Crispy-Skinned Salmon with Cucumber-Herb Salad

Name: Crispy-Skinned Salmon with Cucumber-Herb Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 (6- to 8-ounce), skin-on salmon fillets, 1½ inches thick; 2 teaspoons, kosher salt; ½ teaspoon, pepper; 2 tablespoons, lime juice; 2 teaspoons, vegetable oil; 2 cups, fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems, cut into 1½-inch lengths; ¼ , English cucumber, halved lengthwise and sliced thin; 4 , scallion, sliced thin on bias; 1 , Fresno chile, stemmed, halved lengthwise, and sliced thin; ½ teaspoon, kosher salt

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Appears in Cook's Country December/January 2024

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SERVES4

TIME30 minutes, plus 1 hour salting

Crispy-Skinned Salmon with Cucumber-Herb Salad

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

To get perfectly cooked salmon with shatteringly crispy skin, we salted salmon fillets for an hour uncovered in the refrigerator to firm the flesh, season them throughout, and begin to dry out the skin. Starting the fish in a cold, covered,...

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