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Seared Salmon Chopped Cabbage Salad with Lemon

Crisp chopped cabbage, cucumber and herbs tossed in a bright lemon-dill dressing, topped with flaky seared salmon and crunchy toasted almonds.

Seared Salmon Chopped Cabbage Salad with Lemon

Ingredients

  • 1¼ lb560 gSalmon filletcut into 4 portions, patted dry
  • 6 cups shredded420 gGreen cabbagefinely chopped
  • 2⅓ cups sliced250 gCucumberdiced
  • 1 can, drained254 gChickpeas, canned, drained and rinsedpatted dry
  • 1 medium119 gRed bell pepperdiced
  • 3 medium45 gGreen onionsthinly sliced
  • 1 cup sprigs8 gFresh dillchopped
  • ⅓ cup chopped20 gFresh parsleychopped
  • ¼ cup whole40 gAlmondsroughly chopped
  • ¼ cup60 gLemon juice
  • 2 tsp4 gLemon zest
  • ¼ cup50 gOlive oildivided
  • 1 clove3 gGarlicgrated
  • 1 tsp7 gHoney
  • ¾ tsp4 gSaltdivided
  • ¾ tsp2 gBlack pepperdivided

Steps

  1. Make the dressing first: in a small bowl whisk the lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic, honey, half of the salt and half of the black pepper, then whisk in four-fifths of the olive oil.
  2. In a large bowl combine the cabbage, cucumber, chickpeas, red bell pepper, green onion, dill and parsley; set aside.
  3. Toast the almonds in a dry skillet over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring, until fragrant; move them to a plate.
  4. Season the salmon with the remaining salt and remaining black pepper.
  5. Heat the remaining olive oil in the same skillet over medium-high heat and cook the salmon skin side down 4 minutes, then flip and cook 3 to 4 minutes more until it flakes and reaches 145°F (63°C).
  6. Pour the dressing over the cabbage mixture and toss well; let it sit 5 minutes to soften slightly.
  7. Divide the salad among 4 plates, flake a salmon portion over each, and scatter the toasted almonds on top.

Contains: Fish, Tree nuts.

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Saved in the Every Helping recipe book on October 24, 2026.

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