Chinese Please

I popped into Whole Foods after work yesterday and they had very nice looking Norwegian salmon (I must have fish on the brain...) I bought about 1.25lbs from the belly and marinated for about 2 hours in my great Asian Salmon Marinade:

1/3c low sodium soy sauce, 1 T hoisin, juice of half a lemon, 2 T olive oil, 2t minced ginger, 2 minced garlic cloves, and 3 chopped scallions.

Then bake the fish at 375F for 25-30 minutes (less for a smaller piece) in an ovenproof skillet. If you are unsure if the fish is ready you can slide a fork between two flakes in the center of the piece. The fish should be just pink all the way through. Another great way to tell that it's getting there is that the fat from the fish will start rendering and sizzling in the pan, and the meat will feel firm (not hard) to the touch.

I served the fish with Brown "Fried" Rice

Cook 1c brown rice.

Saute:
1 large carrot, julienned
1 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
about 10 shiitake mushrooms, sliced

Toss in cooked rice and season with salt and pepper. Pour on a good dash of toasted sesame oil (until the taste suits you). Then create a well in the middle of the rice. Crack 2 eggs and scramble, then mix with rice. Voila!

I served the salmon and rice with sauteed snow peas garnished with toasted chopped almonds. If you prefer, the snow peas can be julienned as well and sauteed into the rice.