Healthy Spicy Seared Salmon & Salad - Turned out great! Very moist.. Today I am sharing this Healthy Spicy Seared Salmon & Salad! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 20 minutes!
You can cook Healthy Spicy Seared Salmon & Salad with 15 Ingredients and 8 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Healthy Spicy Seared Salmon & Salad:
- 500 grams Norwegian Salmon (deboned and skin on).
- 1 tbs Butter.
- 2 tbs Olive Oil.
- 1 tsp Salt and Black Pepper.
- 1 tsp Robertsons Exotic Thai Spice.
- 2-3 sprigs Dill (fresh).
- 2 Lemons (cut in wedges).
- Salad:.
- 20 grams Wild Rocket.
- 20 Grams Micro Crimson Leaves (Wooworths).
- 1 cup Chopped tomatoes (or cherry toms if you preper).
- 1 Avo (thick choped or sliced).
- 1/2 Cucumber (sliced).
- 100 g Danish Feta.
- Salad Dressing (optional).
Step by step how to cook Healthy Spicy Seared Salmon & Salad:
- Cut salmon into four equal size portions.
- Season salmon portions with salt, black pepper and thai spice.
- Heat butter and olive oil in a pan on high heat.
- Once hot, add dill sprigs to fry for 30 seconds and lower heat to medium (you can remove dill or leave in pan as required).
- Place salmon portions skin side down in pan and fry for 5-7 minutes without moving them.
- Whilst the Salmon sears, add all the salad ingredients together in a bowl and toss (with small amount of salad dressing if required). Plate salad into 4 plates as the base for your dish. You can also plate salad ingredients in a deconstructed manner if you dont like tossing them together (see pic).
- After 5-7 minutes lightly drizzle Salmon with juice from two lemon wedges and turn the Salmon over to the other side and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
- Plate Salmon straight out of the pan onto the salad base, skin side facing up. Add 1-2 lemon wedges per plate for drizzling as required.