Salmon With Spicy Cucumber Pineapple Salsa
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 2 kirby cucumbers, finely diced
- 1 cup finely diced fresh pineapple
- 2 scallions, finely diced
- 1 jalapeno chile, minced (ribs and stems removed)
- 1⁄4 cup fresh basil leaf, chopped
- coarse salt, to taste
- ground pepper, to taste
- 4 skin on salmon fillets, 6 to 8 oz each patted dry
directions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together lime juice, honey, and a tablespoon oil. Add cucumbers, pineapple, scallions, jalapeno, and basil.
- Season with salt and pepper and toss gently to combine.
- Generously season salmon on both sides with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat remaining tablespoon oil over medium-high heat and add salmon skin side down.
- Cook until skin is crispy and salmon is opaque about 3/4 of the way through, 4 to 6 minutes.
- Turn salmon over, and continue to cook just until opaque throughout, 2 to 4 minutes. Serve salmon topped with salsa.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
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