Blackened Salmon

Name: Blackened Salmon
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons, paprika; 2 teaspoons, kosher salt; ¾ teaspoon, garlic powder; ¾ teaspoon, onion powder; ½ teaspoon, dried oregano; ½ teaspoon, dried thyme; ½ teaspoon, pepper; ½ teaspoon, white pepper; ½ teaspoon, cayenne pepper; 4 (6- to 8-ounce), skin-on salmon fillets, 1 to 1½ inches thick; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted, divided; , Lemon wedges

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Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2022

Main Courses

Fish & Seafood

Weeknight

For rich, flavorful salmon fillets, grab a well-seasoned cast-iron skillet and try a spicy technique from the 1980s.

SERVES4

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This recipe draws inspiration from Paul Prudhomme's technique for blackening developed in his kitchens in the 1980s. To start, we made a flavorful seasoning blend and then brushed salmon fillets with melted unsalted butter to help the seaso...

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