Salmon With Crabmeat And Rice Blend Stuffing

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 lb salmon fillet
• 4 1/2 ounces minute rice, ready-to-serve multigrain medley
• 1 (5 ounce) can crabmeat
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
• 1 tablespoon chives, chopped
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon dill weed

Recipe

• 1 portion the salmon, cutting off any very thin ends of the filet.
• 2 slash the salmon along the long axis down to but not through the skin.
• 3 cook the rice in the microwave per directions (60 sec.).
• 4 mix the rice, crabmeat, mayonnaise, parsley and chives.
• 5 place the salmon on a sheet pan on silpat or parchment paper.
• 6 spread open the slash in the center of the salmon and press in the rice and crabmeat mixture, mounding it up above the fish fillet.
• 7 mix the corn syrup and lemon juice and lightly brush the exposed salmon flesh with the mixture.
• 8 sprinkle paprika over the stuffing in the center and dill over the salmon.
• 9 bake in a hot oven (400 degrees. f.) for about 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily.
• 10 serve with steamed asparagus--yum!