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Green Goddess Grilled Salmon Salad

Green goddess is a classic American dressing created in the 1920s to honor an actor who was at the time performing in a play called, what else, "Green Goddess." Here the dressing is brought back to life in an elegantly simple salad with grilled salmon.

Type: Fish
Courses: Main Course, Salads
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

6 cups 660g / 23ozCut-up romaine and iceberg lettuce mix - washed, well-dried
1/2 cup 118mlFinely-shredded red cabbage
1/4 cup 27g / 1ozCoarsely-grated carrot
12   Cucumber
12   Tomato wedges
12   Pitted ripe black olives
1 lb 454g / 16ozSkinless boneless salmon fillet - cut 4 pieces
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
4   Lemon wedges
  Green Goddess Salad Dressing
2 tablespoons 30mlCider vinegar
1 tablespoon 15mlLemon juice
1 teaspoon 5mlDry tarragon leaves
1/2 teaspoon 2.5mlMinced or pressed garlic
2 tablespoons 30mlMinced white onion
1/4 cup 23g / 0.8ozMinced parsley
2 teaspoons 10mlMinced anchovy fillets - (to 3 tspns)
1/2 cup 118mlMayonnaise
1/4 cup 59mlSour cream

Recipe Instructions

To make the dressing: In a blender combine all the ingredients except the mayonnaise and sour cream. Blend until the parsley is pureed and the mixture is smooth. Spoon the parsley mixture into a medium bowl and whisk in the mayonnaise and sour cream until smooth. Refrigerate until needed.

Heat the barbecue grill until the coals glow red with white ash around the edge.

In a large bowl toss the lettuce with the red cabbage and carrot. Divide the salad among 4 chilled dinner plates. Arrange the cucumber, tomato and olives around the lettuce.

Put the salmon pieces on the heated grill and season with salt and pepper as desired. Cook the salmon until well marked, about 2 minutes, then turn and continue cooking until the fish is just cooked and still moist, 2 to 3 minutes longer. Cooking time will vary with the thickness of the fillet.

Put the grilled salmon on top of the salads and top each piece with 1 tablespoon of the Green Goddess dressing. Garnish each plate with a lemon wedge and pass extra dressing alongside.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Simply Seafood (recipe archive) at http://www.simplyseafood.com

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