Recipe: Curry-Crusted Salmon w/ Grilled Onions

Friday, 05 February 2010

Recipe: Curry-Crusted Salmon w/ Grilled Onions
This is a guest post from Ambitious Delicious(ness).
This recipe is super delicious and easy to make. I love that the onions transformed from its raw, pungent state (gross) to forkfuls of sweet, buttery goodness in each bite. I threw in a handful of Thai basil while grilling the onions, which brought the flavors together amazingly well.
My sister, who hates onions, actually wanted to eat more! But too bad for her, I had already finished it by then (muhaha).
Recipe: Curry crusted salmon with grilled onions
Makes 2 small servings (or enough for 1 hungry person)
Ingredients:
1 pound of salmon steak (or fillet)
1 large red onion, cut into thin slices
2 tablespoons of all purpose flour
2 teaspoons of curry powder
5 leaves of Thai basil, whole
2 cloves of minced garlic
1/2 slice of lemon
Fresh cracked pepper and sea salt to taste
Procedure:
1. Sprinkle salt and pepper on both sides of salmon. (I went a little overboard here, so salt sparingly).
2. Spread flour on a plate large enough for the salmon. Coat both sides of fish. Then sprinkle curry powder on each side.
3. On a screaming hot pan over high heat coated with olive oil, cook salmon. Cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. Remove from pan and cover with foil.
4. In the same pan you just used for the fish, cook garlic, onions, and Thai basil over high heat for 2 minutes. Lower heat to medium and cook for about 10 minutes, until translucent and fragrant.
5. Plate onions over salmon and serve.