This honey mustard salmon is cooked for crispy skin! It cooks up fast too! I wrote the recipe so you made the creamy collard greens first and then make the honey mustard salmon. The greens are a pressure cooker recipe but I’ve also included stovetop instructions. If you don’t have collard greens, kale will work too!
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Cooking These Days
There’s definitely a little more ingenuity and flexibility coming out of the kitchen, but I also feel fortunate that we’ve had plenty of food. Our stores are still open and our CSA delivery still comes every week with fresh produce and eggs. I had these salmon filets from Sitka Salmon Shares in my freezer and pulled them out to thaw.
Thawing Salmon
When you thaw your salmon, unwrap it from the plastic vacuum sealed pouch. Place on a plate with a bit of a rim on it. Place the plate on a level surface in the fridge and let the fish thaw overnight. If you’re not going to eat it right away, don’t despair. Drain the liquid from the plate and sprinkle a little salt on it and it will last another day in the fridge. Bonus this cures it a little and creates a wonderful crust on the meat of the fish. I often do that and did it when I made this recipe, it doesn’t impact the final result much, but I think it sears better! These lightly cured salmon pieces were perfect for this honey mustard salmon!
The Creamy Collards….
Aren’t the prettiest thing to look at, but they’re delicious and good for you. Also easy on the digestive tract! Made with garlic, cauliflower, and bone broth and pressure cooked or slow-simmered then blended up- this puree is the perfect base for this beautiful honey mustard salmon filets with crispy skin!
Nutrient Density!
This meal delivers a hefty dose of vitamin c from the greens and cauliflower (88% of your RDI in one serving). The salmon delivers 198% of your RDI in on serving which is great since we’re all getting outside a little less and vitamin D is important for immune function. Read more on nutrients that support the immune system here.
This meal is also a fantastic source of vitamin A, selenium, B12, protein and omega 3 fatty acids!
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Honey Mustard Salmon and Creamy Collard Greens
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 20
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 4 servings 1x
- Category: Entree
- Method: Varied
- Cuisine: Seafood
Description
Simple and delicious crispy salmon with creamy greens!
Ingredients
For the Collards
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large onion, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 bunch collard greens, chopped
- ½ head of cauliflower, cut into florets
- 2 teaspoons fine salt
- 1 teaspoon garlic power
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon black pepper (omit for AIP)
- 1 cups bone broth
For the Salmon
- 2 pounds deboned salmon filet
- 2 teaspoons fine salt
- 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard (sub Horseradish for AIP)
- 2 teaspoons avocado oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley (optional)
- 3–4 tablespoons cooking oil (coconut oil, lard, ghee etc)
Instructions
- Heat your pressure cooker on sauté more (or heat 6 qt pot on the stove). When it comes to temperature drizzle in the oil. Add the onion and garlic and sauté for 2-3 minutes then add in the collards and stir well.
- Add in the cauliflower, seasonings and broth. Close the lid and pressure cook on low for 15 minutes. For stove top, use 2 cups broth and simmer on low for 30 minutes with the lid on. Release the pressure from your pressure cooker manually- or when the collards are super tender in the pot, open the lid and insert and immersion blender. Blend until creamy and smooth! Keep hot in the pot while you make the salmon.
- Cut your salmon into 4-ounce pieces. Pat dry, meat and the skin then salt liberally.
- In a small bowl mix together the mustard, honey, parsley and avocado oil. Spoon that over the salmon pieces.
- Turn your oven on turn broil on high, make sure one of the racks is set at the top.
- Heat a large, oven safe skillet over medium heat. Put the cooking oil in the skillet, when it begins to sizzle, put the salmon pieces skin side down in the oil, cook for 4 minutes here.
- Then transfer the skillet to the oven and cook under the broiler for 2-3 minutes.
- Serve the crispy salmon pieces over a hearty bowl of creamy collards!
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/4 recipe
- Calories: 567
- Fat: 34.4g
- Carbohydrates: 12g
- Fiber: 3.6g
- Protein: 55.26g
Tonia says
This is fabulous! I must admit I was skeptical about your greens, especially when you said use the immersion blender! But I followed the recipe and am so glad I did! I love greens and this will be my new preparation method. And the combination with the fish was perfect. I could not wait to eat the leftovers the next day and will be making again very soon. Thank you for sharing!
Stephanie says
I’m really happy with how easy this recipe was. Super flavorful!
luna says
Honey, avocado oil, and mustard are literally the perfect trifecta to add to salmon. This dish is so bomb!
Katfish says
U kno, I’ve never grown up eating or cooking fish, so this was a first for me. My fish wasn’t that well defrosted and I didn’t use a immersion blender or pressure cooker, just the stove top and a food processor. Wasn’t too bad. Fish just kind of tasted like fish. But I think I still cooked the fish well thanks to the instructions. Collards and cauliflower though is a treat on it’s on fr. Pretty satisfying recipe
Annette says
This is my new go-to way to prepare salmon. My husband loves it and he can be a little picky sometimes. My immersion blender wasn’t working so I threw the collard mixture into my Vitamix and accidentally puréed it smooth. Wasn’t too pretty but it tasted good!
Cristina says
yeahh thank you!
Lisa says
For AIP, what can I substitute for the mustard?
Cristina says
prepared horseradish or coconut butter mixed with ginger powder
Bianca says
Looks so delicious! I have an old school oven where the broiler is a little drawer on the bottom you pull out. Any suggestions on how to make recipes like this work that way? Maybe transferring to a small baking dish to broil?
Cristina says
the salmon is cooked in a skillet, so just use a skillet that will fit, or yes, transfer it
Patricia says
sounds good, but don’t see instructions for the oven methods .
Cristina says
read the instructions in the recipe