Best Steamed Salmon Recipes

DANNY CHAN'S STEAMED SALMON WITH LEMON

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse the fish in cold water and pat dry. Put the fillets in a 9-inch shallow heatproof bowl. Drizzle the soy sauce, salt and pepper over the salmon. Sprinkle with the scallions and ginger. Cut the lemon in half crosswise. Cut half a lemon into 4 slices and put on the fish. Juice the remaining lemon and drizzle over the fish.
• Put a 1-inch-high steamer rack in a 14-inch flat-bottomed wok. Add water to a depth of 3/4 inch and bring to a boil over high heat. Carefully put the bowl on the rack, cover, and steam for 8 to 10 minutes. Test the fish for doneness by poking the thickest party with a chopstick or fork; the fish should flake. If not, steam 1 to 2 minutes or until the fish just flakes. Be sure to check the water level from time to time and replenish if necessary, with boiling water. Carefully remove the bowl from the wok. Drizzle the sesame oil over the fillets.

OVEN-STEAMED SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place salmon in a large baking dish and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spread with garlic and ginger and pour wine and soy sauce gently over top. Cover with aluminum foil.
• Bake in the preheated oven until easily flaked with a fork, about 25 minutes.

STEAMED SALMON

Steps:

• Fill a large skillet with water to a depth of 1 inch. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Place salmon in a bamboo steamer. Cover and place steamer in skillet. Cook until just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Serve immediately with lemon.

OVEN-STEAMED SALMON

Steps:

• Position an oven rack in the lower third of the oven and a second rack in the upper third. Heat the oven to between 225 and 275 degrees. Grease a thin sheet pan with olive oil.
• Carefully place a frying pan of just-boiled water on the lower oven rack. Arrange the salmon on the prepared sheet pan, season generously with salt and pepper, and place on the upper oven rack. Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part registers 110 degrees for rare, 115 degrees for medium-rare, or 125 degrees for medium. This should take 10 to 12 minutes for 5-ounce fillets or 20 to 25 minutes for a 2 1/2-pound fillet. (The color of the salmon will not turn dull, and the texture will be very juicy.)
• Transfer the salmon to a platter or one or more individual plates and season with more salt and pepper, if desired. Sprinkle with chives, if using, and serve.

STEAMED SALMON AND VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Fill a skillet with 1/2 inch water. Add frozen beans, turn heat to high, and allow beans to thaw and cook, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mince garlic, cut mushrooms and onion into slices, and slice orange into rings. Layer into the skillet in that same order and sprinkle Italian seasoning on top. Place salmon steaks on top and sprinkle heavily with seafood seasoning.
• Reduce heat to medium, cover, and cook until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes. Serve with green beans.

STEAMED SALMON IN THE MICROWAVE

Steps:

• Pat the fish dry with kitchen paper then cut into very big pieces. Put in a heatproof dish and evenly scatter with the ginger. Wrap tightly in cling film. Can be prepared to here up to 2-3 hours ahead, chill. Put the plate of fish into the microwave and cook for 3-5 minutes (depending on its thickness and how you like your fish cooked) on full power.
• Remove the plate of cooked fish. Wait one minute and pour off any excess liquid that may have accumulated on the plate, then scatter the spring onions on the fish, together with the light and dark soy sauces.
• Heat the two oils together in a small saucepan until very hot, then pour over the top of the fish. Scatter with a handful of coriander sprigs and serve at once.

STEAMED SALMON WITH OLIVES AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Bring 1 to 2 inches of water to a boil in a large saucepan. Season salmon with salt and pepper and sprinkle with 1/2 of the lemon juice; place in a steamer basket. Insert the steamer basket into the saucepan, cover, and steam until salmon is easily flaked with a fork, 7 to 8 minutes.
• While salmon cooks, whisk olives, olive oil, capers, and remaining lemon juice together in a bowl. Season with salt.
• Place salmon on serving plates, spoon dressing over top, and sprinkle with dill.

STEAMED SALMON WRAPPED IN NAPA CABBAGE, PEPPER, GINGER AND SCALLION SAUCE

Steps:

• Season both sides of the salmon. Lay out one leaf of napa on a flat surface. Place 2 mushrooms top side down and cover with salmon, also top side down. Wrap cabbage around salmon. Repeat. This can be done up to 2 hours before cooking. Place in steamer for 8 to 10 minutes. Salmon should be served medium rare. On a large plate, sauce completely and place salmon in the middle. Garnish with orange zest.
• In a saucepan coated with oil, saute ginger for 2 minutes then add peppers and scallions. Season then add stock and juices. Reduce by 20 percent. Whisk in butter and check for seasoning. Serve immediately.

SPICY SALMON TERIYAKI WITH STEAMED BOK CHOY

Steps:

• Whisk vinegar, soy sauce, chili paste, and honey in a small bowl; set aside.
• Season salmon with 1 tsp. salt. Place on a plate and sprinkle with cornstarch, turning to coat. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high. Cook salmon in a single layer, undisturbed, until golden brown underneath, 2-3 minutes. Turn and cook until other side is lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Pour sauce over salmon and continue to cook, gently turning salmon halfway through, until sauce is thickened slightly and clinging to salmon, about 1 minute. (Sauce will bubble aggressively when first added and will then calm down.)
• Meanwhile, set a steamer basket in a large pot filled with about 1" salted water. Cover pot and bring water to a boil. Place bok choy in steamer basket, cover pot, and steam until just tender, 5-7 minutes. Season with remaining 1/2 tsp. salt.
• Place rice (if using) and bok choy on a platter. Arrange salmon over and drizzle bok choy and salmon with any remaining sauce in skillet. Top with scallions and sesame seeds.

STEAMED SALMON WITH SOY GLAZE

Steps:

• Place the salmon in a shallow glass dish. Combine 3 t. of the soy sauce, the garlic, grated ginger, and 1 T. of the rice wine and pour over the salmon, turning to coat. Cover and marinate for 15 minutes in refrigerator.
• Place the vinegar, lemon juice, sugar, the remaining soy sauce, and the remaining rice wine in a small saucepan over low heat. Stir to dissolve the sugar, bring to a boil, and cook until reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Set the glaze aside and keep warm.
• Fill a large saucepan with 1 inch of salted water and bring to a boil. Remove the salmon from the marinade and place in a steamer basket that fits snugly over the pan. Scatter the scallions and shredded ginger over the salmon. Cover and steam over the boiling water for 4 minutes or until cooked through. Remove and keep warm.
• Cook the noodles according to package directions. Just before they are done, add the beans to the boiling water; strain. Serve the salmon over the noodles & beans, drizzled with the glaze.

STEAMED GINGERED SALMON WITH WARM CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• Set up a steamer. In a saute pan coated with oil on medium heat, saute the ginger and scallions until soft, about 2 minutes. Set aside. Wipe out pan and toast the salt and peppercorns until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Grind the peppercorns and salt. Season the fillets on both sides with the salt/peppercorn mixture. Place 1 wrapper on a clean dish towel. Place a thin layer of the ginger/scallion mixture and top with fillet. Roll bottom towards the middle. Fold in both sides and continue rolling. Finish roll and let rest. The top of the package will be the ginger/scallion mixture. Place packages in a steamer lined with a leafy vegetable. Steam for about 8 to 10 minutes. Ladle citrus sauce on small plates and place salmon on top. Garnish with pink peppercorns.
• In a non-reactive pan, combine juices and reduce on low heat by 5 percent. Add the segments, soy sauce and honey and heat. Whisk in the butter. Season to taste and check for seasoning.

STEAMED SALMON WITH HERBS AND LEMON

Steps:

• Season salmon with salt and pepper. Steam until just cooked through, 7 to 8 minutes.
• Serve with rice. Sprinkle with herbs and lemon zest.

ASIAN STEAMED SALMON

Steps:

• In a large saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, bring 3/4" of water to a boil.
• Coat a steamer basket with no-stick spray.
• Place the salmon, skin side down, in the basket and brush the top surface with 1 teaspoon of the soy sauce.
• Sprinkle with 1-1/2 tablespoons of the scallions.
• Carefully set the basket in the saucepan, making sure the basket sits above the water.
• Cover and steam for 4 to 7 minutes, or until the salmon flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• Transfer the salmon, skin-side down, to a serving platter or individual plates.
• Drizzle with the remaining 1 teaspoon soy sauce.
• Then sprinkle with the ginger, pepper and remaining 1-1/2 tablespoons scallions.

STEAMED SALMON WITH BROCCOLI AND SHALLOTS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shallot and garlic and cook until soft and fragrant, about 3 minutes.
• Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper on both sides. Place fillets, skin-side up, in the skillet; cook for 4 minutes. Flip salmon skin-side down and spread shallot and garlic over top. Add broccoli around the fillets, stirring to coat in oil. Squeeze lemon halves over salmon and broccoli.
• Cover the skillet and steam until salmon is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork, about 5 minutes.

STEAMED SALMON WITH SNOW PEAS

Steps:

• Make sauce: Combine lime juice through scallion in a small bowl and whisk in oil with a tiny whisk or a fork. Set aside.
• Rub ginger and garlic on the salmon.
• Arrange salmon in a steamer basket coated with spray.
• Run 2 inches of water into a saucepan and bring to a boil. Place steamer basket in saucepan, cover and steam 8 minutes.
• Add snow peas to fish, cover again, and steam about 4-5 more minutes until peas are tender crisp.
• Lay out a bed of snow peas on each of 2 dinner plates, top with fish and drizzle sauce over the top.

STEAMED SALMON WITH MUSHROOMS AND LEEKS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil at medium heat. Add mushrooms, leeks and pepper and cook about 8 minutes or until veggies have soften. Put the salmon pieces on the veggies in the skillet.
• Meanwhile, in a small bowl, mix ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil and garlic. Spread the mixture on the salmon. Cover and cook for about 10 minutes or until the flesh is easy to flake with a fork. Sprinkle with green onion. Serve with quarters of lemon.

STEAMED SALMON CANTONESE STYLE

Steps:

• To steam in a wok, cross two chopsticks in an X, then cut a groove in the lower chopstick so that the top one fits snugly.
• Set the chopsticks in the wok and add water to 1 inch below the level of the chopsticks.
• Place lid on wok and turn heat to high.
• Place the salmon, skin side down, on a glass pie plate or rimmed glass plate slightly smaller than the diameter of the wok.
• Cover with ginger slices.
• Pour rice wine and fish sauce over fish.
• When the water is boiling, remove the lid from the wok and position the plate containing the salmon and seasonings on top of the chopsticks.
• Replace the lid and cook 7 to 8 minutes, or until the salmon just turns opaque and begins to flake.
• Two to three minutes before the salmon is done steaming, heat the peanut oil in a small skillet over high heat.
• When the oil is very hot, add the garlic and cook until browned.
• Discard the garlic, but do not turn off the heat until you use the oil; it must be very hot to sear the fish properly.
• When the salmon is cooked, transfer to a warm plate.
• Place green onion strips on top of the fish and immediately pour hot oil over the fish and onions.
• Garnish with cilantro sprigs and serve immediately.
• Serves 2 as an entree, 4 as an appetizer.

GINGER STEAMED SALMON

Steps:

• Bring a pan of water to the boil. Finely slice the ginger and lay in the base of a steamer (preferably a bamboo one).
• Squeeze the lemon or lime juice over the salmon, season with salt and sit the fillets on top of the ginger.
• Place the steamer over the water, cover with the lid and cook for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked. Serve immediately with stir-fried vegetables and noodles or rice.

OVEN-STEAMED SALMON WITH LENTILS AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a heavy saucepan or soup pot over medium heat and add the onion. Cook, stirring, until tender, about 5 minutes, and add 1/2 teaspoon salt and the garlic. Stir together for a minute, until fragrant, and add the lentils, sun-dried tomatoes, bay leaf, and enough water to cover by an inch. Bring to a simmer, cover and simmer 25 minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste and simmer another 5 to 10 minutes, until the lentils are tender and aromatic. Taste and adjust seasoning. Remove the bay leaf and the sun-dried tomatoes. Keep warm while you cook the salmon.
• While the lentils are cooking, preheat the oven to 300ºF. Cover a baking sheet with foil and lightly oil the foil. Place the salmon on top. Season with salt and pepper. Fill a roasting pan with boiling water and place it on the oven floor.
• Place the salmon in the oven and bake until the fish flakes and white bubbles of protein appear on the surface, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the size of the fillets. Remove from the heat.
• Using a slotted spoon, spoon the lentils onto 4 dinner plates and place a serving of salmon on top. Sprinkle with herbs, and serve.

STEAMED ASIAN SALMON

Steps:

• Marinade: In a bowl or sealable bag, combine all the ingredients. 
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• Salmon: Add the salmon to the marinade and coat well. Refrigerate for about 2 hours.
• Drain the steaks and pour the marinade into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and simmer for about 5 minutes or until the sauce is syrupy. Set aside.
• Place the steaks, side by side, in a steamer (bamboo or a pan with holes on the bottom), placed on top of a pan of boiling water. Season with salt and pepper. Top the steaks with the green onions. Steam for about 8 minutes or until the desired doneness.
• Spoon the sauce over the salmon and serve with jasmine rice and green vegetables.