Grilled Salmon with Ginger Soy Butter - Erin

After my quinoa disaster the other night, it took me a bit to cook another recipe. I know Teressa liked the huevos rancheros she made, but the quinoa was so bad...really bad...

The salmon recipe (Page 178 of Cook This, Not That!) called for a grill or grill pan. I didn't want to make Jase go outside to grill at this time of year, plus our grill isn't in the best of shape. So, I bought a George Foreman grill the other night. My friend, Mary, has one, and she uses hers all the time. I was honestly a little surprised at how expensive they were. You couldn't buy one for less than $30 (I was hoping to spend about $25), and they had some that were close to $100! I bought one that had been marked down to $39.88. It was large enough I could cook meat for all 3 of us (Riley usually just shares), and it has an adjustable heat thing on the top. The only negative was that the grill parts aren't removable. It would be easier to clean if they were.

So, I set out this afternoon to make salmon for the first time on my GF grill I used for the first time. :) I would say both were a success...one more than the other. Can you guess which one?

I love my GF grill! It preheated in just a minute or so, and it cooked the salmon in 5-7 minutes. I was impressed and will definitely use it again! The salmon was good...SOOOOO much better than the quinoa. :) It was grilled with a little olive oil and salt. The ginger soy butter made a tasty little sauce at the end. The ginger soy butter called for chives, which I couldn't find at Wal-Mart. I substituted Italian parsley that I had left over from the quinoa. I bought frozen salmon fillets which I defrosted in the fridge. I just made sure I dried them off really well before I put the olive oil and salt on them. Below you will see the cost of the ingredients and the pictures.

Salmon (four 4-6 oz. fillets) $3.50

Butter $2.08 (used only 2 T)

Ginger $.42 (used less than half of what I purchased)

Lemon $.33

Soy Sauce $2.52 (used only 1.5 T)

That's only $2.21 a serving!! (Plus I have lots of butter, soy sauce, and ginger left!)

I made my favorite broccoli to go on the side. It's a recipe from Good Eat's Alton Brown. It is so simple and makes the most delicious broccoli!! You can find that recipe here...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/good-eats/pan-steamed-broccoli-recipe/index.html

Here is what the critics had to say about Grilled Salmon with Ginger Soy Butter:

Madeline - "It's okay, but I don't love it."

Riley - wouldn't touch it (I think you're going to find this is almost always her response)

Jason - "I liked it. It was good."

Erin - "It was good. I will make it again and look for other salmon recipes."

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