Best Lemon Rice With Crispy Salmon Recipes

LEMON RICE

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This easy recipe pleasantly proves you can dress up regular rice with a few simple additions. Best of all, it can simmer while you're preparing the rest of the meal. These delicately lemon-flavored grains go nicely with fish.

Provided by Taste of Home

Categories Side Dishes

Time 30m

Yield 4 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 cup water
1 cup chicken broth
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons butter
1 cup uncooked long grain rice
1/4 teaspoon dried basil
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon zest
1/4 teaspoon lemon-pepper seasoning

Steps:

In a medium saucepan, bring water, broth, lemon juice and butter to a boil. Stir in rice, basil and lemon zest. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Let stand 5 minutes or until the water is absorbed. Before serving, sprinkle with lemon-pepper.

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LEMON RICE WITH CRISPY SALMON

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This recipe from Minute Rice uses just three main ingredients, takes ten minutes to prepare, and can be on the table in just over a half-hour. One plus one plus one and you're done. Now, that's a weekday win.

Provided by Mary Jenny

Categories Rice

Time 35m

Yield 4 , 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

2 (125 g) envelopes minute rice jasmine rice
3/4 cup frozen peas, thawed
1/4 cup sliced green onion
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 skin-on salmon fillets (5 to 6 oz/140 to 170 g each)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
2 tablespoons canola oil

Steps:

Cook rice according to package directions. Add peas during the last minute of cooking; stir in half of the green onion, and lemon juice.
Meanwhile, using a sharp knife, score skin side of salmon, slicing 1/2-inch (1 cm) across and about 1/4-inch (5 mm) deep; season all over with salt and pepper.
In large, heavy-bottom skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat; cook salmon skin side down for about 5 minutes or until skin is golden brown and crispy. Turn over; cook for 2 or 3 minutes or until fish is just cooked through and flakes easily with a fork. Serve with rice and lemon wedges. Sprinkle with remaining green onion.
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Nutrition Facts : Calories 720.4, Fat 21.5, SaturatedFat 3.2, Cholesterol 146.3, Sodium 561.8, Carbohydrate 55.5, Fiber 3.1, Sugar 1.6, Protein 70.9

GOCHUGARU SALMON WITH CRISPY RICE

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Gochugaru, a mild, fragrant red-pepper powder, bedazzles this quick salmon dinner. As a key ingredient in Korean home cooking, gochugaru proves that some chiles provide not only heat but fruity sweetness as well. Here, that's especially true once it's bloomed in maple syrup, vinegar and butter. If you like shiny things, you may find great pleasure in watching this pan sauce transform into a mirrored, crimson glaze. Try to get long center-cut salmon fillets for uniform thickness and even cooking. Their crispy skin tastes wonderful with white rice, which toasts in the rendered salmon fat. To balance the richness of the fish, serve it with fresh, crunchy things, like cucumbers or pickles, or a big green salad.

Provided by Eric Kim

Categories dinner, weeknight, seafood, main course

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 9

Ingredients

4 skin-on salmon fillets (6 ounces each)
Kosher salt (Diamond Crystal) and black pepper
1 tablespoon olive oil
4 cups cooked white rice, preferably leftovers
4 teaspoons gochugaru (see Tip)
2 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, kept whole
Sliced cucumbers or pickles, for serving (optional)

Steps:

Season the salmon on all sides with salt and pepper. Heat a large cast iron or nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil and sear the salmon fillets skin side down until the skin is browned and crispy, 2 to 5 minutes. The salmon's orange flesh will begin to turn pale coral as the heat slowly creeps up the sides of the fish; you want that coral color to come up about two-thirds of the way at this point for a nice medium-rare. Carefully flip the salmon and cook the second side until the flesh feels firm, another 1 to 2 minutes. When you press it, it should not feel wobbly. Transfer the salmon to a plate skin side down and keep the pan with the rendered fat over the heat.
Add the rice to the fat in the pan and spread in an even layer, packing it down as if making a rice pancake. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the bottom is lightly browned and toasted, about 5 minutes. You should hear it crackle. Flip the rice like a pancake, using a spatula if needed. You may not be able to flip it all in one piece, but that's OK. Cook until lightly toasted on the second side, another 1 to 2 minutes. Go longer if you want crispier rice, but the trifecta of crispy-chewy-soft tastes wonderful.
While the rice is cooking, stir together the gochugaru, maple syrup, rice vinegar and 1 teaspoon salt in a small bowl. When the rice is done, divide it evenly among the plates. In the now empty pan, add the gochugaru mixture and cook, stirring constantly, over medium-high heat until it bubbles up and reduces significantly, 15 seconds to 1 minute. It should look pretty sticky. Turn off the heat and add the cold butter, stirring with a wooden spoon or tongs until fully melted and incorporated into the gochugaru mixture. Pour this glaze over the salmon and serve with cucumbers or pickles if you'd like.