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Valentine's Meal: Salmon

Executive Chef Chris Hensel at UT Southwestern in Dallas prepares heart healthy recipes for Valentine's Day

Watch how the full meal is prepared.


Transcript

- We're gonna mix in the cinnamon, the cumin and the chili powder in a bowl, with the lemon and the brown sugar, a little salt, a little pepper. Mix that all up and then we're gonna basically rub the salmon with it. Easiest way, one side a little bit and then you can just rub it on, and get it ready for the saute. You just put a little bit more of the pan spray in there. So as this is going and we've got it in the nice hot oil, keep your pan moving, you wanna keep that crust going, shaking back and forth. So let's give that a flip over. So he's got a nice little char on there, it's gonna take approximately two, two and a half, three minutes on each side to get this nice caramelization in the crust. Another way you can do that pan seared salmon is on your barbecue, or the char broiler. So we're gonna leave that on for about two to three minutes on each side. Alright for the finish of the salmon what we're gonna do is just do our little topping. So we're gonna use fresh orange wedges, the ruby red grapefruit, keep that sucker going, watch out for flames, it's gonna flame on you. So there we go, there's some nice flames. So at home if this happens don't freak out, if it's really scary just keep your pan nice and low. We're gonna give that a little shake, add a little salt and pepper. We're gonna add a little bit more lemon zest which was in that rub that we made earlier. And we're gonna turn it off and take it off. It is done.

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