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savory salmon
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Savory Salmon
Ingredients:
4 salmon steaks, 1" thick
2 tablespoons cookin' oil
3/4 cup cucumber -- peeled, seeded, and chopped
1/4 cup celery, finely chopped
2 tablespoons green onion, minced
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon instant vegetable bouillon granules
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 cup half-and-half
1 egg yolk, slightly beaten
Instructions:
1) Broil salmon steaks about four inches away from heat for ten
to fifteen minutes, or 'til they flake easily with a fork. Turn once.
2) While the salmon is broilin', heat cookin' oil in a small saucepan.
3) Saut� cucumber and celery over moderate heat 'til tender,
but still crisp.
4) Add onion and saut� about thirty seconds longer.
5) Stir in the flour, vegetable bouillon granules, and pepper.
6) Stir in the half-and-half.
7) Cook, stirrin' constantly, 'til thickened and bubbly.
8) Blend a small portion of the hot mixture into the egg yolk,
then return all to the saucepan.
9) Cook, stirrin' constantly for one minute.
10) Serve sauce with salmon on a bed of cooked rice.
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