Chili Lime Coconut Salmon - Easy to do and Very moist even after warming up leftovers the next day!. Today I am sharing this Chili Lime Coconut Salmon! A quick and easy dinner that is ready in under 35 minutes!
You can cook Chili Lime Coconut Salmon with 12 Ingredients and 4 steps. See the following guide!
Ingredients for Chili Lime Coconut Salmon:
- 1 medium shallot, chopped.
- I jalapeno pepper, chopped, with half the seeds removed.
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped.
- 1/4 cup cilantro, chopped.
- 1 lime, zested and juiced.
- 1 tbsp fish sauce.
- 1 tbsp soy sauce.
- 1 thumb-sized nub ginger, peeled and chopped.
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
- 2 fillets centre-cut salmon, deboned and skin-on.
- 1/4 cup coconut cream.
- 1 1/2 tsp granulated sugar.
Step by step how to cook Chili Lime Coconut Salmon:
- Put all the ingredients except for the salmon, coconut cream and sugar in a food processor. Add several grinds of black pepper. Blitz until the sauce becomes a slightly chunky puree, like guacamole..
- Pour the sauce into a shallow dish. Lay the salmon fillets into the sauce, flesh-side down. Cover with cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour..
- Put a medium non-stick pan on medium heat and add a splash of veg oil. Pull the salmon from the marinade and carefully wipe off as much sauce as you can from the fish. Lay the fillets into the pan, skin-side down and fry for 5 minutes. Flip the fish over and fry 5 minutes more. Remove the salmon and set it aside..
- Wipe out the pan with some clean paper towel, then put it back on the heat. Add the marinade and coconut cream and bring to a simmer. Let cook for 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar, and salt to taste. Peel the skin off the salmon and serve with the sauce..