Crispy Skinned Salmon with Porcini BBQ Genie

We're taking your dinner game to a whole new level – our Crispy Skinned Salmon enhanced with the flavours of our Porcini BBQ Genie spice blend.

We've taken that perfect salmon fillet and treated it with the magic touch of Kenji López-Alt's - ensuring it boasts a skin so tantalizingly crispy that you'll swear it's been fried.

How did we do it, you ask?

The secret lies in the art of salting, allowing the moisture to be drawn out and leaving you with that irresistible texture. And that's not all – our Porcini BBQ Genie blend steps up to the plate with its deliciously complex flavours.

We're here to make your mealtime even more fantastic by whipping this up in just one pan. First to cook up that salmon with the skin you can't resist, and then transforming it into a luxuriously creamy sauce infused with the essence of porcini mushrooms. Making a dish that's easy on the cooking process but big on flavour.

Pair this salmon with anything like green beans, rice, crusty bread – whatever tickles your fancy. Because at the heart of it all, it's that sauce-slathered, crispy-skinned salmon that's going to steal the spotlight and win over tonight's dinner table.

Crispy Skinned Salmon with Porcini BBQ Genie

Servings

3-4

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

20 minutes

Cuisine

Fusion

Category

Main Course

Crispy Skinned Salmon with Porcini BBQ Genie

Ingredients

  • 2-4 Salmon fillets portions, skin on

  • salt + pepper

  • 1 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 ½ tbsp Porcini BBQ Genie, divided

  • 2 small shallots, diced

  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 3/4 cup heavy cream
  • 1 lemon, juice and zest
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter

Directions

  1. Pat your salmon dry and sprinkle generously with kosher salt. Allow to sit for at least 30 minutes or up to a day. This is essential as it will draw out moisture, giving you a crispier skin.

  2. Set a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat and heat olive oil until shimmering.

  3. Lay the salmon, skin side down in the pan and leave it (don’t touch) for at least 5-8 minutes. Sprinkle about ½ tbsp of the Porcini BBQ Genie on the flesh side. After that time, you can check it once or twice for desired crispiness.

  4. You can then flip it over to add some colour to the flesh side, and cook a little more. Remove from heat and set aside on a plate when finished.

    You can also continue to cook skin side down without flipping until the internal temp is where you want it. We suggest 100F-120F for a rare to medium rare.

  5. In a now empty pan, add your shallots and cook until just softening and coloured. Pour in the white wine and remaining Porcini BBQ Genie spice blend; cooking until liquid has reduced by half.

  6. Pour in the heavy cream and bring to a simmer for about 5 minutes or until sauce has thickened.

  7. Off heat; stir in the butter, lemon zest and lemon juice.

  8. Immediately pour over the salmon and enjoy.

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