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skinnymixer’s Salmon & Lemon Butter Sauce

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skinnymixer's Salmon

While holidaying in America, I conquered my fear of ordering seafood and tried a salmon and barley dish – it was deeeelicious! 

Salmon and barley are both very creamy ingredients, and the texture combination works well. Being that it is Good Friday this week, I thought it was perfect timing to try my hand at a new seafood recipe. I hope you all love it.

Love Nik xx

skinnymixer's Salmon & Lemon Butter Sauce

5 from 3 votes
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Course: Seafood
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 55 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6
Calories: 574kcal

Ingredients

Barley Ingredients

  • 300 g pearl barley
  • 900 g water
  • pinch of salt and pepper

Lemon Butter Ingredients

  • 300 g liquid chicken or vegetable stock
  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 2 tsp lemon juice
  • a few sprigs of fresh dill - roughly chopped

Salmon Ingredients

  • baking paper
  • 4-6 skinless salmon fillets
  • pinch of salt and pepper
  • vegetables if desired

Instructions

  • Insert simmering basket into mixer bowl, weigh in barley and then rinse it thoroughly under the tap.
  • Reinsert simmering basket, add 900 g or 31.7 oz water and cook for 35 min/100°C or 212°F/speed 4/MC on or until cooked. Set aside in a thermal server to keep warm.
  • Tip out the barley water and add stock, butter and lemon juice. Cook for 10 min/steaming temperature/speed 3/MC off. In the mean time, prepare the steaming trays by lining with wet/scrunched up baking paper.
  • Put salmon filets on the steaming trays, sprinkle with salt and pepper. Arrange vegetables if using. Cook for 7-10 min/steaming temperature/speed 3 or until cooked, depending on the thickness of your salmon.
  • Serve salmon and vegetables over barley, drizzle with butter sauce and sprinkle with chopped dill.

Notes

Bellini Users
Use your blunt blade for this recipe.
At step 2 use speed 3 if using an Intelli and speed 4 if using a Supercook.
At step 3 and step 4 use ST temp if using an Intelli and 120-130°C or 250-270°F if using a Supercook.
Extend cooking time if required.
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Nutrition

Serving: 300g | Calories: 574kcal | Carbohydrates: 21.2g | Protein: 45.7g | Fat: 33.1g | Saturated Fat: 14.1g | Sodium: 211mg | Sugar: 0.1g

 

  1. Absolutely devine! For something with only a few ingredients, this is just so delicious. Even my little one kept going back for more (off my plate!). Will be making this again for sure.

  2. OMG! This is so good. I got salmon with the skin on. Took it off the fillet and baked from step 3.

  3. Hi Nik, if I use the concentrated veggie stock (Thermomix recipe) do you know what quantity to use to make up the 300ml liquid stock for the sauce recipe. I’m thinking 1 tbsp.

  4. Fantastic and tasty recipe! The whole family loved it and miss 13 asked to have the leftovers! No way! They’re mine! 😃

  5. cooked this amazing dish the other night. salmon was perfect and the lemon butter sauce was delicious. Loved this dish. definitely cooking this again 😆

  6. This is sooooo good, halved the pearl barley as it was just the two of us and here was plenty.
    The fish was amazing.

  7. When do you cook the salmon and veggies?
    I assumed you cooked them at the end, after the butter sauce?
    I put the butter sauce in a jug once cooked then steamed the salmon and veggies with water in the bowl….is this correct? Or… Do you steam salmon while cooking the butter sauce?? Confused!
    Thanks

    1. I’m just cooking the salmon now and I’ve left the sauce in the jug. Not sure if that’s right, that’s just the way I read the recipe

  8. This was beyond good. Even my salmon hating husband begrudgingly admitted it “was ok” which meant it was actually very good!
    I upped the lemon juice to half a lemon & used salted butter (all I had) but kept everything else the same, incl using barley!
    I could drink that salty lemony buttery sauce. Just YUM!

  9. We had this for dinner last night and it was absoloutely amazing. I usually do an asian inspired salmon dish at home but thought i’d mix it up a bit and try this dish for a change. I can honestly say that it was the best salmon we have eaten for a long time, so much so that my 6 year old who usually only picks at the salmon gobbled it up and we were all left wanting more! I didn’t have barley so used brown rice instead. I’ll definitely be making this again. Thanks for the recipe Nik.

  10. This recipe is so delicious, simple and quick, which is what I needed tonight! I didn’t have any barley so replaced it with brown basmati rice, and I also left out the dill. The sauce is absolutely amazing!! Will definitely be making this again and again. Thanks Nik 🙂

  11. Hubby and I had this as a bit of a date night meal! Wow. I was a bit sceptical of the barley and hubby is not a fish person but we both loved it. Hubby has put it one his must have again list.

  12. I am so glad you have discovered a love for fish Nik- this was simply devine! Keep those fish recipes coming!
    I omitted the dill and put lemon zest on my salmon fillets before cooking. The flavors were just gorgeous and I love that it’s so versatile – you could serve on a bed of mash, sweet potato mash, brown rice or just a big pile of veges if you choose. This is a fabulous recipe that I will be making regularly.

  13. Absolutely love this recipe! I have only made it with rice not barley but it goes just as beautifully, I imagine brown rice would give it a nice nutty element.

  14. HI Nik, I’m trying this recipe out tonight. I will be using other fish as well as Salmon as hubby doesn’t like. My question is, can I use your chicken stock in place of vegetable stock? Also what white fish meat would you recommend using? Thanks in advance 🙂

  15. Deeeeeee-lish!!! Hubby and I have made this twice already and we love it. It’s so easy and yet full of flavour and texture.

  16. Such a lovely dish with beautiful, subtle flavours which go so well together. Perfect for a quick meal. Loved by the whole family!

  17. Wow! Beautiful meal. I cooked this tonight on Good Friday. This was enjoyed by all. I forgot to add the dill due to being busy this afternoon and forgetting to buy it. It was still lovely. I feel i will make this fortnightly it was that good. Way to go Nik.

    1. I made this tonight as well. Just beautiful. I did buy some dill but silly me forgot to use it Will also make regularly. Thanks Nik.

    1. Nothing. Most butter substitutes eg margarine and oil are all high fat too. Maybe try using stock and thickening it. Won’t taste the same though.

  18. This was a lovely dish. I’m not a big fish eater let alone salmon as I normally find it too fishy, but I found it very pleasant and would definitely make it again. Big thumbs up 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  19. My husband and I loved this recipe. I very rarely eat salmon as it’s usually too fishy for me but I found it very pleasant. Will definitely make it again. Perfect dish for Easter 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  20. This sauce is so simple and completely delicious. I will be using it for chicken too and we had brown rice instead of barley which was a success. My son asked for soy sauce until i asked him to taste it – then he asked me whether we had more forge the soy! Thank you!

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