Crispy-Skin Salmon with Miso-Honey Sauce

Crispy-Skin Salmon with Miso-Honey Sauce
Crispy-Skin Salmon with Miso-Honey Sauce
The key to salmon fillets with crackly skin is to start it skin side down in a cold cast-iron pan—as the skillet heats, the skin slowly renders and crisps.
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  • Served Person: 4 servings
Bon Appétit Dinner Asian Japanese Seafood Fish Salmon Honey Sesame Ginger Green Onion/Scallion Dairy Free Peanut Free Soy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free
  • kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp. sesame seeds
  • 1 tbsp. honey
  • 1 tbsp. vegetable oil
  • 3 scallions, thinly sliced
  • 2 tbsp. white miso
  • 1 tbsp. unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 1 (2") piece ginger, peeled, finely grated
  • 4 (4–6-oz.) skin-on salmon fillets
  • cooked rice, for serving
  • Carbohydrate 11 g(4%)
  • Cholesterol 78 mg(26%)
  • Fat 24 g(37%)
  • Fiber 1 g(5%)
  • Protein 31 g(62%)
  • Saturated Fat 5 g(24%)
  • Sodium 445 mg(19%)
  • Calories 388

Preparation Whisk ginger, miso, honey, vinegar, oil, and 1 Tbsp. water in a small bowl to combine; set sauce aside. Heat a dry small skillet over medium. Toast sesame seeds, tossing, until golden and slightly fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl; let cool. Lightly season salmon all over with salt. Place skin side down in an unheated cast-iron skillet. Set skillet over medium heat and cook, undisturbed, 5 minutes. Press down lightly on salmon with a fish spatula to ensure all of the skin is making contact with the pan and continue to cook until flesh is opaque most of the way through (the top will still be translucent) and skin is crisp, about 5 minutes longer. Using spatula, gently turn fillets over, then remove pan from heat. Continue to cook fish in residual heat left in pan until just barely cooked through, 1–3 minutes more, depending on thickness. Spoon reserved sauce onto plates. Scoop some rice on top and set fillets, skin side up, on rice. Scatter scallions over and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.

Preparation Whisk ginger, miso, honey, vinegar, oil, and 1 Tbsp. water in a small bowl to combine; set sauce aside. Heat a dry small skillet over medium. Toast sesame seeds, tossing, until golden and slightly fragrant, about 2 minutes. Transfer to a small bowl; let cool. Lightly season salmon all over with salt. Place skin side down in an unheated cast-iron skillet. Set skillet over medium heat and cook, undisturbed, 5 minutes. Press down lightly on salmon with a fish spatula to ensure all of the skin is making contact with the pan and continue to cook until flesh is opaque most of the way through (the top will still be translucent) and skin is crisp, about 5 minutes longer. Using spatula, gently turn fillets over, then remove pan from heat. Continue to cook fish in residual heat left in pan until just barely cooked through, 1–3 minutes more, depending on thickness. Spoon reserved sauce onto plates. Scoop some rice on top and set fillets, skin side up, on rice. Scatter scallions over and sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds.