Slow-Roasted Salmon with Parsley and Cayenne

Name: Slow-Roasted Salmon with Parsley and Cayenne
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon, packed brown sugar; 1 1/2 teaspoons, kosher salt, divided; 1/2 teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 1 (2½-pound) skinless, center-cut salmon fillet, about 1½ inches thick; 1/4 cup, extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tablespoons, chopped fresh parsley; 2 teaspoons, grated lemon zest plus 1½ tablespoons juice

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2019

Main Courses

Fish & Seafood

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SERVES6

TIME1½ hours

Slow-Roasted Salmon with Parsley and Cayenne

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

UPDATE: This recipe has been slightly reformulated to be more foolproof since its initial publication. The revision you see here was published in June of 2021. Though slow roasting is an uncommon method for cooking fish, here it gave us ult...

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