Spicy Jamaican Jerk Salmon with Sweet Pineapple Mango Salsa

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Spicy Jamaican Jerk Salmon with Sweet Pineapple Mango Salsa
Preparation time: 15 mins Cooking time: 15 mins Easy - for beginners Serves: 2

Description

Embark on a culinary journey to the Caribbean Isles with this delicious and easy recipe for Spicy Jamaican Jerk Salmon. Tender Atlantic salmon fillets are perfectly seasoned with Jamaican jerk spice and complemented by a vibrant, sweet, and hot pineapple mango salsa, making for a truly unforgettable meal.

Ingredients

  • 2 thawed Kirkland Signature Boneless/ Skinless Atlantic Salmon Fillets (Costco)
  • 1/2 sweet onion, diced
  • 1/2 c. sweet fresh mango, diced
  • 1/2 c. sweet fresh pineapple, diced
  • 1 can Trader Joe’s Organic Black Beans, drained
  • fresh cilantro, snipped
  • 1/3 c. cream cheese
  • salted butter
  • McCormick Caribbean Jerk Seasoning
  • sea salt
  • 2 large juicy limes
  • hot, buttered rice

Method

Prepare salsa in large bowl -

Combine pineapple, mango, sweet onion, black beans. Sprinkle sea salt to taste. Squeeze 1/2 lime over salsa. Toss again. Set aside.

Prepare hot rice w/ butter. Cover.

Melt salted butter in large saute pan, squeeze other half of lime in butter.

Rinse thawed salmon fillets under water, add to hot pan. Saute on med. high. After 2 mins, squeeze half lime over each fillet. Sprinkle Jerk seasoning to cover. Saute 2 more mins. Carefully turn over fillets in pan. Squeeze remaining lime over both. Sprinkle Jerk seasoning to cover. Saute until opaque (about 2-3 mins.) Remove to warm plate.

Add cr. cheese to lime butter in pan. Stir until no lumps remain. Add about 1/4 c fresh water (1 tbsp at a time) until sauce is creamy in consistency. Turn off heat.

Snip fresh cilantro into warm buttered rice. Fluff w/ fork. Place single portions onto center of plates. Snip fresh cilantro to surround rice edges.

Top each mound of rice w/ 1 salmon fillet. Spoon over pineapple/ mango salsa. Drizzle cream cheese/ butter lime sauce over salmon + rice.

Enjoy with a pitcher of your favorite frozen margaritas!

Ahhh..

Tags

Jamaican  · Jerk salmon  · Salmon recipe  · Pineapple mango salsa  · Caribbean  · Spicy salmon  · Easy fish recipe  · Main course  · Fish  · Dinner
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