Protein Swap | Paleo: Spicy Cajun-Spiced Salmon
with Oven-Roasted Sweet Pepper & Broccoli
Cooking time
20 minutes
Servings
2/4
Calories
390 /serving
If your new year’s resolutions include maximizing flavour while minimizing grains and dairy, you’ve come to the right recipe. These salmon fillets taste simply sensational thanks to the potent power of sambal oelek and a squirt of lemon juice set against a backdrop of smoked paprika, mustard and dried herbs. Cook your fish with sliced leeks for a real lip-smacking finish, and plate it with sweet pepper and broccoli, garlicky-hot from the oven.
We will send you:
- 2 Sustainably-raised Atlantic salmon fillets (BAP-certified)
- 15ml Minced garlic
- 200g Broccoli florets
- 75g Sliced leeks
- 1 Lemon
- 1 Sweet pepper
- 15ml Sambal oelek
- 8g Smoky Cajun spices (smoked paprika, mustard, onion, garlic, oregano, thyme, kosher salt)
Contains: Mustard, Salmon, Sulphites
You will need:
Large pan (non-stick if possible)
Sheet pan
Oil
Salt & pepper (S&P)
Parchment paper
Total Fat
21 g
Saturated Fat
4 g
Sodium
380 mg
Total Carb
21 g
Sugars
7 g
Protein
31 g
Fibre
6 g
Preparation
Mise en place
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Core and large-dice the sweet pepper. Halve the lemon; juice ½ and quarter the remaining ½.
Roast the vegetables
On a lined sheet pan, toss the broccoli (halve if large) and sweet pepper with a drizzle of oil, ½ the spices and S&P. Roast, stirring halfway, 14 to 18 min., until tender. In the final 2 min., add ½ the garlic.
Sauté the leeks
Meanwhile, in a large pan (non-stick if possible), heat a drizzle of oil on medium-high. Add the remaining garlic and sauté, 30 sec. to 1 min., until fragrant. Add the leeks and sauté, 3 to 4 min., until tender; season with S&P.
Cook & coat the salmon
Pat the salmon dry with paper towel; season with the remaining spices and S&P. To the pan of leeks, add the salmon. Cook, 2 to 3 min. on one side, until partially cooked. Flip and add the sambal oelek and lemon juice (start with ½). Cook, spooning the sauce over, 2 to 3 min., until the salmon* is browned and cooked as desired.
Plate your dish
Divide the vegetables and salmon between your plates. Garnish with the lemon wedges. Bon appétit!
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*Health Canada recommends cooking fish to a minimum internal temperature of 70°C.
