Main Dishesbonappetit4.8
Crispy Salmon With Avocado Sauce
You’ll want to put this creamy (but dairy-free) green sauce on everything and it’s particularly sublime under crispy-skinned salmon.
👥 4 Servings👤 Shilpa Uskokovic📖 bonappetit
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●bowl
- ●blender
- ●pan
- ●skillet
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Toss 1 large English hothouse cucumber, very thinly sliced into rounds, 1 Tbsp. fresh lime juice, and ½ tsp. Diamond Crystal or ¼ tsp. Morton kosher salt in a medium bowl to combine, massaging with your hands until cucumber begins to soften and become more pliable. Set aside.
large English hothouse cucumber, very thinly sliced into rounds1(lightly packed) cilantro leaves with tender stems2 cups
2
Scoop flesh from 1 large avocado, halved, pit removed, into a blender; add 4 scallions, coarsely chopped, 1 garlic clove, smashed, 1 jalapeño or serrano chile, stem removed, ½ tsp. ground cumin, ¼ cup vegetable oil, 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, remaining 3 Tbsp. fresh lime juice, and 3 Tbsp. room temperature water and blend until smooth. Add 2 cups (lightly packed) cilantro leaves with tender stems and blend just until mostly smooth with some flecks of cilantro remaining. Taste sauce and add more lime juice and/or season with more salt if needed.
large avocado, halved, pit removed1(lightly packed) cilantro leaves with tender stems2 cupsjalapeño or serrano chile, stem removed1
3
Season four 4–6-oz. skin-on salmon fillets generously with salt. Pour remaining 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil into a cold large nonstick skillet, arrange salmon, skin side down, in pan, and place over medium heat. Cook, undisturbed, until skin is deep brown, 8–⏱️ 10 minutes. Turn and cook on other side until surface is opaque, about ⏱️ 1 minute. Remove from heat.
. (or more) fresh lime juice, divided4 Tbsp(lightly packed) cilantro leaves with tender stems2 cups4–6-oz. skin-on salmon fillets4
4
Divide sauce among plates; place salmon, skin side up, on top. Scoop reserved cucumbers over with a slotted spoon.
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