Easy Pesto Salmon

Name: Easy Pesto Salmon
Yield: 2 servings (serving size: 1 salmon fillet and 1/3 cup rice)
Ingredients: 2 cups fresh spinach leaves; ½ cup basil leaves; ¼ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth; 1 tablespoon olive oil; ¼ teaspoon salt; 3 garlic cloves, peeled; Cooking spray; 2 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, skinned; ⅔ cup hot cooked brown rice

4 Ratings
4 Reviews

This easy pesto salmon is the perfect choice for a fresh and light summertime meal.

Recipe by Cooking Light April 2001

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Credit: Randy Mayor; Mary Catherine Muir

Recipe Summary

Yield:

2 servings (serving size: 1 salmon fillet and 1/3 cup rice)

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

2 cups fresh spinach leaves
½ cup basil leaves
¼ cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
1 tablespoon olive oil
¼ teaspoon salt
3 garlic cloves, peeled
Cooking spray
2 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, skinned
⅔ cup hot cooked brown rice

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 400°.

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Step 2
Place the first 6 ingredients in a food processor or blender, and process until smooth. Spoon 3 tablespoons pesto into bottom of an 8-inch square baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with the salmon fillets, and spread with the remaining pesto.
Step 3
Bake at 400° for 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork. Serve with rice.

Chef's Notes

As one CL reader said --"We grow basil on our porch and are always looking for tasty new ways to use it. I created this dish on a whim to try and get my husband to eat salmon. I succeeded: He loved it, and now he even requests it on occasion. The salmon tastes wonderful served with grilled or steamed vegetables."

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

443 calories; calories from fat 45%; fat 22.1g; saturated fat 3.5g; mono fat 12g; poly fat 4.4g; protein 38.7g; carbohydrates 20.6g; fiber 3.1g; cholesterol 111mg; iron 3.2mg; sodium 483mg; calcium 96mg.

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daneanp

11/19/2015

Maybe I shouldn't review it because I used up some homemade pesto I had made over this past summer and we served it with couscous instead of rice but the salmon/pesto combination is really good and I'd definitely make this again.

blondi6354

01/20/2013

Very flavorful and easy to make. My roommate asked me to "add it into the regular rotation". Served with tomato dill couscous instead of brown rice.

NanetteJG

07/20/2011

Easy, as the recipe states. The whole family loved it.

Blaire01

06/01/2010

Good, solid meal. Quick to prepare and light while still being filling. Followed the recipe exactly.

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