Approximately 600 calories per person for two people
- Prep time: about 15 to 20 minutes
- Cook time: about 40 to 50 minutes
- Oven required
Ingredients
- 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) plus 2 teaspoons (tsp) extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons (Tbsp) fresh clementine or mandarin juice
- 1 clementine or mandarin, sliced into ¼-inch-thick rounds, for garnish
- 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) fresh lemon juice
- ½ Tablespoon (Tbsp) of honey
- 2 Tablespoons (Tbsp) chopped cilantro leaves and tender stems
- 2 Ounces (55 grams) of Shallot, minced, but not too small
- ½ head of garlic, minced
- 1 Eight Ounce (225 grams) Yukon Gold potato or small round potato
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- Red-pepper flakes, to taste
- 12 ounces (340 grams) skin-on salmon fillet (preferably 1 single center-cut piece)
Instructions
- Marinade the salmon well with salt (about 1½ teaspoons) and pepper to taste. Set aside to marinate.
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
- In a medium bowl, create the citrus sauce by combining the olive oil, clementine or mandarin juice, lemon juice, cilantro, honey, shallot and garlic.
- Set the citrus sauce aside.
- Scrub the potato and slice into ¼-inch-thick rounds.
- In a large skillet fan out the potato rounds, overlapping them a little, to cover the surface of the skillet.
- Season well with salt (about 1 to 1½ teaspoons) and black pepper to taste.
- Sprinkle on a few red-pepper flakes.
- Stir the citrus sauce to combine again, and spoon half of the sauce over the potatoes.
- Place the skillet in the oven and roast for 30 minutes, until the edges start to turn golden.
- Remove the skillet from the oven,
- Place the marinated salmon on top of the potatoes, skin side down.
- Sprinkle with a few more red-pepper flakes.
- Spoon the rest of the citrus sauce over the salmon and top the fish with the citrus slices.
- Place the skillet back in the oven and roast until the salmon is cooked through to your liking, 10 to 20 minutes, depending on the thickness of the salmon.
- Gently remove the salmon from potatoes
- Plate the potatoes and place the salmon on top
- Serve immediately