Nutty Crusted Salmon w/Coconut Rum Sauce

By Kim Biegacki
@pistachyoo

Nutty Crusted Salmon w/Coconut Rum Sauce over a bed of Peachy Coconut Rice topped with fresh Pico de Gallo.

This is the first local mystery Farm Fresh Contest that I have entered. We had 5 ingredients that we had to use in our dish.
1. peaches
2. tomatoes
3. green peppers
4. avocados
5. almond butter

This is what I came up with.

Rating:

★★★★★ 3 votes

Comments:

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Serves:

Method:

Bake

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Notes from the Test Kitchen:
This salmon is better than I've ever had at a restaurant. Sweet, savory and crunchy my taste buds couldn't get enough of this! There are so many layers of flavor in this dish. I can't wait to serve this to my seafood loving friends... I'm sure they will love this as much as I did.

Ingredients

2 medium: salmon, skinless filet
3 - 4 Tbsp: almond butter
1/4 c: pretzels, butter snap
1/4 c: pecans
2 Tbsp: mayonnaise
2 c: cooked brown rice
1/2 c: peaches, chopped
1/4 c: coconut, shredded
2 Tbsp: brown sugar
1 tsp: vanilla
2 Tbsp: butter
: salt
1/4 c: green peppers, diced
1/4 c: tomatoes, diced
2 Tbsp: onion, diced
1/4 c: corn, roasted and cut
1/4 c: avocado, diced
1 - 2 Tbsp: lime juice
: salt
1 Tbsp: parsley, chopped
1/4 tsp: garlic powder
1 pinch: cayenne
1/4 c: spicy rum
1/3 c: coconut milk
2 Tbsp: honey
3 Tbsp: brown sugar
2 Tbsp: butter

How to Make Nutty Crusted Salmon w/Coconut Rum Sauce

Step-by-Step

1Crush your pecans, pretzels and then add your almond butter to make crust and set aside.
2Rinse of your fish fillets and pat dry. Add butter to pan heat skin side down at fillets and grill 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from pan, cover top of filet with mayonnaise and then add your mixture of almond butter, pretzels, and pecans to the top. Pat it on gently. Cook in oven for 15 - 20 minutes. Add a little butter to pan at the bottom.
3Dice up all your ingredients for the pico while cooking your fish and set aside.
4Add all ingredients for your rum sauce in a pan and cook down till thick. You may need to add a little more brown sugar if not thick enough.
5Heat your cooked rice and add the other ingredients to the rice. Plate your rice, add fish on top, drizzle your rum sauce and then add pico on top. Ready to eat.