Description
Beautiful baked salmon with honey, lime, and cilantro flavors over a bed of fluffy cilantro rice and topped with flavorful avocado topping.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1 1/2–2 cups water
- Salt
- 1/2 lime, juice only
- 2 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 3 Tbsp vegetable stock
- 1 lb salmon fillets, skin on
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- 1 Tbsp honey
- 2 Tbsp minced fresh cilantro
- Salt (to taste)
- 1 ripe avocado
- 1 tbsp lime juice
- 1 tbsp minced fresh cilantro
- 1/4–1/2 tsp chili powder
- Salt (to taste)
Instructions
- Cook Rice: Cook rice in salted water per package instructions and take off heat when done.
- Prepare Rice Sauce: Mix stock, lime juice, honey, and cilantro together in a pan and simmer over medium-high heat for about a minute to reduce.
- Finish Rice: Gently mix the reduced sauce into the cooked rice.
- Prepare Oven: Preheat oven to 425℉ and cover a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Season Salmon: Rub salmon skin with oil, place fillets skin down on the baking sheet, and salt all three sides.
- Glaze Salmon: Mix lime juice, honey, and cilantro together and spread it all over the top of the fillets.
- Bake: Bake salmon for 12-18 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fillets.
- Make Topping: Chop avocado and mix in a small bowl with lime juice, cilantro, chili powder, and salt.
- Assemble: Divide rice among two bowls, top each with a salmon fillet, and add the avocado mixture.
Notes
Store salmon, rice, and avocado topping in separate airtight containers in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. Reheat salmon and rice in short 30-second microwave bursts to avoid drying out the fish.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dinner, Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American, Asian, Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 897 kcal
- Sugar: 18 g
- Sodium: 135 mg
- Fat: 29 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 25 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 103 g
- Fiber: 8 g
- Protein: 54 g
- Cholesterol: 124 mg
Keywords: avocado salmon rice bowl, baked salmon, honey lime salmon, cilantro rice, healthy dinner