Cheesy baked salmon with crispy crumb topping
Seared salmon fillets are smothered with spicy cream cheese, topped with butter-fried panko, and baked until the crumbs are browned and the cheese softens to the consistency of a thick sauce.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
- 600 grams salmon fillet (1.3 pounds)
- 2 teaspoons lemon pepper seasoning
- 175 grams cream cheese (6 oz) at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon dried onion flakes
- ½ teaspoon dried garlic flakes
- 3 tablespoons salted butter
- ½ cup panko
Instructions
- Wipe the salmon fillet with paper towels and rub the lemon pepper seasoning directly on the flesh.
- Marinate in the fridge in a covered container for at least three hours.
- Preheat the oven to 400F.
- Take the salmon out of the fridge to allow to come to room temperature.
- Mix the cream cheese, onion flakes and garlic flakes.
- Melt two tablespoons butter in a frying pan, add the panko and cook until the crumbs have absorbed all the butter.
- Wipe the frying pan and melt the remaining butter.
- Lay the salmon fillet in the hot butter, skin side up and sear for a minute. Flip and cook for another 30 seconds.
- Arrange in the salmon fillet, skin side down, in a baking tray lined with foil or non-stick paper.
- Spread the cream cheese on the entire top of the salmon.
- Lightly but firmly press the panko onto the cream cheese.
- Bake the salmon in the oven for 10 minutes or until the crumbs are browned.
- Serve the cheesy baked salmon with crispy crumb topping with your vegetables of choice.
