Whole Salmon with Ginger Scallion Sauce
Recipe By: @mealynnwong
🐟 The hosting move: Bring the salmon to the table whole instead of plating it in the kitchen. It’s easier on the cook and considerably better theater.
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Ingredients
For The Salmon
One full size salmon filet.
For The Ginger Scallion Sauce
4–5 scallions, thinly sliced
2–3 tbsp fresh ginger, chopped
4 garlic cloves, chopped
A few Thai red chiles, thinly sliced, optional
4 tbsp avocado oil
3 tbsp soy sauce
1½ tbsp rice vinegar
½ tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp garlic chili crisp, optional
1–2 tbsp honey
1 handful fresh cilantro, roughly chopped
Step By Step
1️⃣ Build The Sauce Base
Add the sliced scallions, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sesame oil, optional chili crisp, honey, optional Thai chiles, and cilantro to a bowl.
2️⃣ Bloom The Ginger + Garlic
Heat the avocado oil in a small pan. Add the ginger and garlic and cook until fragrant, about 4–5 minutes.
3️⃣ Pour It Hot
Immediately pour the hot oil, ginger, and garlic over the scallion mixture. Stir everything together.
4️⃣ Finish The Salmon
Bake at 400 until salmon reaches 125 degrees in the middle. As you remove the salmon from the oven it will continue cooking and reaching 145 degrees is fully cooked through.
5️⃣ Bring It To The Table
Spoon the ginger-scallion sauce generously over the whole salmon fillet and serve family-style.
6️⃣
For a weeknight dinner with friends, that’s really the point: one centerpiece, one sauce worth passing around, and no one—including the host—stuck in the kitchen.
