I’m making this Spicy Baked Sriracha Salmon tonight and I need some help with a “cooling” sauce to go with it. The glaze has brown sugar in it and that’s where I’m getting thrown. Usually I’m pretty good at this.
Maybe a Lime Hollandaise, Lime Yogurt Sauce, or a Tzatziki? I don’t want something with more spice in it, because the salmon itself may blow our tongues off.
Opinions or new ideas are welcome! I have a fairly well stocked kitchen, so throw it at me.
Venturing away from a mayo or yogurt based sauce, I’d consider a cilantro & lime profile sauce.
So blend some fresh cilantro, parsley, squozen limes, maybe some lime zest, a bit of garlic, a little neutral flavoured oil, salt and pepper. If you want the creaminess to cool the heat of the Sriracha, add a little avocado.
Great idea except that I forgot to mention that I hate cilantro. A whole sauce made out of the stuff would be right out! Sorry! I’m sure that sauce is amazing if you don’t have the Cilantro Hater Gene. 
How do you feel about Parsley? Because you can just go with Parsley as your main herb.
How about mint and/or basil, instead of cilantro?
How about some kind of fruit-based sauce, like a pineapple chutney?
Staying closer to your original plan, a dollop of sour cream and some fresh chives may be simply sublime.
I was going to say yogurt sauce like others, but I think this is better. Some kind of mango or pineapple kind of thing, with whatever herbs you like. Maybe some cucumber in there as well. I think the sweetness with the spicy fish would be really tasty.
How does a yogurt-pineapple-mint combo sound? I have a little red onion I can toss in there too. I have fresh mint, plain yogurt and fresh pineapple on hand.
Yeah, that sounds good, though I don’t even think the yogurt is needed. I’d do pineapple/mint/red onion and a spritz of lime. I’d tend to leave the yogurt out as I think it would dull the brightness of the other flavors, and possibly make it feel like I was having breakfast on top of my salmon. 
I ended up making a tzatziki and it was fantastic. The fish didn’t turn out near as spicy as I had feared.
So you ignored us and wasted all our time. :mad:
(I kid… 
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Welllllll…I decided I wanted to eat my pineapple with my morning yogurt, so no pineapple. I’ll be making the fish again and I have filed the ideas for future use. 