CAJUN LIME & HONEY SALMON WITH TOMATO CAULIFLOWER RICE

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Want a fast and simple weeknight dinner? I love making this Cajun grilled salmon with tomato cauliflower rice as it’s nutritious, tasty and tremendous speedy. This recipe is paleo, gluten-free, and low-carb.



INGREDIENTS

  • 2 salmon fillets (as giant as you would like on your appetite)
  • Juice of one lime
  • 1 + 1/2 teaspoons honey

For the spice rub

  • 1 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon garlic powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon coriander (dried)
  • 1 teaspoon thyme (dried or fresh)
  • 1/2 teaspoon cayenne red pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika or chipotle kick back (if you've got those)
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • Coconut oil for cooking the salmon

Tomato Cauliflower Rice

  • 1 small red onion, finely diced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon paprika powder
  • 1 teaspoon coriander seed powder
  • Pinch of chili flakes or powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/2 small head of cauliflower, cut into florets and finely chopped
  • 1 small carrot, finely chopped
  • 1 Roma tomato (or medium spherical tomato, otherwise 3–4 cherry tomatoes)
  • 2 cloves of garlic, finely diced
  • 1 teaspoon of butter, ghee or additional olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons chopped coriander or parsley
  • 1–2 tablespoons chopped inexperienced onion (optional, for garnish)

INSTRUCTIONS

  • Mix honey and lime juice in a bowl and upload the salmon. Coat on equally facets and set apart whereas you practice the cauliflower rice. Halfway through, turn the piece over so that they marinate flippantly on every side.
  • Mix the rub spices in a small bowl and set aside. Make the cauliflower tomato rice.
  • Make the tomato cauliflower rice. Preheat a huge frying pan over medium-high. Sauté the onions with olive oil for a minute and upload the spices. Stir via after which upload the chopped vegetables and butter (or ghee), and cook dinner for 4-5 minutes over excessive heat. Stir via often. Finish off by including the recent herbs and serve.
  • To cook dinner the salmon, warmth a tablespoon or NULL of oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Remove the salmon fillets from the marinade and shake off slightly. Place on a plate and sprinkle flippantly with the spice rub (it ought to conceal the fillets fairly well). Press down together with your fingers. Turn over and conceal the special side. Place in a hot skillet and cook dinner for 3+1/2 minutes on every side, till blackened and crispy. Towards the quit of the cooking time, drizzle the final lime-honey marinade over the fillets. Serve over tomato cauliflower rice.


This meal contains NULL elements: Cajun spiced lime and honey salmon (which too can be fowl or prawns) and the tomato cauliflower rice. They are fairly a lot person recipes and you're welcome to change issues circular ought to you like.

You would possibly desire to make the salmon but serve it with a special edge dish, otherwise you would possibly just like the sound of the tomato cauliflower rice but grill some fowl instead. Check out a number of wholesome edge dishes here. Find additional wholesome fish & seafood recipes on my website here.



To practice the salmon, we have to first marinate the fish fillets in a lovely, zesty citrus dressing made with lime juice and honey. For a additional excessive flavour, you'll be able to do that overnight, but 10-15 minutes can be nice for these making a fast dinner. I often do that first after which transfer on to the spice rub and the cauliflower rice.


I make my very own spice rub with generally handy spices and a few herbs but you may also acquire a ready-made Cajun spice mix comparable to this one. Set it apart whereas the salmon fillets are soaking up the citrus flavours.


When it involves making cauliflower rice, you've got NULL options: finely chop everything by hand utilizing a large, sharp knife OR use a meals processor. I use this small, hand-powered meals processor, which I LOVE because it does the process soon and with minimum cleanup. I mean slicing all vegetables into same measurement cubes comparable to below.

Once all of the meals are ready, I continually make the tomato cauliflower rice first after which pan-fry the salmon because it doesn’t need a lot cooking time. Follow the lessons underneath within the recipe to entire the meal. Here is how beautiful the tomato cauliflower rice appears to be like when it’s done. It’s a huge edge dish to elect any protein.