Earl Cooks Fresh Honey Garlic Salmon

Fresh Salmon Fillets

Tried something new last night...new for me at least, I cooked Fresh Salmon Fillets! We have been trying to eat more Salmon, but I have been cooking frozen portions in the oven for convenience and price. Well the other night my wife said she would like to try fresh, so at the market, I saw some some great looking fillets and had the butcher wrap them up. I had never cooked fish with the skin on, and as you can see, when displayed flesh side up, they didn't look like they had any skin...my mistake. I found a recipe that sounded good AND my wife liked, then modified it to match our fillets, which were 8oz. I found the recipe on RecipeTin Eats, a site I visited for the first time. My recipe follows:

Ingredients

Sauce

• 4 tbsp honey
• 2 tbsp soy sauce (We use Kikkoman's)
• 1 tbsp white vinegar
• 1 large garlic clove, crushed

Salmon

• 2 salmon fillets,  (8oz each)
• Olive oil
• Freshly ground Sea Salt and Black Pepper(a must in our house)

Instructions

1. Take salmon out of the fridge 20 minutes before cooking. Pat salmon skin dry with a paper towel and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. Whisk together the Sauce ingredients in a small bowl.
3. Drizzle oil in a non stick fry pan and heat over medium high heat (or just under, if your stove runs hot). Place salmon in the pan, and cook the first side (skin side) for 4 minutes. Turn, then cook the other side for 3 minutes, or to taste.
4. Flip so skin side is DOWN again. Pour Sauce over salmon. Cook for 1 minute or until it starts to thicken slightly. Look at the SIDE of the salmon to tell how cooked through the center is.
5. Remove onto dinner plates.
6. Serve salmon drizzled with Sauce.

How it turned out

It was tasty and tender and came right off of the skin (a worry I had). 8 oz. is a large fillet and I probably could have used just one cut in half for a portion. From a flavor standpoint, the Honey/Soy/Garlic mixture was something I probably won't try again. I prefer a more savory taste that doesn't overpower the salmon.