Charred Sugar and Chili Crusted Salmon

MSMD310's Note:

A delicious and easy weekday meal. A little bit spicy, but you can adjust the seasonings to your taste. I have been making this about once a week since I discovered it! The recipe was from the Alsaka seafood fishery- published in an advertisement.

• Total Time: 15 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 4 -6 salmon fillets , skin removed
• 2 tablespoons oil

Dry Sugar Rub

• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• ½ tablespoon cumin
• ½ tablespoon paprika
• ½ tablespoon salt
• ¼ teaspoon dry mustard
• 1 pinch cinnamon

Directions:

1. belnd all ingredients for Dry Sugar Rub.
2. Generously coat ONLY one side of each skinnless fillet with rub.
3. Heat oil in a heavy pan over high heat.
4. Carefully place salmon in pan- seasoned side down.
5. Cook 2 minutes to sear, then turn over fillets.
6. Reduce heat to medium and continue cooking 6-8 minutes until just opaque throughout.

Reviews

[Benster]

Fantastic! This has become a firm favourite of ours and I always play around with quantities of spices to give slightly different results. One tip: Don't leave it on the griddle whilst answering the telephone, I nearly burnt the house down!! :o)

[Chef #494084]

This is pretty simple and quite good. I wish there was a way to get the seasoning on both sides without it burning, though. I think next time I make this I will add more spice to it to give it a bigger kick. Thanks for the great recipe MSMD3

[invictus]

This has been our go to salmon recipe for a few years now. Absolutely love the way the sugar blackens while cooking and how wonderful the spices bring out the flavor in the samon. Thanks for postin!