serves 1, but can easily be doubled, tripled, or quadrupled.
Nutrition
Calories: 353kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 36gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 1120mgPotassium: 909mgFiber: 1gSugar: 7gVitamin A: 98IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 31mgIron: 2mg
If nutrition info is shown, values are based on an online calculator and are estimates. Please verify using your own data.
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