How To Cook Salmon With The Skin On One Side
When the oil is shimmering lay one fillet of salmon skin side down into the pan and immediately do two things.
How to cook salmon with the skin on one side. Once the salmon has started to firm up you can use a flexible fish turner to flip it over and cook the other side. Try not to overcook salmon. Salmon fillet under cold water and allow it to drain in a colander for five minutes.
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. Now it s back to the stovetop for the final crisping. Use an egg flipper or a flat saucepan lid to press the salmon firmly down into the pan to stop it from curling up.
Then transfer it to a lowish heat oven about 275 degrees f and cook for about 20 minutes. Sizzle it for about 3 minutes in olive oil or butter. Go ahead and lay the fish down in the pan always away from you so the oil doesn t splash.
Pat with paper towels until it is completely dry. Give it some high heat for about 3 minutes until the skin is crispy. If you have thin fillets cook each wide side for 2 minutes.
Let the fillet sizzle for about 5 or 6 minutes. Once the butter starts bubbling add the salmon fillets to the pan skin side down and fry for 3 mins until crisp. Press the fillet against the skillet with your fish spatula and turn the heat down.
A little squeeze of lemon and you re golden. 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. Start with the salmon in an oven proof skillet this time skin side down.