How To Cook Salmon With Skin On The Stove
Use an egg flipper or a flat saucepan lid to press the salmon firmly down into the pan to stop it from curling up.
How to cook salmon with skin on the stove. Cook the salmon on high heat in a pan. Place fillet in skillet skin side down. You want the skin to have 100 per cent contact with the heat of the pan so that it will crisp.
Press the fillet against the skillet with your fish spatula and turn the heat down. Season generously with paprika or smoked paprika for some heat. 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.
Olive oil will make sure that your salmon remains moist and juicy after cooking in the pan on the stove. Timing depends on how thick the fillet is.