Baked Salmon (with Lime, Jalapeno Chive And Sour Cream Sauce)

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 3/4-1 lb salmon fillet
• 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons butter, melted
• salt and pepper
• 1 1/2 teaspoons butter
• 2 jalapeno chiles, seeded and julienned
• 1/3 cup sour cream
• 3/4 teaspoon fresh lime juice
• to taste salt
• to taste pepper
• to taste fresh chives, snipped
• to taste lime wedge

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 500 degrees.
• 2 butter baking dish. place salmon in dish skin side down.
• 3 mix lime juice and butter. brush over salmon.
• 4 sprinkle with salt and pepper. let stand 15 minutes.
• 5 bake until fish is almost opaque, about 9 minutes per inch of thickness.
• 6 meanwhile prepare sauce:
• 7 melt butter in heavy small saucepan over medium-low heat. add chilies and cook until tender, stirring occasionally, about 3 minutes.
• 8 add sour cream and stir until heated through; do not boil.
• 9 mix in lime juice. add salt and pepper.
• 10 transfer fish to platter. spoon sauce over.
• 11 sprinkle generously with chives.
• 12 garnish with lime wedges.