Black Pepper Free Ginger-Scallion Salmon Fillets
Bright, aromatic, and deeply satisfying, these salmon fillets are built around a glossy ginger-scallion sauce that brings serious restaurant energy to a weeknight dinner. The seasoning blend of sea salt and turmeric gives the fish a warm, golden crust before it even hits the pan, and cooking it skin-side down in coconut oil locks in that irresistible crispness. The sauce — coconut aminos, fresh and ground ginger, apple cider vinegar, and a touch of honey — comes together quickly and thickens beautifully thanks to an arrowroot slurry, no shortcuts needed. For anyone avoiding black pepper, this recipe is genuinely exciting because bold flavor is usually the first casualty of that restriction. Here, fresh ginger does all the heavy lifting, delivering warmth and a little bite without a single peppercorn in sight. The scallion whites go into the pan to soften and perfume the sauce, while the green tops get scattered over the finished fillets for a fresh, slightly sharp contrast. A squeeze of lime and a handful of cilantro at the table round everything out beautifully. It's the kind of dish that looks and tastes like you spent far more time on it than you actually did.
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4 servings
- 4 salmon fillets (6 oz each), skin-on
- ½ tsp fine sea salt
- ¼ tsp ground turmeric
- 1 tbsp coconut oil
For the sauce
- 3 tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 tbsp fresh ginger, finely grated
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp honey
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced, white and green parts separated
- 1 tsp arrowroot starch
- 1 tbsp cold water
For serving
- 1 tbsp fresh cilantro, roughly chopped (optional)
- 1 lime, cut into wedges (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Pat the salmon fillets dry with paper towels. In a small bowl, stir together the salt and turmeric, then sprinkle evenly over both sides of each fillet. Let the fillets rest at room temperature for 10 minutes.
- 2
While the salmon rests, whisk together the coconut aminos, fresh ginger, apple cider vinegar, honey, and ground ginger in a small bowl. In a separate small bowl, stir the arrowroot starch into the cold water until fully dissolved; set both aside.
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