Poached salmon with cucumber dill sauce
2
Points®
Total Time
27 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
12 min
Serves
4
Difficulty
Moderate
Poaching is one of our favorite, healthy ways to cook proteins and fish for easy, delicious weeknight meals. And poaching the salmon in vegetable broth, white wine, lemon slices, and dill really brings out a lot of flavor. The dill sauce is made by pickling some cucumbers and red onion in red wine vinegar and sugar, then yogurt, dill, garlic, and horseradish are added for a creamy, irresistible tang. Just be sure to use a foot-long English cucumber or pickling cucumber in this recipe—they have fewer seeds and are less watery. You'll love how beautifully the sauce complements the poached fish.
Ingredients
Cucumber
1 medium, seedless
Onion
1 small, red, peeled and thinly sliced
Red wine vinegar
¼ cup(s)
Sugar
1 tsp
Table salt
½ tsp
Black pepper
½ tsp
Dill
1½ Tbsp, fresh, minced or 1 tsp dried
Garlic
1 clove(s), minced
Horseradish
1½ tsp
Plain fat free yogurt
8 oz
Vegetable broth
3 cup(s)
Table wine
¾ cup(s), white, dry
Lemon
½ item(s), large, cut into 3 slices
Dill
2 Tbsp, or 4 sprigs
Uncooked wild Atlantic salmon fillet
1¼ pound(s), four 5 oz fillets
Capers
1 Tbsp, optional