Broiled Salmon Paninis
1 orange
1/2 cup orange juice
1 c soy sauce
1/2 tablespoon grated ginger
Salmon fillets (they work best for sandwiches)
1 pint bean sprouts
1 small can whole water chestnuts
1/2 medium onion, chopped
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon flour
Hard crusted bread (French, Italian)
Set your oven to the broil setting.
Place salmon fillets in a baking dish large enough to accommodate everything.
It a large sauce pan, eat soy sauce and orange juice together. Add ginger and mix. Cut the orange in half and zest one half into the soy/ginger mix and squeeze the juice into another sauce pan. This is for the glaze on the bread.
Zest the other orange half with the fresh juice. Slice the remaining orange half (the one that wasn't squeezed) and add the slices to the fresh juice. Add the 1 tablespoon of flour and simmer. After the soy/orange/ginger mix is heated, remove from burner.
Lay bean sprouts, onions and water chestnuts over the salmon. Pour the soy/orange/ginger sauce over the top and broil. Cooking time depends on oven and thickness of your salmon, but usually it takes about 25 minutes.
While the salmon is cooking, blend together the butter and orange sauce. Do not blend the orange slices or else your butter will be bitter. Make sure the orange glaze is cool before blending or it will melt your butter.
Slice bread and spread orange flavored butter on top. Remove salmon from oven and let cool for a few minutes.
Slice and lay on the hard crust bread with the orange butter. If you want, you can add some bean sprouts, onions and water chestnuts for extra flavor. Put the sandwiches into a panini press until toasty.
