Allrecipes Member Recipe : Mexican Salmon

Salmon steaks are marinated in a tangy lime juice mixture, broiled, and served with lettuce, tomatoes, green onions and lime wedges. This recipe is great on the grill, too!

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 limes, juiced
• 2 marinated roasted red peppers, with liquid
• 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
• ⅓ teaspoon ground allspice
• ⅓ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
• ¼ teaspoon white sugar
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 ½ pounds salmon steaks
• 1 large tomato, cut into thin wedges
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 1 cup shredded lettuce
• 1 lime, sliced

Cooking Directions

1. In a medium nonreactive bowl, mix olive oil, juice of 2 limes, roasted red peppers, garlic, allspice, cinnamon, cumin, sugar, salt and pepper. Place salmon steaks in bowl, and rub with the mixture. Cover, and marinate in the refrigerator at least 1 hour.
2. Preheat the broiler. Arrange salmon steaks on a medium broiler pan, and broil 3 to 5 minutes on each side, until flesh is easily flaked with a fork.
3. Mix tomato wedges and green onions in a small bowl. Serve salmon with the tomato mixture and lettuce. Garnish with lime wedges.

Nutrition Facts

• calories393.8
• carbohydrateContent11.9 g
• cholesterolContent118.5 mg
• fatContent21.6 g
• fiberContent2.9 g
• proteinContent38.2 g
• saturatedFatContent3.4 g
• sodiumContent297.8 mg
• sugarContent4.4 g