Description
Luxurious salmon salad combines fresh Pacific salmon with crisp Mediterranean vegetables and zesty herb dressing. Mediterranean ingredients create perfect balance while highlighting delicate fish flavors you can savor in each refreshing bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 15 oz (425 g) salmon (canned or freshly cooked)
- ½ tbsp (7.5 mL) fresh dill (or 1 tsp dry dill)
- ½ cup (120 mL) mayonnaise (light mayonnaise can be used)
- 1 tbsp (15 mL) lemon juice
- ½ tsp (2.5 g) salt
- Black pepper to taste
- ½ small red onion, diced small
- 1 stalk celery, diced
Instructions
- Preparation: Flake the cooled salmon into delicate, bite-sized fragments, maintaining a light, textured consistency.
- Vegetable Preparation: Mince red onion and celery into precise, miniature cubes to distribute aromatic elements throughout the mixture.
- Dressing Creation: Craft a zesty emulsion by blending mayonnaise with freshly extracted lemon juice, fragrant dill, and a subtle salt accent.
- Seasoning Refinement: Enhance the dressing with cracked black pepper, calibrating the flavor profile to achieve a harmonious balance.
- Composition: Integrate diced vegetables with flaked salmon in a spacious mixing vessel, establishing a robust foundational layer for the salad.
- Final Assembly: Cascade the prepared dressing over the salmon mixture, gently incorporating ingredients to ensure uniform coating without compromising the fish’s delicate structure.
- Flavor Development: Refrigerate the assembled salad for 15-20 minutes, allowing ingredients to meld and intensify their collective flavor profile.
- Serving and Storage: Deliver the chilled salad with a light toss, and preserve any remaining portions in a sealed container for up to four days.
Notes
- Flake Carefully: Break salmon into delicate, small pieces to maintain a tender texture and prevent large, tough chunks.
- Dice with Precision: Uniformly chop red onion and celery to ensure consistent flavor distribution and balanced bite in every spoonful.
- Zest Up the Dressing: Whisk mayonnaise with fresh lemon juice and dill to create a bright, tangy complement that enhances the salmon’s richness.
- Chill for Flavor: Let the salad rest in the refrigerator for 15-20 minutes to allow ingredients to meld and develop a more complex, harmonious taste.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Lunch, Dinner, Appetizer
- Method: Blending
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 5
- Calories: 280
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 20 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg