Coconut-Cilantro & Honey Marinated Salmon Fillet in Parchment Paper

Coconut milk is fun to add to recipes, and tastes great with salmon. Also try Golden Creamy Coconut Rice Recipe. I use the Thai Kitchen Coconut Milk for cooking. It makes great curries, noodle dishes, stir fry, or as an ingredient in baking. Checkout Thai Kitchen's recipe page, it is too good to resist: http://www.thaikitchen.com/recipes.html

Here is what you will need for the Coconut-Cilantro & Honey Salmon, feeds 3-4 people:

Marinade:
1 1/2- 2 cups coconut milk
1/2 cup diced fresh cilantro
3 TBS olive oil
2 TBS lemon juice, fresh squeezed
2 TBS honey
Mix all above ingredients together, set aside.

You'll also need:
1 1/2-2 pounds salmon fillet, gently rinsed under water and patted dry
parchment paper
glass pie dish

Cut a piece of parchment paper large enough to cover the entire salmon fillets, top and bottom. Think of it like you are wrapping a present and you want to cover the whole present with wrapping paper. Place the salmon in the middle of the parchment paper in the pie dish. The parchment paper should hang over the pie dish sides so that when you pour the coconut mixture in it won't spill on to the dish. Pour the coconut mixture over the fish, and turn the fish over a couple times to cover it completely with the mixture.

Now place the salmon red side down and fold the parchment paper over the fish rolling the sides together so that it is sealed closed. Next turn the salmon so that the rolled edges are on the bottom with the weight of the salmon holding it closed. it should be red side up. Place in preheated 325F oven. How long you cook the salmon will depend on its thickness. Ere on the side of caution: less cooked is better, as it gets dry if you cook it too long. I have also noticed that the salmon cooks faster in the parchment paper. Try checking it at 5-10 minutes, depending on the thickness of the fish.

Above: salmon on the parchment paper with coconut mixture

Above: honey

Above: salmon wrapped in parchment paper in a pie dish, ready to cook!