Oven Poached Salmon Caesar Salads
Oven Poached Salmon Caesar Salads are a household favorite easy weeknight meal! Wild caught salmon poaches in the oven, then is served on top of a quick homemade Caesar salad. This quick entree is prepped, poached and ready to eat in less than 40 minutes!
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I was talking with my friend Susannah last week about how neither of us share a lot of recipes for meat-based entrees on our blogs.
Which is particularly funny because:
- My husband and I eat meat most evenings as a part of our dinner.
- The dishes we make are generally pretty delicious.
- I just never take the time to photograph them.
- Photographing meat is sometimes a dicey endeavor. Which means I don’t take the time to do it often because of this. And I don’t know why because whenever I have photographed it recently, it’s turned out A-OK.
Case in point: These Oven Poached Salmon Caesar Salads.
This is one of our go-to meals for a busy weeknight, and for good reason. The salmon bakes up in less than 30 minutes. The salad is tossed together so quickly as the salmon cooks after being seasoned with Creole seasoning, salt and pepper. And you’re ready to eat in 40 minutes tops.
You can’t beat something this simple or delicious.
Sure, we’re cutting corners by not making our own Caesar dressing, but not everything has to be homemade all the time. This is one of those big life lessons lessons I’ve learned since having a child. Because real talk: I don’t have time to make everything from scratch. And that’s OK.
Why not let your favorite store-bought Caesar dressing help you out?
What you need to make this recipe:
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- Blue scalloped oval baking dish, as seen above. (Similar in olive green and white.)
- Stainless-Steel Mixing Bowl.
- Tongs.
Other Delicious Weeknight Meals
- Whole30 Steak Salad with Orange Vinaigrette
- Apple Cider Pulled Pork with Apple Cabbage Slaw
- Salmon Niçoise Salad
- Pork Carnitas Enchiladas
- Leigh’s Everything-but-the-Kitchen-Sink Pork Tenderloin
Oven Poached Salmon Caesar Salads are one of our favorite weeknight meals!
Here’s how we make ours:
Oven Poached Salmon Caesar Salads
Ingredients
Oven Poached Salmon
- 1 ½ lbs. salmon
- ¾ cup low-sodium chicken stock can substitute vegetable stock
- 1 teaspoon Tony Chachere’s Salt-Free Creole Seasoning
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ lemon sliced in wheels
Caesar Salad
- Oven Poached Salmon slightly cooled
- 6 cups romaine lettuce chopped (8 oz.)
- ½ cup grated parmesan 60g
- 1 cucumber peeled and chopped (~2 cups / 260g / 9.25 oz.)
- ⅓ cup Caesar dressing
- ¾ cup croutons 48g
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Equipment
- Casserole dish (9" x 13")
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Instructions
Prepare the Salmon
- Preheat the oven to 300°F.
- Place the salmon skin side down in a baking dish.
- Pour the chicken stock into the baking dish, filling until about halfway up the salmon. Please note that this amount of liquid will depend on how thick your salmon is. Mine was about 2" thick.
- Season the salmon with the salt-free creole seasoning, salt and pepper.
- Cover with aluminum foil and transfer to the oven.
- Bake for 45-60 minutes, or until the salmon is cooked through. If you have a piece of salmon that is thinner than 1" thick, it will take about half of this time, so check on it at the 20-minute mark. A note on cooking salmon: The USDA recommends cooking salmon to an internal temperature of 145°F. I like to remove mine from the oven at 135°F because it will continue to cook after it’s removed from heat which will the temperature into the safe range.
- Remove from the oven, and let cool slightly.
Make the Caesar Salad
- While the salmon cools, combine the romaine, cucumber, parmesan, croutons and the Caesar dressing in a large bowl.
- Toss the salad using salad tongs, then split evenly between four plates or bowls.
- Season with additional black pepper if need be.
- Place pieces of the roasted salmon on top of the salads, and enjoy immediately.
Notes
Nutrition
What is one of your favorite go-to weeknight meals?
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Aaahhh I love all thing Caesar! Including DA man, himself! 😉 I absolutely love this simple salad, though, AND those gorgeous pics!!
You and me both, Katrina! Caesar goodness forever! 😉 And thank you so much. This simple salad is killer, and it makes me smile that you love the photos. Your images are always beautiful, so it’s quite the compliment!
I love caesar salad! A restaurant I used to work at would serve up a salmon caesar, this brings back memories!
Me too, Dee! I love that a restaurant where you worked served a salmon caesar and that the dish brings back memories. One of my favorite places near my college campus serves the same, and whenever I have a salmon caesar, I inevitably think about eating the dish there so much!
We eat salmon almost once a week – we love it. I’ve never thought to poach it and what a great idea it is. Can’t wait to try your recipe, it looks like such a wonderfully light meal full of so much flavor.
Salmon is one of our weekly favorites, too! We switch it up with the poaching, and it always turns out beautifully! Thanks so much. I hope y’all enjoy these salads as much as we do.
One of my favorites. I found a great way to bake it and it just melts in your mouth. I love the idea to poach it though. Yum!
Now I’m curious how you bake it all the time so it melts in your mouth! We’re big fans of poaching, but we love to change things up, too!
I haven’t made salmon in ages, but this looks so good that I want to make it soon!
You totally should! And I hope that if you do, you and your fam enjoy this as much as mine did!
Two of my favourites! Salmon and caesar salad! What a perfect weeknight meal 🙂 Yum!
Agreed, Dawn! This is one of our favorite quick meals!
These salads are perfection!! I love salmon every which way and Caesar is just such a classic. I’m itching to eat this for all the dinners!
Thanks so much, Julia! Like you, I’m a HUGE salmon fan, and they’re delightful on this simple, easy Caesar. I hope you enjoy this for dinner sometime soon!
I have always loved the caesar dressing and salmon combo – one of my favorite things to order at a restaurant. Why I’ve never made it at home is a question for the ages that is about to be remedied. Thanks for the recipe!!
You should totally make it at home! This has been one of my long-time restaurant favorites that we end up cooking every other week because it’s quick and so tasty!