Cajun Blackened Salmon

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

Blackening has a bad reputation it does not deserve, mostly because a lot of people confuse “blackened” with “burnt”. A properly blackened fillet is not carbonised. The dark crust is toasted spice and browned butter, not ash, and underneath it the salmon is still glossy and just cooked. Get that distinction right and you have one of the fastest, most dramatic ways to put dinner on the table.

The twist here lives at the very end. After the crust is set, I let a knob of butter brown in the pan and spoon it, nutty and lime-sharpened, over the fish. Classic blackening uses melted butter at the start, which tends to burn on that fierce heat and turn acrid. Moving the butter to the finish gives you all its richness without the bitterness, and the lime slices through the smoked-paprika depth so the whole plate stays lively.

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Cajun Blackened Salmon