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You can't beat this quick weeknight dinner of Glazed Salmon with Couscous. It's table-ready in 25 minutes. Glazing the salmon before cooking keeps it moist; a second-coat later lets the sweet-tangy sauce shine.

Recipe by Cooking Light May 2014

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Credit: Stephen Devries; Styling: Lindsey Lower

Recipe Summary

Yield:
Serves 4 (serving size: 1 fillet and about 1/2 cup couscous)
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Ingredients

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Directions

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  • Preheat broiler.

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  • Bring 1 1/4 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepan. Stir in 1/8 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper, and couscous; cover. Remove from heat; let stand 5 minutes. Stir in dill, rind, and juice.

  • Heat a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add olive oil and butter; swirl until butter melts. Add shallots; cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add wine to pan; bring to a boil. Cook 2 minutes; stir in mustard and brown sugar. Remove pan from heat.

  • Arrange fillets, skin sides down, on a jelly-roll pan lined with foil coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle fillets with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Spread half of mustard mixture evenly over fillets. Broil 6 minutes or until desired degree of doneness. Spread remaining half of mustard mixture over fillets. Serve fish with couscous.

Chef's Notes

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Nutrition Facts

467 calories; fat 13.2g; saturated fat 3g; mono fat 5.1g; poly fat 3.7g; protein 42g; carbohydrates 40g; fiber 2g; cholesterol 93mg; iron 1mg; sodium 455mg; calcium 36mg.
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