Pan Cooked Salmon

Course Main Course

Prep Time 5

Equipment

1 12" cast iron or carbon steel skillet
1 Spatula to turn the fish

Ingredients

1.5 lbs Salmon
2 tbs Grapeseed oil Other oil with high smoke point can be used
Salt
Pepper
Dried thyme
Butter

Instructions

Heat your skillet, then add the oil
Put the fish in the oil, skin side down, then lower the heat
Sprinkle the fish with salt, pepper, & thyme
Cook until the fish has changed color except for the very top
Add some butter to the pan, then flip the fish over
Cook for another minute, or until the internal temperature is about 125 degrees

Notes

Here are the complete directions that I got off of Reddit.

"I'd start with a hot pan, turn the pan down to medium low when you put the salmon in skin side down and spend more time with the skin side down. Wait until the salmon is cooked on the outside until it's about 10% away from the top, chuck in some butter and flip the salmon. Let it cook for 45 seconds max on that side and take it out of the pan.

That's one way I was taught in restaurants and it has never ever failed to produce a perfectly cooked piece of salmon."