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closeup of a bowl of quinoa salad and roasted veggies with salmon on top

Spring Salmon Dinner feat. Parsnips 


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  • Author: Jackie Shao - Easy Gourmet by Jackie
  • Total Time: 30 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Description

Every year, I have to have this spring quinoa salad with roast salmon at least once. There’s crunchy snap peas, persian cucumbers, and mint in the salad, and I pair it with the easiest but seriously most delicious roast salmon ever. 


Ingredients

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  • 1 cup dry quinoa
  • 8 ounces snap peas, cut into small pieces
  • 3 Persian cucumbers, diced
  • 1/2 bunch mint (about 1/4 cup chopped)
  • 1 jalapeno, diced (optional)
  • Juice of 1/2 lemon
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper

For the roast vegetables:

  • 2 parsnips, roll cut into 1/2” by 2” long bias pieces
  • 1 carrot, peeled and roll cut similar to the parsnips
  • 4 radish bulbs, quartered
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil

For the salmon:

  • 24 ounces salmon
  • 1 stalk of scallions, sliced thinly on a bias
  • 1/2 bunch mint, chopped
  • 2 tablespooons fresh dill, optional
  • 2 tablespoons mayo
  • Kosher salt
  • Black pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • Zest of 1 lemon

Instructions

For the quinoa salad:

For the roasted spring vegetables:

For the salmon:

Notes

  1. You can keep this filet whole and just use a fork or spoon to flake off a portion when you serve it.
  2. The cooking time on your salmon may vary based on the thickness and quantity. If you’re using a thin piece of salmon (~1” thick), check it after 10 minutes. If you’re using a filet of salmon that is 1.5 – 2” thick and 24 ounces in weight like the recipe calls for, it will likely need 15-20 minutes. I always check for doneness of salmon by using a meat thermometer and checking the internal temperature at the thickest part for 135F.
  3. You can make this vegetarian by using portobello mushrooms instead of salmon. I did this for the supper club and IT WAS DELISH! Yes – still just coat the mushrooms in mayo, and it’ll develop delicious crust.
  4. If cooking quinoa the “rice method” like how I describe below freaks you out, you can boil it like pasta. Bring a large pot of water up to a boil, salt, and then add your quinoa. Cook for 12-14 minutes, taste, then drain and rinse until cool. I actually used this method for cooking a large batch of it for the supper club since I didn’t want to risk having mushy quinoa (and this tends to happen with large batches of grains).
  • Prep Time: 25 minutes
  • Cook Time: 15 minutes
  • Category: American
  • Method: Oven
  • Cuisine: American