It's certainly no secret that we love salmon. We try to have salmon once a week, and there are so many different ways to make it. I also like simple, whole food meals that are easy and inexpensive. One of my favorite ways to cook salmon is pan fried.
I'm using Old Bay Seasoning this time-it's low sodium, healthy and is a good all around seasoning for seafood. I've also snapped some asparagus and will cook the asparagus alongside the salmon. The salmon is seasoned on the non-skin side.
In my favorite cast iron pan on medium heat with a little butter and olive oil (to keep the butter from getting brown). Salmon goes in with the seasoning down.
You can actually watch the salmon cook. After about 5 minutes the cook line will nearly be at the top.
Once the cook line is nearly at the top flip the salmon over and toss in the asparagus. You can vary the crispness of the seasoning layer by varying the amount of time before it's flipped. I like it just a touch crispy, but the Old Bay Seasoning does quite well either blackened or more lightly cooked.
Add a little rice to it and it's a great meal, made in about 15 minutes, and costs about $6/person. The asparagus picks up a bit of the seasoning flavor that was on the salmon and it has a great flavor. I let the asparagus go long enough so it's firm but not crisp.
The salmon is about 300 calories, the asparagus is about 40 calories, and the rice is about 150 calories. All that for around 500 calories and packed with flavor.
Is it wonder why salmon is one of our favorites?
I'm using Old Bay Seasoning this time-it's low sodium, healthy and is a good all around seasoning for seafood. I've also snapped some asparagus and will cook the asparagus alongside the salmon. The salmon is seasoned on the non-skin side.
In my favorite cast iron pan on medium heat with a little butter and olive oil (to keep the butter from getting brown). Salmon goes in with the seasoning down.
You can actually watch the salmon cook. After about 5 minutes the cook line will nearly be at the top.
Once the cook line is nearly at the top flip the salmon over and toss in the asparagus. You can vary the crispness of the seasoning layer by varying the amount of time before it's flipped. I like it just a touch crispy, but the Old Bay Seasoning does quite well either blackened or more lightly cooked.
Add a little rice to it and it's a great meal, made in about 15 minutes, and costs about $6/person. The asparagus picks up a bit of the seasoning flavor that was on the salmon and it has a great flavor. I let the asparagus go long enough so it's firm but not crisp.
The salmon is about 300 calories, the asparagus is about 40 calories, and the rice is about 150 calories. All that for around 500 calories and packed with flavor.
Is it wonder why salmon is one of our favorites?