With a fresh salmon fillet, you just have to lightly season it before you pan sear and it will be beautiful.
This is a very simple recipe that I recommend you to try if you want a light meal with no meat. It took me less than half an hour to prepare and cook everything.
Most recipes would suggest pan sear the fillet for 3 minutes on one side then 2-3 minutes on the other side. I tried it but it just didn't work (burned on the outside and undercooked inside). So I would suggest to pan sear it and then cook in the oven for a bit. The fillet is cooked to perfection. Super tender and moist.
Serves 1
Ingredients
0.3kg fresh Atlantic salmon fillet
1/2 box of salmon roe
3 cherry tomatoes, some halved, some left whole
1/2 capsicum (or yellow bell pepper), long sliced
baby spinach
2 tsp butter (1 tsp for vegetables, 1 tsp for salmon)
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (1 tbsp for vegetables, 1 tbsp for salmon)
1 clove garlic, minced
slice of lemon for garnish or lemon juice (optional)
pinch of coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper (for salmon)
pinch of garlic salt (for vegetables)
1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Directions
- Marinate the salmon with coarse salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper for 15 mintues.
- Melt 1 teaspoon butter and 1 tablespoon oil in medium skillet. Add the garlic and cook for 10 seconds. Add cherry tomatoes and capsicum. Sauté for 1 minute. Add spinach and wilt, 10 seconds. Toss in a pinch of garlic salt. Set aside.
- Heat the remaining butter and oil on skillet, medium-high heat. Once melted, add the salmon fillet (skin down) and sear one side for 1-2 minutes. Carefully flip the salmon with tongs and cook the other side for 1 minute.
- Put salmon on tinfoil in preheated oven 180C for 3 minutes.
- Serve salmon fillet over spinach, capsicum, cherry tomatoes and lemon. Add the salmon roe on salmon fillet and vegetables.
- Perfect to eat with my special aioli (see recipe on http://ayucookalicious.blogspot.hk/2012/07/cajun-chicken-sandwich-with-aioli.html)
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