How To Make Salmon Skin Crispy In The Oven
At this point the skin should still be flabby.
How to make salmon skin crispy in the oven. Place the salmon about 5 inches from the heat source and cook until the skin is crispy and the fish is cooked through 7 to 8 minutes. Continue to bake the skin checking it every 10 minutes until it is crisp and dry. Stretch the salmon skin on the prepared baking sheet so it is perfectly flat pressing down on the edges if they have curled up.
You want the skin to have 100 per cent contact with the heat of the pan so that it will crisp. When the oil is shimmering lay one fillet of salmon skin side down into the pan and immediately do two things. Preheat the broiler to high.
Press the fillet against the skillet with your fish spatula and turn the heat down. Once the salmon skin has turned golden and looks crisp gently touch it and it should feel brittle. In a small saucepan over moderate.
Lightly oil the bottom of a casserole dish and place the salmon fillet in it. Lay the skin out on a roasting tray and pop into your oven at 180c for approx 10 minutes check them after 8 as they go from golden to burnt in about 30 seconds. Use an egg flipper or a flat saucepan lid to press the salmon firmly down into the pan to stop it from curling up.
Bake the skin for 30 minutes and then check the progress. Sprinkle with sea salt. Drizzle olive oil over the flesh of the salmon and use your hands to spread it over the full surface so that everything is coated.