I tried the poached salmon last night. It was fantastic! The recipe was simple. I was able to make it with things I had on hand, minus the salmon fillets, and it didn't smell up the house! My boyfriend had been nixing the idea of salmon because of the smell!

This was my first recipe from your site... it will be the first of many!

This recipe is great, I made it as a treat for my fiancee on valentines and she loved it. We are both watching our weight so we can get into our outfits, her dress is going to be amazing and my suit will make me look good.

This recipe was tasy, fulfilling and great. We had it with mange tout and new potatoes with a nice white wine.

Thank you soo much

I came home with a piece of salmon not knowing how I was going to cook it. This recipe was so quick and easy and so delicious. I am very surprised that I have been missing things like this for so long. Thank you.

This is a fantastic way to poach salmon, so simple, I have made it at least a dozen times and will not try it any other way. I normally serve butternut squash and spinach/strawberry salad with it. GREAT

Yum. I used this recipe tonight and it turned out perfectly. The salmon was buttery, and the dill and wine made the perfect broth. This will definitely be integrated into my regular rotation.

Elise: this does have salt and pepper in it, right? Sorry, I know it's a stupid question, particularly coming from someone who cooks a lot, but I was wondering if the dill and wine made *such* a flavourful broth that it needed no salt.

Hi Preeta, add salt if you want, we don't. ~Elise

Ugh! I bought a fillet of coho salmon (did you use the same?) and some shallots last night. I wish I'd seen this recipe sooner. My broiled salmon stunk up the apartment just terribly :( Ahh...next time. Thank you for the recipe!

I like that "it doesn't stink up the house." I like salmon. I will try this. Thank you.

I poach my salmon also and have my way of doing it (nearly the same as your way) on my blog along with pictures. Your pictures are much more vibrant than mine...beautiful! I love poached salmon and it's so easy!

I have been using a method similar to this for all kinds of fish for many years and it works every time. The difference is that I saute the onions, maybe some colored peppers, and or some veggies and just add some white wine or stock to that and then lay the filets on top (with or without skin ) cover for three to seven min. depends on the thickness of the fillet. A one pan quick meal after a long day at work. Love it.

I'm going to try out the recipe. Usually we just pan fry the salmon and the whole house smells so fishy and so hard to get rid of the smell.

Salmon is one of the super foods. Great for your health -- high in Omega 3's, which we don't usually get in our everyday foods. It's always a pleasure to come across simple, easy to make, delicious recipes like this one. Thanks so much for this Salmon recipe - it's a classic!

Best salmon recipe I've ever prepared! Truly simple but so flavorful. I combined a mix of rice vinegar and red winegar as a substitute for dry white wine. Along with the other herbs in the recipe, I had fresh basil on hand and added a couple of leaves of fresh mint. After poaching I fattened it up a bit by spreading a mixture of hot pepper relish and mayonaise and broiling it for a few minutes with oven cracked. After 3 years of marriage and 5 years of dating my wife claimed it was the best dish I've ever made. I served it with broccolini and poured the bouillion and onions over it. Thanks

This recipe looked delicious! I had something similar last week at a banquet and wanted to try cooking it myself. It was my first try with salmon, and I was disappointed -- the salmon turned out tasting very "fishy." My other, non-recipe-related problem came when I opened the package and the scales were still on. Is that normal?? So I trimmed those off clumsily and ended up wasting some meat. Anyway, any ideas on why the salmon would taste too fishy, even though I followed the recipe without modifications? (The asparagus recipe from this site was excellent though :-)

A hint as to the problem is in the word "package". First, any fish you buy should always have the scales removed before it is given to you. Second, fish is best eaten when it is really fresh, which means that you should be buying it from a fishmonger at a store that sells fresh fish. The fishmonger should be able to tell you when that particular fish arrived in the store. If it came it that morning, good. If it came in yesterday, don't even bother with it. If the fish smells "fishy" it's because it's too old. ~Elise

Elise--We tried this salmon for dinner tonight, and we were all blown away by how good it was, and the house didn't smell like fish, just like you promised! Thanks for your great recipe ideas. This is the second night in a row we've fixed something from your site--last night was the amazing Chicken Peanut Curry--Yum Yum and thanks again!

Elise, Thanks - you were the first hit from Google with the simple question "poaching salmon". I got some sea trout this morning not quite knowing how I would do it other than in a non-smelly way. I have poached white fish previously using milk but it did not seem right for this flesh. Your recipe felt right and although I am still awaiting my wifes return I am sure it will be superb. There is no dill but I put in the chopped stalks of the watercress which will provide the presentation bed for the flaked poached fish. On toast and surrounded by baby tomatoes. Roll on the summer when we can make as much smell as we like on the barbeque :-)

I've never cooked fish before in my life. This recipe was amazing. People loved it. Thank you!

I'll try the recipe tonight. Given that I am severely allergic to black pepper. I will replace black pepper with salt, which is not mentioned anywhere in the recipe. thx.