Pan Seared Salmon with Orange Flavored Olive Oil

If you were to ask me what i wanted to eat for dinner, the answer would most likely be fish, fish, or scallops. I love fish. I like it best grilled, roasted or pan-seared. I like any fish medium rare so that they are still moist, and flaky. My most favorite fish are tuna, salmon, and mahi mahi…

The reason I think that i love those fish, is that they are very mild when they are fresh. They do not have a fishy odor and almost do not taste “fishy”. And they need very little prep to taste great.

Because I had just brought an orange-flavored olive oil from convention, i was dying to try it and thought that it would marry well with the salmon I had in my fridge, and grapefruit in my kitchen so here it was i came up with for my dinner last night. Very easy, very yummy and so healthy!!!!

Ingredients for 2-4:

The grilled Salmon:

1 large salmon filet of about 2 lbs
2 tsp of orange- flavored olive oil
salt
pepper

The Grapefruit Salsa:

1 grapefruit peeled
1 tsbp of the grapefruit zest
1 tsp of orange flavored olive oil
1/16 tsp of salt
1/4 cup of purple onion chopped thinly
optional 1/16 tsp of red pepper flakes

With the Demarle grater, zest the grapefruit, collect about 1 tbsp of the zest and place it into a small bowl.
Then peel the grapefruit, remove the meat of the fruit from the grapefruit quarters, chop it and place it in a small bowl.
Add the diced red onion, salt, pepper, olive oil, optional red pepper flakes and mix well. Set aside.
Place the large frying pan on the stove and turn the heat to medium-high. When the pan is hot, add 1 tsp of olive oil.
When the oil is starting to get warm ( it will start sizzling), add the salmon filet.
Cook it for 2 minutes. Then with a polyamide spatula, flip the salmon on its other side and cook for another 2 minutes ( or more if you like your salmon cooked well).
Drizzle 1 tsp of orange-flavored olive oil on top of the grilled salmon, sprinkle some sea salt and pepper, and divide the salmon individually by the numbers of your guests.
Spoon some of the salsa over the salmon and enjoy! I did!!