How To Cook Salmon Skin On In Pan
You want the skin to have 100 per cent contact with the heat of the pan so that it will crisp.
How to cook salmon skin on in pan. Salmon fillets that are 6 to 8 ounces in weight will need to cook for a total of about 4 minutes. When the oil is shimmering lay one fillet of salmon skin side down into the pan and immediately do two things. If you have thin fillets cook each wide side for 2 minutes.
If your salmon is slightly thicker cook for an extra 1 2 minutes. First add some cooking oil to a pan. Next cook both sides of the fish until slightly charred and the inside is just cooked through about 5 minutes total time.
Use an egg flipper or a flat saucepan lid to press the salmon firmly down into the pan to stop it from curling up. If your fillets are pretty thick on one end and taper to thin on the other end consider pan frying the large wide sides for 1 1 2 minutes each and 30 seconds on each narrow small side.