Salmon & Herbed Rice

Salmon cooked whole in the steam oven so it stays in clean pieces, with rice in distinct grains from the one pot. One pot plus the steam oven, about 30 minutes, for 5 adults.

Updated 2026-06-03 · v2 · fish / rice

One pot + steam oven · ~30 min · serves 5 adults Salmon cooked whole in the steam oven so it stays in clean pieces; rice in distinct grains in the one pot. No onion/garlic. Cooked unsalted for the kids; salt the adults’ share at the end.

Ingredients

• 750 g salmon fillets
• 800 g long-grain rice
• 2 leeks, sliced
• 2 carrots, finely diced (visible — kids like it)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1.6 L stock (homemade or additive-free)
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 3 tbsp fresh parsley or dill, chopped
• salt + pepper, to finish
• 2 heads broccoli

Method — by station

Build the rice in the one pot on the hob. Once it’s covered and simmering, the salmon and broccoli go into the steam oven — everything finishes together. Nothing is salted in the pot.

🍳 On the hob — one large lidded pot

Rice (~20 min)

1. Medium heat. Melt the butter with the oil; soften the leeks ~5 min, without browning.
2. Add the carrots and rice; stir 1–2 min to coat.
3. Add the stock, bring to a simmer over medium-high, then drop to low, cover, and cook ~15 min until tender.

🔥 In the steam oven (~13–15 min, while the rice simmers)

Steam oven — no preheat needed; set it going from cold.

1. Season the salmon with pepper (no salt yet) and set it in, left whole. Setting: pure steam 100 °C (or combi 90 °C), 13–15 min, until it flakes.
2. Put the broccoli in at the same time — same pure steam 100 °C.

🍱 To assemble

1. Fork the lemon and herbs through the rice.
2. Lift out the kids’ and baby’s portions — still unsalted — then salt and pepper the rest to taste.
3. Rice into each container, a piece of salmon on top, steamed broccoli alongside.

Notes

• Start the salmon once the rice is covered and simmering — ~13–15 min of steam lands it as the rice finishes.
• Don’t stir the salmon; lift it whole with a fish slice so it boxes in clean pieces.
• Rotate dill / parsley week to week. Eat within 2 days (fish).

Changelog

• v2 — scaled up to 750 g salmon / 800 g rice for 5 adults; cook unsalted so the kids and baby eat first, salt the adults’ share at the end.
• v1 — first version.

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