Grilled Salmon with Potato and Watercress Salad

Name: Grilled Salmon with Potato and Watercress Salad
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 Tbsp firmly packed brown sugar; 473 milliliters alder or mesquite wood chips, soaked in water; 237 milliliters thinly sliced red onion; 1 kilograms (each about 2 in. wide) red thin-skinned potatoes; 1 fillet salmon fillet, about 2 pounds; 6 servings Salt; 237 milliliters seasoned rice vinegar; 1 Tbsp soy sauce; 227 grams About watercress, rinsed and crisped

Grilled Salmon with Potato and Watercress Salad is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe with 6 servings. This main course has 373 calories, 13g of protein, and 10g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 23% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It can be enjoyed any time, but it is especially good for The Fourth Of July. If you have firmly brown sugar, mesquite wood chips, seasoned rice vinegar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

In a 5- to 6-quart pan, bring about 2 quarts water to a boil over high heat; add potatoes. Cover and simmer over low heat until potatoes are tender when pierced, 15 to 20 minutes.

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Potato

Water

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Frying Pan

Drain and immerse in cold water. When potatoes are cool, drain well. Use or, if making ahead, cover and chill up to 1 day.

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Potato

Water

Soak the onions about 15 minutes in cold water to cover.

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Onion

Water

Drain and mix onions with rice vinegar.

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Rice Vinegar

Onion

Cut potatoes in quarters; add to onions.

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Potato

Onion

Trim tender watercress sprigs from stems, then finely chop enough of the coarse stems to make 1/2 cup (discard extras or save for other uses).

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Watercress

Mix chopped stems with potato salad. Mound watercress sprigs on a large oval platter with potato salad alongside; cover and keep cool.

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Potato Salad

Watercress

Rinse salmon and pat dry.

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Salmon

Place, skin side down, on a piece of heavy foil.

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Aluminum Foil

Cut foil to follow outlines of fish, leaving a 1-inch border. Crimp edges of foil to fit up against edge of fish.

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Fish

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Mix soy sauce with brown sugar and brush onto the salmon fillet.

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Salmon Fillets

Brown Sugar

Soy Sauce

On a charcoal barbecue. Mound and ignite 50 to 60 charcoal briquets on the firegrate of a barbecue with lid. When briquets are spotted with gray ash, about 20 minutes, bank 1/2 of the coals on each side of the firegrate.

Drain wood chips and sprinkle equally onto mounds of coals.

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Mounds Bar

French Fries

Place grill 4 to 6 inches above coals.

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Grill

On a gas barbecue. Turn gas heat to high.

Place wood chips in the barbecue's metal smoking box or in a small shallow foil pan, and set directly on the heat in a corner. Close lid until barbecue is hot, about 10 minutes. Adjust gas for indirect cooking (no heat down center).

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French Fries

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Frying Pan

Lay fish on center of grill, not over coals or flame. Cover barbecue (open vents for charcoal) and cook until fish is barely opaque in thickest part (cut to test), 15 to 20 minutes.

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Fish

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Grill

Transfer fish to a platter with salad.

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Fish

Add salt to taste.

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Salt

Serve hot or cool.

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Ingredients

Servings:

1Tbsp

firmly packed brown sugar 473milliliters

alder or mesquite wood chips, soaked in water 237milliliters

thinly sliced red onion 1kilograms

(each about 2 in. wide) red thin-skinned potatoes 1fillet

salmon fillet, about 2 pounds 6servings

Salt 237milliliters

seasoned rice vinegar 1Tbsp

soy sauce 227grams

About watercress, rinsed and crisped

Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc

Salmon works really well with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, and Sauvignon Blanc. To decide on white or red, you should consider your seasoning and sauces. Chardonnay is a great friend to buttery, creamy dishes, while sauvignon blanc can complement herb or citrus-centric dishes. A light-bodied, low-tannin red such as the pinot noir goes great with broiled or grilled salmon. The La Crema Russian River Chardonnay with a 4.1 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 28 dollars per bottle.