Salmon With Pepita Lime Butter Food

SALMON WITH CHILLI & LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large frying pan and cook the salmon, skin side down, for about 5-6 mins until the skin is crispy and golden. Turn the salmon fillets carefully, then cook for a further 2 mins. Remove from the pan and set aside.
• Tip the butter in the pan and, when melted, add the spring onions, chilli and lime zest to sizzle in the butter for 2 mins, then add the lime juice. Spoon the chilli and lime butter over the salmon. Scatter with the coriander and serve with boiled rice.

SALMON WITH LIME HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Finely grate zest from one lime, and squeeze its juice; set aside. Cut remaining lime into 8 wedges; set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine butter, ginger, 8 sprigs cilantro and lime zest and juice. Process until the mixture is smooth. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper; process again. Mound butter on a piece of foil, and shape into a cylinder. Cover tightly with foil, and place in freezer.
• Brush a baking sheet with oil, and place salmon fillets skin side down on sheet. Sprinkle with salt to taste. Bake until fish flakes easily, about 8 minutes.
• To serve, remove lime butter from freezer, and cut into thick rounds. Place a fillet on each of four plates and top each with an equal portion of lime butter. Garnish each plate with two lime wedges and a sprig of cilantro, and serve.

SALMON WITH PEPITA-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Toast pepitas (place pepitas in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes. )
• Place toasted pepitas in a small bowl with butter, lime zest, lime juice and chili powder.
• Generously coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat.
• Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper, add to the pan and cook until browned and just cooked through in the center, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Remove the pan from the heat. Transfer the salmon to a plate.
• Add the butter-lime mixture to the hot pan; stir until the butter is melted. Serve the salmon topped with the sauce.
• Additional serving suggestions: Serve with wild rice and steamed vegetables.
• PER SERVING: 259 Calories; 17 g Fat; 5 g Sat; 5 g Mono; 74 mg Cholesterol; 2 g Carbohydrates; 24 g Protein; 0 g Fiber; 360 mg Sodium; 458 mg Potassium.
• Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fat.
• TIP: To skin the salmon: Place a salmon fillet on a clean cutting board, skin side down. Starting at the tail end, slip the blade of a long, sharp knife between the fish flesh and the skin, holding the skin down firmly with your other hand. Gently push the blade along at a 30° angle, separating the fillet from the skin without cutting through either.

SAUTEED SALMON WITH FIVE-SPICE LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Pat salmon pieces dry and season with salt and pepper. In a 10- to 12-inch non-stick skillet heat oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté salmon, skin sides down, 2 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate and cook salmon 3 minutes more. Turn salmon over and sauté over moderately high heat 2 minutes. Reduce heat to moderate and cook salmon until just cooked through, about 2 minutes more.
• Transfer salmon to 2 plates. Pour off oil from skillet and carefully wipe out skillet with paper towels. In skillet melt butter with five-spice powder and salt to taste, stirring. Stir in lime juice and spoon lime butter over salmon.

SEARED SALMON WITH LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Spray a large cast-iron skillet or stainless steel skillet with nonstick cooking spray and heat it over medium-high heat.
• When the pan is hot, add half of the butter, and let it melt.
• The pan should be hot enough that the butter bubbles but doesn't brown.
• Add in the salmon, skin side down and top it with half the lime juice and half of the salt.
• Sear the salmon (cook it without moving it) for about 5 minutes until it starts to cook through.
• Add the remaining half of the butter to the pan and flip the salmon.
• Decrease the heat slightly; top the salmon with the rest of the lime juice and a little more salt.
• Cook it for 3-5 minutes until the salmon flakes easily and is cooked through.
• Remove the salmon to a plate and top it with any pan drippings.