Seared Salmon With Crab Salad And Avocado Sauce Food

SEARED SALMON FILLET

Steps:

• Heat a large non-stick pan over high with olive oil. Liberally season salmon with salt and pepper. Place skin side down in pan and reduce heat to medium-low. Do not move fillets. Allow to cook about 7 minutes or until well browned and cooked about three quarters of the way through. Turn fillets and cook about 3 minutes more, or until still just barely pink in the center. Serve immediately, with the skin side up.

CRAB AND AVOCADO SALAD

Steps:

• Bring a saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the haricots verts and cook until crisp-tender, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain and run under cold water to stop the cooking.
• Puree the yogurt, mayonnaise, lemon juice, chives, basil and anchovies in a blender until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
• Toss the crabmeat, half of the avocado and about 1 tablespoon of the yogurt dressing in a small bowl. Toss the romaine, croutons, haricots verts and the remaining avocado with the remaining dressing in a large bowl.
• Divide the romaine salad among plates, top with the tomatoes and place some of the crab mixture in the center.

BAKED SALMON TOPPED WITH CRAB

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Take a baking pan and line it with foil. Spray a thin layer of PAM.
• Crumble crab meat.
• Take your salmon and cut open so it opens up like one of those science project boards. Season with one teaspoon lemon pepper. Close flaps.
• Spread mayonnaise on top of the fillet and sprinkle remaining lemon pepper onto salmon.
• Top salmon with crab meat.
• Sprinkle cheese onto the crab meat.
• Bake about 25 to 30 minutes.
• Then broil for 2 minutes or until the cheese turns brown.

MARINATED WILD SALMON

Steps:

• Season fillets with salt and pepper, onion powder, and red pepper flakes. Set aside in a baking dish.
• In a medium bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, balsamic vinegar, sugar, green onions, and cilantro. Pour marinade over salmon; cover, and refrigerate overnight, or at least 6 hours.
• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Arrange salmon on a broiling sheet. Place in a preheated oven, and bake for 5 minutes. Increase heat to 500 degrees F (260 degrees C), turn fillets, and broil 5 minutes more.

SALMON WITH CRAB SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut salmon into four portions and season with 1 teaspoon f the lemon pepper.
• Set aside.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over low-medium heat, wisk in flour and cook until bubbly for 1 minute.
• Slowly wisk in milk and remaining lemon pepper and continue stirring until thick, about 12 minutes.
• Remove from heat.
• Add cream cheese and stir until melted.
• Add lemon juice and zest , green onion and the crab and any liquid from th can.
• Keep warm over a very low heat.
• Broil or pan fry seasoned salmon about 3-5 minutes per side until salmon just flakes when press with a fork.
• Plate salmon and pour crab sauce over each filet.