Poached Salmon with Hollandaise Sauce

Replicating Ikea's Poached Salmon



This is my version of the Ikea's Poached Salmon dish. Simple and cheap to prepare at home, this dish makes a quick and hassle free dinner. The most amazing part is that not a single drop of oil is used in this recipe, except for the butter used to prepare the hollandaise sauce. Everything is poached and you can taste the natural flavours out of the ingredients.

To poached the salmon, you need a poaching liquid which is usually fish stock with herbs and root vegetables(the western way). In my recipe, i use Asian method by using anchovies stock and coriander roots. For the hollandaise sauce recipe, please click here

Recipe(Prep time 6 mins, Cooking time 20 mins)
(Serves 2)

Ingredients:

• Fresh salmon (about 200g x 2 pieces, deboned)
• Russet Potatoes(2 whole potatoes, washed and cut in chunks)
• 90g assorted vegetables

Anchovies Stock:

• 40g Anchovies( rinsed and set aside)
• 1.3 litre water
• 1 coriander root

Hollandaise Sauce:

• Refer to here

Steps:

1) Bring the anchovies, coriander root and water to a boil. Then lower flame to medium low and simmer for 10 mins. Filter stock and discard the anchovies.

2) In a wide pan or pot, bring the anchovies stock to bare simmer. Lower the heat to low, add the salmon into the stock and poached for 20 mins. Ensure the poaching liquid covers the whole salmon fillet(add in hot water if need to).

**Do NOT poached the salmon with boiling stock. Poaching is referring to slow cooking using hot stock. If the stock is boiling, the fish will come apart and the fish will dry out.

3) In a separate pot, poached potatoes in anchovies stock until soft and done. Drained water and set aside.  Also quick poached the assorted vegetables and side aside. Keep warm by covering with cling wrap.

4) When salmon is done, use a spatula and carefully take the salmon out from the pan. Place the salmon on kitchen towel, to absorb the assess water. Remove the skin carefully and place it on a serving plate.

5) Assemble the potatoes and assort vegetables on the plate. Ladle a generous serving of hollandaise sauce over the salmon before serving.