Easy Salmon Delight
Submitted by alison heaton
Lightning-fast microwave salmon with assorted vegetables. Four minutes from raw to perfectly cooked fish dinner on a single plate.
YIELD
8 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
4 minREADY
15 minThis is the microwave recipe that’ll change your weeknight dinner game. You arrange salmon and vegetables on a dinner plate (slower-cooking veggies around the fish, quick-cooking ones on top), cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for exactly 4 minutes. That’s it.
The plastic wrap traps steam so everything cooks through perfectly without drying out. Season with salt and pepper after cooking, and you’ve got a complete, healthy meal with zero pots or pans to wash.
It’s almost too easy to believe until you try it.
Pro Tips
- Use vegetables with similar cooking times together (carrots and broccoli around the edges, spinach or peas on top)
- Cover tightly with microwave-safe plastic wrap, leaving one corner vented for steam
- Cook at 100% power for 4 minutes (adjust time if your microwave runs hot or cold)
- Let it rest 1 minute after cooking so fish finishes cooking with residual heat
- Season generously with salt and pepper since microwave cooking doesn’t concentrate flavors like other methods
Ingredients
Directions
Center fish on a dinner plate. Arrange slower-cooking vegetable around fish. Scatter remaining, quicker cooking vegetables over all. Cover all with plastic wrap.
Cook in a microwave oven at 100% for 4 minutes. Remove from oven. Uncover and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.
Serve hot.
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