Crispy Skin Salmon

Description

Most people hate salmon skin and discard it (raises hand, no judgement here) but cooking salmon in a searing hot cast iron skillet allows for a crispness that may just tempt you to clean your plate!

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon salted butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 (1 pound) fillet skin-on salmon
  • 2 teaspoons Greek seasoning (such as Cavender’s®)
  • 2 tablespoons chopped pecans

Instructions

  1. Set a cast iron skillet over high heat. Add olive oil and butter. When butter melts
  2. swirl the skillet to combine oil and butter.
  3. Sprinkle salmon fillet with Greek seasoning. Carefully add fillet to skillet and reduce heat to medium-low. Cover skillet with a tempered glass lid and cook until salmon flakes easily with a fork
  4. about 12 minutes.
  5. Add pecans to the skillet and toast lightly
  6. 1 to 2 minutes.
  7. Remove salmon from skillet and serve immediately topped with pecans.

Prep Time: 5 mins

Cook Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 25 mins

Servings: 4

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