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Servings:

Ingredients

• 1 lb wild salmon
• 1 1/4 cups orange juice
• 1 1/4 cups vegetable broth, low sodium
• 1 lime, zest and juice
• 1 TBS while peppercorns
• 2 sprigs fresh mint
• 1 sprig fresh dill
• dash large grain sea salt and fresh cracked black pepper
• 1 head boston bibb lettuce
• 1/2 cup cucumber, sliced
• 1/2 cup orange bell pepper, sliced
• 1/2 cup snow peas, sliced
• 1/4 cup slivered almonds

Apricot Dipping Sauce

• 1/2 cup pure apricot spread (no sugar added)
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• pinch fresh cracked red pepper

Poached Salmon Lettuce Wraps with Apricot Dipping Sauce

How to eat it?! Take your lettuce cup and add a piece of salmon and a little of any topping you might like, drizzle with the apricot dipping sauce and fold your lettuce around the toppings like a burrito and dig in!

Submitted by:
Kristin O'Connor Kristin O’Connor is the founder of Nourish This, LLC, a website dedicated to inspiring people to eat well and be well.

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Make It:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Start by heating a deep skillet over medium.

3. Add in poaching liquid, orange juice and vegetable broth along with the zest and juice of one lime, peppercorns, mint and dill. Cover and let simmer for at least 5 minutes.

4. In the meantime, season your wild salmon well with sea salt and fresh cracked pepper.

5. Place the fish skin side down in the poaching liquid, cover and let simmer for about 12 minutes (could be longer depending on the thickness of the fish).

6. Heat a small saucepan over medium heat and add all of the apricot dipping sauce ingredients. Let the ingredients melt together become combined (should take about 2-3 minutes). Pour into a bowl for dipping.

Once you take the salmon out of the poaching liquid, you can either put it on a plate and serve it family style or divide it into individual portions.

Clean It:

Choosing wild salmond instead of farmed reduces your exposure to contamination and pesticides such as PCB's.

Green It:

Eating raw food reduces the amount of energy needed to cook your food, so keeping at least part of the meal raw is not only good for your digestion, but great for the environment!

Make it Fun:

I think this recipe is inherently fun! It's always more entertaining when you have to interact with your food, I'm convinced that's why tacos are such a popular family dinner choice. Think of this as a slightly more sophisticated but just as simple version of an old classic!