Monday, June 1, 2020

Blackened Salmon Tostadas with Cilantro Pepita Sauce

Penulis Herizuki Diterbitkan 6/01/2020

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Ingredients

For the cilantro pepita sauce

ane/three
cup
pepitas, toasted*

ane/2
of a jalapeño, seeds together with ribs removed

1
loving cup
packed cilantro

2
cloves garlic

juice of ii limes

ane
tablespoon
beloved

1/four
cup
olive crude

1/two-iii/four
teaspoon
common salt, to gustation

For the tostadas

4
corn tortillas

ane/iv
loving cup
avocado crude oil

table salt to sense of taste

For the salmon

i
pound
salmon filet

two
tablespoons
Cajun seasoning*

1
tablespoon
avocado or olive crude

For serving

shredded cerise cabbage

cilantro leaves

crumbled queso fresco

lime wedges

cilantro pepita sauce

Instructions

Begin by making the cilantro pepita sauce. Combine the pepitas, jalapeño, cilantro, garlic, lime juice, love, olive fossil oil, together with ane/two teaspoon of common salt into a nutrient processor. Blend until smooth. Season to taste amongst the additional i/four teaspoon of common salt if desired and blend over again to combine. Set aside.

For the tostadas, estrus a big nonstick skillet over medium-high estrus together with add together the avocado crude. Once hot, add together a tortilla in addition to kid for i-2 minutes per side, or until golden as well as crispy. Remove from pan together with permit drain on newspaper towels. Sprinkle with bounding main salt now on both sides spell it's hot. Repeat amongst remaining tortillas.

For the salmon, rub the filet evenly on all sides with the Cajun seasoning. Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high rut. Add the petroleum. Once hot, sear the salmon for three-4 minutes per side, depending on the thickness of your filet, until cooked through.

To serve, generously spread a few spoonfuls of the cilantro pepita sauce on the tostada, height with the salmon, a handful of ruddy cabbage, a handful of cilantro, a sprinkle of queso fresco, a crush of lime, together with some other spoonful of cilantro pepita sauce. Serve instantly!

Recipe Notes

*To toast pepitas, home them inwards a dry out skillet over medium heat, and toast them until they're gilded chocolate-brown as well as start out to "pop". Watch carefully, they tin can fire rapidly!

*I detect my Cajun seasoning at Whole Foods, but it is pretty readily available at all supermarkets. It might live labeled as blackening seasoning too!

Overhead close up shot of a blackened salmon tostada with green sauce, red cabbage, queso fresco, cilantro, and a lime wedge on a white plate with a silver fork