Potato Encrusted Salmon with Honey Lime Cilantro Balsamic Reduction Sauce
Well decided to get real adventurous for dinner last night. The results were so so but I think trying this again with some adjustments could work out. Here is the recipe I concocted.
Enough for two large 2 Servings
- 2 pieces of skinned salmon
- 3 potatos skinned and shredded
- 4 T lime juice
- 2 T honey
- 8 T Balsamic Vinegar
- 3 T minced Cilantro
- Black pepper
- 3 Pinches of flour
- 2 T Water
So I flopped down and flattened 1/2 the shredded potato with black pepper into a frying pan that had a decent amount of oil in it in two blobs that matched the size of my salmon pieces. I then immediately placed my salmon on the potato. I fried for about 5 minutes then put the rest of the potato on top of the salmon pieces, flattened it down and flipped em, and fried for another 5 minutes. I then placed them in a casserole dish for another 8 minutes in an oven preheated at 350 degrees. After placing the Salmon in the oven I put the other ingredients in the in an itty bitty frying pan and med-low heat and simmered for the 8 minutes. When the Salmon was done I drizzled the reduction over the pieces and served with some fresh corn on the cob.
So the Result:
I thought it came out ok. My roommate, the other eater, said he liked the potato encrusted salmon and liked the reduction sauce he just didn't like them together. He said the reduction took away from the taste of the Salmon. My conclusion is I may try the encrusted Salmon again but maybe try something simple like sour cream, or apple sauce on top to make it similar to a potato pancake. Another possibility would be some cheese melted over top of it. The reduction I could see best used on a grilled piece of tuna.