Barbecue Roasted Salmon

We've been cooking salmon lately after several years of avoiding it all together (couple bad experiences). Surprisingly, all the recipes we've found have been really good and we've been buying the fish at our local Publix on Mondays and cooking it the same day.

This is the recipe we used last night, courtesy of Food Network. However, it doesn't taste barbecue-like if you're expecting that. It's very citrus with the orange juice and lemon. The sauce carmelizes in the pan. Yum! With some rice and steamed broccoli, the whole meal took about 30 minutes to fix. Gotta love the quick ones!


Barbecue-Roasted Salmon
Copyright, 2005, Robin Miller, All rights reserved
See this recipe on air Thursday May. 17 at 3:30 PM ET/PT.
Show: Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller
Episode: To Your Health

Cooking spray
1/4 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
4 teaspoons chili powder
2 teaspoons finely grated lemon zest
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon salt Pinch cayenne pepper
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, about 1-inch thick

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Coat a shallow baking dish with cooking spray.

In a small bowl, whisk together orange juice, lemon juice, brown sugar, chili powder, lemon zest, cumin, salt, and cayenne. Using tongs, add salmon fillets to the prepared pan. Pour the orange juice mixture over the salmon and turn to coat both sides. Roast for 15 minutes, until a fork can be easily inserted into the salmon.

Nutrition Information
Nutritional Analysis Per Serving
Calories 302
Total fat 16g
Saturated fat 3g
Cholesterol 84mg
Sodium 402mg
Carbohydrates 10g
Protein 29g
Fiber 1g