This Blackened Salmon is a spectacular dish featuring the best of the catch.
World Class Fishing
World class fishing at it’s finest is what you will find at the West Coast Resort off the north western coast of British Columbia’s Vancouver Island.
Location, Walter’s Cove in the Kyuquot Sound.
Luxury Fishing Experience
With a new fleet of boats, and everything you can imagine taken care of, it is fishing like you have never experienced before. Seriously, they do it all. Upon your trip home you are greeted at the airport with boxes of your catch that has been cleaned, portioned, packaged and frozen. All you need is enough freezer space once you get it home.
And the fishing does not disappoint. With over $1000 worth of fish brought home, I am very excited to get busy.
Salmon Is King
Salmon was the most prolifically caught fish on the trip, the largest one, which also got the owner an award, came in at 30 pounds.
I have played with salmon often, the most common preparation has been smoking it.
But looking to enjoy it in it’s simplicity chose to just quickly pan fry it blacked style.
- 2 tablespoons of paprika
- 1 tsp of cayenne pepper
- 1 tablespoon of garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons of salt
- ½ teaspoon of pepper
- ¼ teaspoon of Italian seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon of Greek seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon of dried oregano
- ½ cup of butter – melted
- In a small bowl combine all the spices.
- Mix well.
- Pour on to a small plate.
- Meanwhile, in a small pot melt the butter over medium heat.
- Lightly brush both sides of the salmon fillets with melted butter.
- Press the buttered sides of the fillets on to the plate with the spices.
- Cover well.
- Place on a plate and drizzle the tops gently with butter.
- Heat a large skillet on high heat until very hot.
- Add the salmon fillets, buttered side down.
- Cook until the bottom is blackened, roughly 2 -5 minutes.
- Drizzle the tops with butter and flip.
- Cook until blackened and flakes easily.
Sure To Impress
This turned out to be one of the best salmon dishes I have ever tasted. The slight spiciness combined with the touch of butter brought out the best aspects of the spices. One never over powered the other, they all work together in perfect harmony. Not to salty or smoky, the richness of the salmon was the showcase of the dish..
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This looks great! We would love to see it on WholeYum!