Cilantro Salmon
- Ready In:
- 23mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 12 ounces salmon fillets (two 6-oz filets with skin on)
- coarse salt
- black pepper
- 1 cup fresh cilantro, rinsed
- 1 shallot, roughly chopped
- 1 lemon (zest and juice)
- 1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
directions
- Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat for 5 minutes with a teaspoon of olive oil.
- Meanwhile, season the fleshy side of the salmon with salt and pepper and then add it to the pan, skin side down.
- Cook the salmon for 4 minutes on the first side, then flip the fillets and cook for 3 minutes on the other side.
- Transfer the fish to a plate and let it rest for a minute or two.
- To make the sauce, add the cilantro, shallot, lemon, and vinegar to the bowl of the food processor and pulse 15 times, or until everything is combined fully.
- Turn the food processor back on and slowly add the olive oil in a steady stream through the feeding tube until the mixture comes together in a smooth paste.
- Top the salmon fillets with the cilantro sauce and serve immediately.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.