Marsala Salmon with Mushrooms & Brown Rice
Add this marsala salmon with mushrooms and brown rice to your must-try list.
Just the smell of something cooking in Marsala wine reminds me of being in an Italian restaurant.
In this recipe, salmon fillets are “shallow poached” in a pan with Marsala wine, butter, mushrooms and garlic.
About this Recipe
Instead of completely submerging the salmon in a liquid, the salmon is placed in a skillet that is partially filled with liquid.
This way, the salmon is steamed and absorbs the delicious flavors of the Marsala wine, butter and garlic.
This salmon is shallow poached skin-side up rather than skin-side down so that the top of the salmon fillet (the non-skin side), slightly browns just enough to form a light crust.
About Serving
This salmon is served over warm brown rice with sprinkles of toasted shelled sunflower seeds (optional).
Let’s check out the ingredients.
Salmon fillets (skin on or off), Marsala wine, butter, white mushrooms, garlic, salt, pepper, cooked brown rice and toasted shelled sunflower seeds (sprinkled on the warm brown rice, optional)
HOW TO MAKE THIS RECIPE
A printable recipe with the measurements and instructions is located at the bottom of this post.
For the Mushrooms:
Slice the mushrooms and garlic into thin slices.
For the Salmon:
When shallow poaching salmon skin-side up, the skin seals in moisture and flavor.
To each side of the salmon (or just one side for salmon with the skin on it)…
…sprinkle salt and…
…coarse ground pepper.
I like to use coarse ground black pepper because it looks pretty on top of the salmon after it cooks.
Cook the Mushrooms:
Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium heat and add butter.
To the pan, add sliced mushrooms and garlic.
Stir together.
Continue cooking the mushrooms while stirring until they start to brown (about 5 minutes).
Watch the garlic closely, if it starts to brown too quickly, turn the heat down to low.
Turn the heat to the skillet off for just a moment and move the pan to an unused burner on the stove.
To the pan, add Marsala wine…
…and butter.
Stir together.
Then return the pan to the burner and turn the heat back on to medium heat…
…and stir.
Cooking the Salmon:
To the skillet, place the salmon fillets (skin side up if the salmon has skin on it).
Cover the skillet with a lid.
Let cook until the salmon flakes when tested with a fork (about 5 to 10 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillet or preferred doneness).
For Serving:
To serving plates, add warm cooked brown rice and sprinkle toasted shelled sunflower seeds on top (optional).
Transfer the cooked salmon fillets from the pan on top of the warm brown rice and top with the mushrooms.
Drizzle the remaining juices from the skillet on top of the salmon…
…and serve warm.
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Marsala Salmon with Mushrooms and Brown Rice
Ingredients
- 2 servings (about 3 ounces each) raw (uncooked) salmon fillets (about 6 ounces in total)
- 1 cup Marsala wine
- 12 medium size white mushrooms cleaned and sliced
- 2 tablespoons butter (salted)
- 2 cloves garlic peeled and cut into thin slices
- 2 dashes salt
- 2 dashes coarse ground black pepper
- Cooked brown rice warmed
- 1 tablespoon toasted and shelled sunflower seeds for the rice, optional
Instructions
- On both sides of the salmon fillets (just one side if the salmon has skin on one side), sprinkle salt and pepper.
- Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium heat and add half of the butter (1 tablespoon), reserving the rest of the butter to add shortly.
- To the skillet add sliced mushrooms and garlic. Stir together.
- Continue cooking the mushrooms while stirring until the mushrooms start to brown (about 5 minutes). Watch the garlic closely, if it starts to brown too quickly, turn the heat down to low.
- Turn the heat to the skillet off for just a moment and move the pan to an unused burner on the stove. To the pan, add the Marsala wine and remaining butter. Stir together.
- Then return the pan to the burner and turn the heat back on to medium heat and stir.
- To the skillet, place the salmon fillets (skin side up if the salmon has skin on it).
- Cover the skillet with a lid.
- Let cook until the salmon flakes when tested with a fork (about 5 to 10 minutes depending on the thickness of the fillet or preferred doneness).
- To Serve - To serving plates, add warm cooked brown rice and sprinkle toasted shelled sunflower seeds on top (optional).
- Transfer the cooked salmon fillets from the pan on top of the brown rice and top with the mushrooms.
- Drizzle the remaining juices from the skillet on top of the salmon and serve warm.
Recipes with Mushrooms
Here are more recipes with mushrooms you may like “Spaghetti Squash with Mushrooms and Tomatoes“, “Bacon, Cheese and Vegetable Stuffed Mushrooms” and “Mushrooms and Penne Pasta in Wine Sauce“.
Recipes Served with Rice
More Recipes Served with Rice You May Like:
Easy Barbecue Chicken with Rice
Delicious, easy & fast!
So glad you liked it. Thank you for letting me know!
This was so delicious. I threw some spinach in too and it just added a pop of color. Thanks for the recipe!
Hi Jennifer, I’m so glad you liked it. I love the idea of adding spinach. I’m sure it looked so pretty along with the salmon and tasted good too. Thank you so much for visiting CCC!
What a gorgeous recipe! This salmon dish looks absolutely amazing!
Thank you!
Wow, this looks very tasty, and a very way to impress guests! I used up my bottle, but will have to get some more. I’m definitely going to give this a try.
Hi Kathy, thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!