Roasted Salmon with Lemon Thyme Rice

Ingredients:

Directions:

Preheat oven to 300ºF. 

Brush a baking sheet with olive oil.  Brush remaining oil over salmon.  Season with salt, place in oven and bake 20 minutes. 

For the rice:

Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat.  Add shallots and sauté 1 minute.  Add rice and wine and cook, stirring constantly, until liquid is absorbed.  Add chicken broth and bring to a boil.  Reduce heat to low; Cover and simmer 25 minutes.  If preparing this recipe with white rice, reduce broth to 2 cups and cooking time to 20 minutes.  If preparing this recipe with jasmine rice, reduce broth to 1 ½ cups and cooking time to 15 minutes.

Remove from heat and stir in thyme, zest and lemon juice.