How to cook salmon


Today I will explain to you 9 salmon recipes and explain how to properly prepare and cook a salmon meal

How to cook salmon

Preparing salmon

Duration of preparation of the components: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves 2 persons

Cooking method: Frying


The ingredients

  • Two pieces of salmon fillet.
  • Coriander seeds.
  • Grapeseed oil.
  • sugar.
  • salt.
  • Black pepper -as you like-


How to prepare

  • Season the dry fish with sugar and salt and leave it for ten minutes until it becomes firm and acquires a strong flavor.
  • Wash the fish in cold water, then dry it with kitchen paper.
  • Put the oil in a frying pan over low heat, and saute the fish in it on the skin side first.
  • Gradually raise the temperature of the fire for two minutes, until the fish acquires a golden color.
  • Turn the fish on the other side, and leave it for several seconds, until it is completely done.
  • Extinguish the fire, and leave the fish some time to relax.
  • Season the fish with spices, stir the ingredients together, then put the salmon in a serving dish.



Salmon with lemon and rosemary

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serves 4 people


The ingredients

  • One hundred and fifty grams of fillet salmon.
  • A quarter cup of olive oil.
  • Half a teaspoon of salt.
  • Half a teaspoon of ground black pepper.
  • A tablespoon of finely chopped rosemary (rosemary).
  • 2 lemons, sliced.
  • Four spoons of capers.
  • Aluminum foil.


How to prepare

  • Lay salmon slices on a clean surface and season with oil, salt, pepper, and rosemary on both sides.

  • Transfer each piece of fillet on a rectangular sheet of aluminum and place two slices of lemon on top.

  • And a spoonful of capers and fold the aluminum sheet over it with the ends tightly sealed to retain heat inside the aluminum piece.

  • Transfer the aluminum-coated fish pieces to an oven tray over medium heat for ten minutes to cook.

  • Take out the fillet pieces from the oven, make a slit in the surface of the aluminum foil.

  • That fold it aside and then serve it on plates next to the boiled vegetables.

Salmon flavored with butter and garlic

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Serves 4 people


The ingredients

  • Five hundred grams of chunk potato wedges.
  • Two tablespoons of olive oil.
  • A teaspoon and a half of salt.
  • Half a teaspoon of ground black pepper.
  • Four slices of salmon without skin (one hundred seventy grams).
  • A tablespoon of crushed garlic.
  • Two tablespoons of finely chopped parsley.
  • A quarter cup of fresh lemon juice.
  • Half a cup of melted unsalted butter.
  • Half a kilogram of asparagus.
  • Slices of lemon to garnish.


How to prepare

  • Heat the oven to a temperature of 200.

  • Put the potatoes with oil and half a tablespoon of garlic on a large baking tray, sprinkle them with salt and pepper, stir them.

  • Then iron them in the tray and put them in the oven to be grilled for twenty-five minutes.

  • Take out the tray from the oven and slide the potatoes to one side of the tray and arrange the salmon elephants in it.

  • Then rub it with half a tablespoon of crushed garlic and parsley, then add asparagus to the other side of the tray.

  • Mix lemon juice and butter together and pour it over the sliced ​​salmon and asparagus and sprinkle it with salt and ground black pepper.
  • Return the tray to the oven to continue the cooking process for another ten minutes.
  • Take the tray out of the oven and serve the salmon along with the potatoes and asparagus in a serving dish after garnishing it with sliced ​​lemon.


Salmon fillet with basil

Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 11 minutes

Serves 2 persons


The ingredients

  • Two slices of salmon weighing one hundred and fifty grams.
  • Three hundred grams of cherry tomatoes.
  • Four sticks of fresh basil.
  • Two tablespoons of chopped black olives.
  • A tablespoon of olive oil.
  • Pinch of salt.


How to prepare

  • Put the salmon in a preheated Tefal frying pan over medium heat to cook for three minutes.

  • Then flip it over and cook on the side of the skin to brown for another five minutes with a sprinkle of salt and black pepper.

  • Lift the salmon slices from the pan, add olive oil and sliced ​​cherry tomatoes in half, saute them for three minutes.

  • Then remove them from the heat, add the chopped black olives, basil leaves, and a pinch of salt, and stir the ingredients to mix with flavor.

  • Put a spoonful of the mixture in the center of a serving dish, then place a slice of salmon on top, decorate it with a sheet of basil, and serve.


Salmon fillet with cheese

Time for preparing ingredients: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves 4 persons

Cooking method: frying


The ingredients

  • Two pieces of salmon fillet with the skin on.
  • Two cups of watercress leaves.
  • A large stick of green onions, sliced and leaves.
  • Two tablespoons of chopped green coriander.
  • A tablespoon of rusk.
  • 1 tablespoon of lightly crumbled almond slices.
  • 1 teaspoon of dry ground coriander.
  • A teaspoon of Parmesan cheese.
  • Half a teaspoon of salt.
  • Small corn of black pepper.
  • Slices of lemon and green coriander (to garnish).


Sauce ingredients:

  • Lemon juice.
  • A quarter cup of olive oil.
  • Half a teaspoon of salt.
  • ¼ teaspoon of black pepper.


How to prepare

Preparing the sauce:

  • Mix two tablespoons of olive oil, lemon, black pepper, and salt.
  • Wash the watercress, then dry it from the water well.
  • Mixing watercress and green onions together.
  • Spread the sauce over the watercress and onions and mix the ingredients together well.
  • Heat a frying pan on the fire, then put the watercress in it, and stir it for several seconds until it wilts a little.
  • Put the watercress in a serving dish, and keep it warm.
  • Mix cheese, rusk, green coriander, dry coriander, almonds, black pepper, and salt together
  • Spread a little oil over the salmon on both sides.
  • Put the cheese mixture over the salmon on the meat side only.
  • Heat a tablespoon of oil in a skillet over a fire.

  • Put the salmon in the oil, so that the skin is facing down, and leave it for about two minutes.

  • Then turn it on the other side, and leave it for three to four minutes, until it becomes tender, and its flesh becomes soft.

  • Put the salmon over the watercress in the dish, then spread a little olive oil, black pepper, and salt over it.
  • Garnish the salmon with slices of lemon and green coriander.


Salmon in glossy layer with rice and broccoli

Time for preparing ingredients: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Enough for one person

Cooking method: Grill


The ingredients

  • One hundred and fifty grams of salmon fillet.
  • One and a half cups of water.
  • A third of a cup of brown rice.
  • Half a cup of broccoli, cut into small pieces.
  • Two tablespoons of soy sauce.
  • A tablespoon of brown sugar.
  • Half a teaspoon of dried garlic flakes.
  • Half a teaspoon of salt.
  • black pepper -as you like-.


How to prepare

  • Mix soy sauce and sugar together.
  • Put the salmon in an oven dish, then brush it with the soy sauce and sugar mixture.
  • Put the salmon in a hot oven, let it cook for a quarter of an hour, then put it under the oven grill for the last three minutes of its cooking time.
  • Grease the salmon with the sauce mixture several times while it is being cooked in the oven.
  • Put rice and water in a bowl, then put garlic flakes, salt, and a pinch of black pepper on top.
  • Cover the rice, and let it cook over the stove until the water evaporates.
  • Put the broccoli over the rice three minutes before removing the pot from the stove, and cover the ingredients again until they are completely cooked.
  • Put the rice in a serving dish, and put the salmon next to it.


Grilled salmon with Dijon sauce and honey

Time for preparing ingredients: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 20 minutes

Serves 2 persons


The ingredients

  • A cup of melted butter.
  • Three-quarters of a cup of rusk.
  • Four tablespoons of Dijon mustard.
  • Half a cup of chopped walnuts.
  • Two tablespoons of honey.
  • 2 salmon fillets, 50 grams each.
  • Three tablespoons of chopped parsley.
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper -as you like-.


How to prepare

  • Heat the oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius.
  • Mix mustard, butter, and honey on a small plate, and set the mixture aside.
  • Mix the walnuts, rusk, and parsley in another bowl.
  • Grease each salmon fillet piece with a small amount of the mustard-honey mixture, then sprinkle the face of the salmon pieces with the rusk mixture.

  • Arrange the salmon in an oven tray and sprinkle it with a little rusk on top, and bake it in the oven for a period ranging from twelve minutes to a quarter of an hour.

  • Or until the meat separates easily when using a fork, season with black pepper and salt, then serve.


Smoked salmon salad

Time for preparing ingredients: 10 minutes

Serves 2 persons


The ingredients

  • One hundred and twenty grams of chopped smoked salmon.
  • A quarter cup of celery, chopped into thin slices.
  • Two teaspoons of Dijon mustard.
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped green onions.
  • Two tablespoons of light mayonnaise.
  • A teaspoon of lemon juice.
  • Two teaspoons of chopped fresh dill.
  • A tablespoon of sour cream.
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper -as you like-.
  • A small cucumber, cut into thin slices -as you like-.
  • Two croissants cut in half lengthwise.


How to prepare

  • Put celery and salmon on a small plate, and gently saute them together.

  • Put all of the mustard, green onions, mayonnaise, lemon juice, dill, cream, salt, black pepper, cucumber, and croissants in another separate dish.

  • And mixing the ingredients well, then pouring the mixture on the salmon mixture and mixing well.
  • And it can be eaten immediately or stored in the refrigerator for one day.

  • Open the croissant and put the salmon mixture in it, add cucumber or avocado to it, as available, and serve immediately.