Yucatan Roast Salmon
While this isn’t a traditional Mexican recipe, the achiote marinade is and is used all over the Yucatan Peninsula. The marinade consists of achiote paste, freshly squeezed orange and grapefruit juice, garlic, and oregano. This marinade is also great on pork, chicken, and shrimp. Serve the salmon as is with black beans. You can also turn the salmon into tacos. A 1lb. salmon fillet will yield 8 tacos.
Ingredients
- 1 lb salmon fillet
- 1 tbsp olive oil
Achiote Marinade
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1/3 cup grapefruit juice
- 40 grams achiote paste
- 3 garlic cloves
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp oregano
Instructions
Achiote Marinade
- Add all of the ingredients to a blender.
- Purée until smooth.
Yucatan Roast Salmon
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Line a baking sheet with foil. Add a tbsp of olive oil to the bottom of it. Place the salmon fillet skin side down. Brush the salmon with the achiote marinade. Let sit for 15 minutes.
- Right before throwing in the oven, brush on another layer of the marinade. Cook for 12 minutes.
- While the salmon is roasting, add the rest of the marinade to a saucepan. Cook over medium heat for a couple of minutes.
- The sauce should’ve thickened significantly.
- Let the salmon sit for 5-10 minutes before serving.
- Serve the salmon as is with black beans...or, serve it the way I did; as a double corn tortilla. taco, topped with pickled red onion, habanero pickled jalapeños, cabbage, and the thickened achiote sauce.
