It makes my mouth water just thinking about this recipe! Slow cooking fish might seem weird since you usually cook fish fast on high heat, but slow roasting this salmon makes it so moist, tender, and melt-in-your-mouth delicious!!! The sauce is fabulous too! One 5 oz serving has 266 calories and 5 grams of fat. It’s not only one of my favorite ways to make salmon, but my husband also LOVES this recipe and he doesn’t really like salmon. Now he requests it all the time!
Ingredients
Ingredients for Salmon:
- 2 salmon fillets, (5 ounces each) I used fresh wild salmon, see shopping tips
- 1½ tablespoons adobo sauce, from a can chipotle chiles in adobo, see food facts and shopping tips
- 1½ tablespoons brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
Ingredients for Sauce:
- ½ cup white wine, use an inexpensive wine such as Trader Joe’s Charles Shaw
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon ginger, from a jar, see shopping tips
- 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon reduced-fat butter or Smart Balance light
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 225 degrees.
- In a small bowl, mix together adobo sauce, brown sugar, and salt. Use only the sauce from the can not the chiles. Stir well until sugar and salt is dissolved. Note: the sauce might taste too spicy or even a bit weird at this point. Don’t be worried, once baked on the salmon it tastes fantastic!
- Place salmon on a foil-lined baking pan (skin side down if on the fish). Spread half of the sauce over the filets, and reserve another half for later.
- Bake salmon for about 15 minutes. Spread remaining sauce over salmon. Continue to bake 5-15 more minutes depending on the thickness of your fish. A rule of thumb: about 20 minutes per inch. Check at 20 minutes to see if it’s cooked through. Mine took 30 minutes to bake.
- Meanwhile prepare the sauce: In a small pot, combine wine, 1 tablespoon brown sugar, ginger, and lime juice. Bring to a soft boil and cook to reduce to about ⅓ cup. Stir in butter until melted.
- Remove salmon from oven. Remove bottom skin, if still on fish. Plate each piece and drizzle with 2-3 tablespoons sauce over each.
Notes
Makes 2 servings (each serving 5 ounces with sauce)
Food Facts
Chipotle is a smoke-dried jalapeño pepper. Chipotle in adobo is the chipotle canned in a tomato sauce, to which it lends its heat. The main thing that this adds, beyond the heat, is some smokiness. I used the sauce only and tossed the chiles. The leftover sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks. I’m sure you’ll want to make this salmon several times!
Shopping Tips
Most supermarkets and health food markets sell wild salmon. Buy fresh, if possible or frozen and defrosted. You could also use Atlantic salmon for this recipe. Chipotle in adobo sauce can be found in most supermarkets in the Mexican section or international section. There are several brands sold. I used one called Embasa. Ginger, in a jar, can be found in the produce section where garlic, in a jar is also displayed.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 5-Blue
WW SmartPoints 8-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 6
Food Facts
Chipotle is a smoke-dried jalapeño pepper. Chipotle in adobo is the chipotle canned in a tomato sauce, to which it lends its heat. The main thing that this adds, beyond the heat, is some smokiness. I used the sauce only and tossed the chiles. The leftover sauce can be stored in the refrigerator for several weeks. I’m sure you’ll want to make this salmon several times!
Shopping Tips
Most supermarkets and health food markets sell wild salmon. Buy fresh, if possible or frozen and defrosted. You could also use Atlantic salmon for this recipe. Chipotle in adobo sauce can be found in most supermarkets in the Mexican section or international section. There are several brands sold. I used one called Embasa. Ginger, in a jar, can be found in the produce section where garlic, in a jar is also displayed.
WW Freestyle SmartPoints 5-Blue
WW SmartPoints 8-Green
WW POINTS PLUS 6
| SKINNY FACTS: for 1 (5 oz.) serving with sauce (based on using wild salmon) 266 calories, 5g fat, 2g sat. fat, 70mg chol, 29g protein, 20g carbs, 0g fiber, 327mg sodium, 16g sugar |
| FACTS: for Freestyle SmartPoints 121 calories, 1g sat. fat, 12g sugar, 0g protein |
Skinny Facts
Serving: 5ouncesCalories: 266kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 29gFat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 327mgSugar: 16gBlue Smart Points: 5Green Smart Points: 8Plus Points: 6
