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prep time
2 h 5 min
cook time
50 min
ready time
2 h 55 min
Keto Sweet Chili Lime Salmon w Creamed Spanish Rice
This Keto meal includes the Carb Manager Keto Chili Lime Salmon recipe. Plump, pink salmon filets are seasoned with chili powder and onion powder before they’re marinated for a couple of hours. The flavorful fish filets are then roasted in your oven and layered with intervals of a sweetened cilantro-lime butter. The sweet butter creates a slightly sticky, crispy coating that makes this salmon dish absolutely delectable. The side dish included in this Keto recipe is a creamed Spanish-style cauliflower rice. Rice your own cauliflower and tenderize the “rice” in butter and a creamy tomato-based sauce. At your discretion, you can increase the heat of the dish by adding crushed red pepper or more chili powder to the rice. Your family will love the salmon and rice dinner, even if the other members aren’t Keto. You can also portion the finished recipe into meal prep containers for a hot lunch you can microwave.
Adding More Fat To The Dish
The final step in this recipe includes some recommendations for increasing your fat macros per serving. This is also a good way to stretch out the meal and make it more filling. You can include up to 1 ounce of sliced avocado for 4g fat and about 2.5g carbs. A tablespoon of sour cream for dipping will add about 2.5g fat and just .25g carbs. Carb Manager has multiple Keto guacamole recipes. You can choose the one that will best complement your macros for the day. Simply search “guacamole” in the recipe library to see all your options.
Can I Use Frozen Cauliflower Rice?
It may seem like you’ll save yourself some prep and cooking time by using frozen cauliflower rice, but it’s not the best choice for this recipe. Cauliflower rice that has been thawed from frozen contains too much excess water. Not only will this water down your creamed Spanish rice, but your cauliflower rice will become too soft and mushy. Although the side dish is creamed, you want some al dente pieces of cauliflower rice in your pan. Therefore, your best option really is to rice your own cauliflower from a whole, raw floret.
Jessica L.
Net Carbs
4 g
Fiber
1.7 g
Total Carbs
5.8 g
Protein
26.6 g
Fats
34 g
431 cals
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Ingredients
Salmon Pink Raw
8 oz
Olive Or Extra Virgin Olive Oil
1 tsp
Seasoned salt
0.13 tsp
Chili powder
0.25 tsp
Onion powder
0.13 tsp
Butter, unsalted
2 tbsp
Honey
0.25 tsp
Lime juice, fresh
0.5 tsp
Cilantro
0.5 tbsp, chopped
Cauliflower, raw
4.5 oz
Butter, unsalted
2 tbsp
Salt
0.13 tsp
Paprika
0.25 tsp
Onion powder
0.13 tsp
Tomato paste
0.5 tbsp
Chicken broth
0.5 cup
Cream Heavy Whipping
1 tbsp, fluid (yields 2 cups whipped)
Recipe Steps
steps 5
2 h 55 min
Step 1
Prepare 4-ounce salmon fillets with the skin by rubbing about ½ teaspoon of olive oil into each fillet. Season the fillets with seasoned salt, chili powder seasoning, and onion powder. If your chili powder does not contain salt, you may want to add an additional pinch of salt or increase the amount of seasoned salt you use. Store the salmon in a sealed container to marinate in your refrigerator for just 1-2 hours. You can marinate for longer at your discretion, or overnight, but fish does not take long to absorb seasonings.Step 2
When you’re ready to cook the fish, preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Line a sheet tray with parchment paper and transfer the salmon fillets to the tray. Bake the salmon for 15 minutes. After 15 minutes, melt the butter in your microwave in a small dish. Whisk honey and lime juice into the butter. Mince the cilantro and whisk this into the butter as well. Brush about ⅓ of the butter over the tops and sides of the salmon fillets.Step 3
Return the salmon to the oven and bake for another 15 minutes. Brush another third of the butter over the salmon and bake for 10 minutes. Brush the final amount of butter over the salmon and bake for one more round of 10 minutes. That makes 4 rounds of baking for a total of 50 minutes.Step 4
While the salmon is in the oven, between intervals of basting, prepare the creamed rice. Cut raw cauliflower into large florets. Use a cheese grate to grate the cauliflower into rice. You can also achieve this by pulsing the cauliflower in a food processor until it’s riced. The amount of cauliflower listed in the ingredients is the yield after ricing the cauliflower. Next, melt the butter in a wide pan over medium-high heat. When the butter is hot, toss the cauliflower rice into the pan with salt, paprika, and onion powder.Step 5
Cook and toss the rice occasionally in the pan until it cooks to a golden brown. This should only take a few minutes. Reduce the stove heat to low and stir the tomato paste into the cauliflower rice until it’s soft and spread throughout the pan. Then, stir the chicken broth and heavy cream into the pan. Place a lid over the pan and let the liquid heat undisturbed until it’s bubbling. Let the rice bubble for a few minutes until the liquid reduces and you’re left with soft, creamy rice in a thickened sauce. There shouldn’t be any loose liquid remaining in the pan.
