8.18.2009

Beer-poached Salmon

I don't know if there is a real recipe like this, but it's quick and easy and it comes out very well. It's a variation on my usual fish and rice recipe.

Oven preheat to 400F

1lb Atlantic Salmon fillet (presumably it'll work with any "red" fish)
1 cup white rice
1/2 cup barley
a few pats of butter
1 cup beer
1/3rd pkge frozen corn
2 cups water

Pour the rice, corn, and barley into a 9x13 pyrex dish. Distribute pats of butter on top, and lay the salmon fillet (thawed) on top. Pour the water and beer over the top.

Cover with tin foil and bake for 1hr.

The rice will cook while the fish cooks, and it'll absorb flavors from fish and beer. The fish absorbs the flavor from the beer and ends up fall-apart tender.

For the alcohol-sensitive, like me... there is probably not enough alcohol content left to bother with after being heated to 400F for an hour like that. At any rate, I had no response to it, and even the alcohol content of shrimp scampi will make me sleepy.

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