Pan Fried Salmon with Mango Salsa
Crispy pan fried salmon cooked to perfection on a bed of fresh mango salsa.
Ingredients
Salmon
- 1 lb salmon cut 1 inch thick
- ½ tbsp salt
- cracked black pepper
Mango Salsa
- ½ fresh mango, diced.
- ¼ of onion or handful
- ½ tbsp honey or agave
- 1 tbsp lime juice or ½ lime squeeze
- handful chopped cilantro more or less
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 jalapeno diced optional
- 3 mini pointed peppers optional
Instructions
Pan Fried Salmon
- To ensure the salmon gets the crispy sear, pat dry both sides of the salmon with some paper towels. If you like crispy salmon skin, make sure you run your knife through the skin to get all the scales out. This method will ensure the salt gets into the skin to draw out the excess moisture which will make the skin extra crispy when frying.
- Rub salt on both sides of the salmon. Then sprinkled some cracked black pepper.
- In a medium size skillet, heat up the oil on a medium high heat. Drop in the salmon and cook the skin side down for 5 minutes then flip and cook the other side for about 1 minute. The cooking time depends on how thick the salmon is. My salmon was 1 inch thick. The trick is to cook the skin side down longer than the meat side up.
- Transfer the salmon onto a plate. Prepare the mango salsa.
Mango Salsa
- Chop all the fresh ingredients. Then transfer to a good size bowl for tossing.
- Combine lime juice, honey, and salt.
- Toss together. Spread a spoonful onto a plate to eat with the salmon. Enjoy!