Salmon With Eggplant Recipes

SHEET-PAN SALMON AND EGGPLANT WITH XO SAUCE

Steps:

• Drain the mussels and reserve the liquid. (You should have about 2 tablespoons of liquid.) Finely chop half of the mussels, reserving the rest for another future use. Set aside chopped mussels and liquid.
• Heat oven to 425 degrees. On a rimmed baking sheet, combine eggplant and 2 tablespoons oil; season with salt and pepper. Toss to evenly coat, arrange skin side down and roast until tender, 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup oil and the shallot over medium; bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to low and cook, stirring occasionally, until shallot is softened, 3 minutes.
• Add garlic and ginger to the shallot oil and cook, stirring occasionally, until just light golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Add prosciutto and cook, stirring, until well combined, 1 minute. Add Shaoxing wine and cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in chopped mussels and reserved mussel liquid, sugar, chile, soy sauce, oyster sauce and fish sauce, and bring to a simmer. Cook, stirring occasionally, until thickened and slightly reduced, about 5 minutes. You should have about 1 cup of sauce.
• Spread 1/4 cup of the XO sauce on top of the eggplant and move to one side of the baking sheet. Rub salmon with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and season with salt. Arrange salmon next to eggplant, skin side down, and roast until it's cooked through and the eggplant is golden, about 10 minutes longer.
• Divide salmon and eggplant among plates. Spoon some XO sauce over salmon, garnish with scallions and serve alongside steamed rice, if you like.

SALMON WITH SPICED EGGPLANT BROTH

Steps:

• To make the vinaigrette: Combine the shallots, vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper in a glass or ceramic bowl. Whisk in the olive oil. Set aside.
• To make the eggplant broth: Heat olive oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat. Add the garlic and cook until soft, about 10 minutes. Remove and discard. Add eggplant, onion and carrot and saute over high heat until golden, about 5 minutes. Add vinegar and simmer until it glazes the pan. Add chicken or vegetable broth and oregano. Simmer until reduced to about 2 1/2 cups, about 30 minutes. Strain. Set aside.
• Prepare the grill. Heat the oil in a seasoned cast-iron skillet over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add the artichokes and carrots and saute, stirring constantly, until seared, about 3 minutes. Add the eggplant broth, salt, pepper, shallots and currants. Lower the heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
• Pour broth into a saucepan and simmer. While the broth is simmering, grill the salmon over hot coals until medium rare, about 2 to 3 minutes per side. Pour 1/4 of the broth into each of four bowls. Add the salmon and top with the vegetables. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of the vinaigrette and garnish with parsley.

SALMON WITH EGGPLANT

Steps:

• Heat oil to medium high. I use gas only so make compensation for an electric stove top. Preheat oven to 375 Prepare eggplant by slicing into 1/3 inch discs. Press dry with paper towels. Put in flur and press flour into eggplant turning until coated. beat eggs and mix in cayenne pepper. Dip eggplant to coat in eggs then repeat one time back into flour then egg then into bread crumbs. Fry in batches till brown and flip then move to paper towles to drain. Heat olive oil to medium high. When complete remove eggplant from towels and put on baking sheet and place in oven. Immediately add garlic to olive oil and cook 45 seconds and remove garlic to a bowl. Add salmon to fragrent oil and cook until barely pink inside. 3 minutes per side at most. Remove salmon and cover with foil simply laying a piece over top. Add garlic back to pan saute 30 seconds than add wine and lemon in one sqeeze. reduce for 1 minute then add cream and tomatoes. Thicken sauce! Place 2 eggplant on plate then salmon barely to one side over eggplant. Sauce and serve. S & P as desired.