Recipe: Pan Seared Salmon over Arugula Salad with Sweet Citrus Vinaigrette Dressing (391 hits)
BY: Utokia Langley - 13 Jun '14 | Recipes Black and Married With Kids.com A Positive Image of Marriage & Family
Healthy never tasted this good! Hmm is it the pan seared salmon or the cherry tomatoes in the arugula salad or maybe its the sweet citrus vinaigrette dressing that has my heart filled with butterflies! This was a fun recipe for me to develop because it has some of my favorite ingredients, salmon and anything salad citrus.
Healthy but YUM YUM YUM Eating
BMWK Pan Seared Salmon Over Arugula Salad with Sweet Citrus Vingerette Dressing ingredients (600x399)
Just a dusting of flour and BAM a beautiful crunchy delicious sear is a comin
BMWK Pan Seared Salmon Over Arugula Salad with Sweet Citrus Vingerette Dressing flour dusting (600x399)
This sweet citrus vinaigrette is so OMG good
BMWK Pan Seared Salmon Over Arugula Salad with Sweet Citrus Vingerette Dressing dressing (600x399)
There is that beautiful sear I love
BMWK Pan Seared Salmon Over Arugula Salad with Sweet Citrus Vingerette Dressing butter (600x399)
Up close and very personal
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PAN SEARED SALMON INGREDIENTS:
2-4 slabs of salmon 2-3 tbsp. corn oil Herbed butter (1/2 stick room temperature unsalted butter + 1 tbsp. fresh rosemary, 2 tbsp. cilantro and 1 ½ tbsp. thyme – all finely chopped and 1 tsp. crushed garlic) ½ cup flour mixture (wondra flour + 2 tsp. sea salt, 2 tsp. white pepper) ¼ tsp. sea salt and ¼ tsp. white pepper to season salmon
Juice of 1 lemon Juice of half a grapefruit Juice of 1 lime 3 tbsp. honey ¼ cup corn oil 1 tbsp. red wine vinegar ¼ cup chopped red onion 1-2 tsp. sea salt 1 tsp. ground black pepper ½ tbsp. granulated sugar
SALAD INGREDIENTS:
3-4 cups baby arugula ½ cup thinly sliced red cabbage ½ cup red cherry tomatoes sliced in half ½ cup yellow cherry tomatoes sliced in half
READY, SET, GO: 1.To prepare to sear the salmon, add corn oil to Pan over medium/high heat and allow oil to get hot 2.Season each piece of salmon with sea salt and white pepper (bottom and top), lightly sprinkle with flour mixture, once oil is hot, add 2 pieces (do not over crowd the pan) of salmon to the pan bottom side up and allow to sear 2-3 minutes, then turn over and allow the bottom to sear 2-3 minutes 3.LET’S MAKE THE HERBED BUTTER (as soon as you add the salmon to the pan so you can be ready) ~ mix half a stick of room temperature unsalted butter with the cilantro, rosemary, thyme, sea salt, garlic and white pepper until incorporated 4.Once the salmon is done, add 1 tbsp. of herbed butter to the pan, as it melts tilt the pan a little so the oil and butter are easy to spoon out and spoon the melted herbed butter over the salmon, do this 2-3 times, then remove salmon from the pan to a plate and allow to rest 1-2 minutes before adding to top of salad 5.LET’S MAKE THE SALAD DRESSING ~ to a medium bowl add the lemon juice, lime juice, grapefruit juice, honey, corn oil, red wine vinegar, red onion, sea salt, black pepper and granulated sugar and whisk together until incorporated 6.LET’S MAKE THE SALAD ~ toss the baby arugula, red cabbage, yellow and red cherry tomatoes together and drizzle with the sweet citrus vinaigrette dressing, top with salmon and add dressing a bit more dressing over the salmon and ENJOY!!
Utokia Langley is the video cooking mean machine and blogger behind She's Got Flavor, a written and video blog created to Sass up your kitchen experience and assist you in creating flavorful dishes that will surely please! She,s Got Flavor is developing a seasoning line that will help intensify the flavor in your food and make life easier and less cluttered in the kitchen for you, stay tuned. Above all Utokia is a child of God, a wife, mother of two beautiful children who think Mom's videos and food are da bomb and a true friend to many.
