Make Ginger-Marinated Poached Salmon

As much as I love to cook, when it's this hot outside, I look for alternatives that require a bare minimum of actual "cooking." This delightful ginger marinated poached salmon comes together in about 10 minutes and the only cooking involved is bringing a pot of water to a boil for about 20 seconds.

By lighting coating the salmon in potato starch before poaching, it comes out incredibly juicy and melt-in-your mouth tender. The tangy sweet ginger and sesame dressing infuses the salmon with loads of flavor while the grated daikon topping offsets the rich salmon with a refreshing peppery taste.

The potato starch serves a couple of functions here. The first is that it forms a coating that helps keep the delicate salmon from falling apart. The second is that it absorbs the juices of the salmon as it poaches, preventing it from drying out. The last benefit is that the coating readily absorbs flavor, making the salmon absorb the ginger dressing like a sponge.