Salmon with fennel in jar cooking, a main dish based on salmon cooked in a jar in the microwave, easy and quick. The same technique used for making salmon curry in jar cooking or salmon with vegetables. A way to enjoy salmon in a light way and that can be prepared in advance, thanks to the vacuum that forms in the jar. The 3 basic ingredients of this main dish in jar cooking: salmon fillets, fennel, and orange juice and zest will give you a light and very tasty main dish.
Now, ready, jars and off to make the best salmon with fennel in jar cooking recipe!
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Rest time: 20 Minutes
- Preparation time: 15 Minutes
- Portions: 2
- Cooking methods: Jar Cooking, Microwave
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Fall, Winter, and Spring
- Energy 384.76 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 19.16 (g) of which sugars 8.18 (g)
- Proteins 22.10 (g)
- Fat 24.21 (g) of which saturated 4.55 (g)of which unsaturated 8.06 (g)
- Fibers 4.98 (g)
- Sodium 1,237.83 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 250 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients for making salmon with fennel in jar cooking
- 8.82 oz salmon fillets (frozen and about 4.41 oz each)
- 1 fennel (about 8.82 oz)
- 1 orange (small and untreated)
- 4 sprigs chives
- 1 fresh spring onion
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 2 pinches salt
- 2 pinches pepper
What you need for jar cooking
You can buy microwave jar cooking jars, already equipped with 4 clips, on the Decorazioni dolci website, with discount code WECK10
- 1 Microwave
- 1 Jar 1-liter with thin seal
- 1 Mandoline
Procedure
Clean the fennel and slice it thinly, using the mandoline. Wash the orange, dry it and grate the zest. Cut it in half and squeeze the juice. Peel and slice the spring onion. Place the vegetables in the jar, add the salmon fillets and season with orange zest and juice, chives, salt, pepper, and oil.
Clean the edge of the jar, close and clamp it. Shake the closed jar to mix the seasoning. Place the jar of salmon with fennel in the microwave and start cooking for 10 minutes at your tested power, I use 600 watts.
At the end of the cooking process, let the closed jar rest for at least 20 minutes. In this way, the salmon and fennel recipe in jar cooking will continue to cook at a low temperature and a vacuum will form in the jar allowing you to store it for 15 days.
Additional tips for making salmon in jar cooking
If you don’t have oranges, no problem, you just need to leave them out.
Salmon Trout in Jar Cooking
Starting from the same recipe, you can replace the salmon with frozen salmon trout fillets.
Questions about the jar cooking recipe
Can I use fresh salmon fillets?
To prevent the salmon fillets from becoming dry and stringy, I recommend using them while still frozen. If you can’t freeze them, cook for 8 minutes instead of 10, and make sure to store for 1 week instead of 15 days.
