How To Cook Salmon That Has Skin

Flip the fillets and cook for a few additional minutes.

How to cook salmon that has skin. Put the oil and butter in a non stick frying pan over a medium heat swirling around the pan until melted and foaming then turn up the heat. Place into oven and cook salmon for around 10 mins depending on the thickness of your salmon. Heat a good sized frying pan over medium heat add the vegetable oil and when hot place the fish skin side down in the pan.

Start skin side up in the hot skillet with a little butter or oil. To keep it simple simply sprinkle a little bit of salt. Then cook the salmon with the skin down until it s pink and flaky.

Sprinkle your favorite seasonings on both sides. Let the salmon cook for 90 of the time on the skin side. When the oil is shimmering lay one fillet of salmon skin side down into the pan and immediately do two things.

This causes the least mess and also if it bothers you less of a fishy smell in the house. You want the skin to have 100 per cent contact with the heat of the pan so that it will crisp. Place the salmon skin shiny side up on the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes or until the skin is crispy.

The easiest way to cook salmon is in a baking dish in the oven. The salmon i get is usually about an inch thick so i cook it for 5 minutes on the skin side. Arrange the salmon fillets on a lined baking tray skin side down and top with finely chopped garlic fresh herbs and a drizzle of olive oil.

Cook the salmon undisturbed until the lighter colored flesh has moved about 3 4 of the way up the fillets. Once the butter starts bubbling add the salmon fillets to the pan skin side down and fry for 3 mins until crisp. This will come to a total time of 8 to 9 minutes for thick fillets and 6 to 7 minutes for thinner fillets.