Cajun salmon with sweet corn salsa

Recipes / Fish

Corn and avocado salsa is perfectly paired with the spicy Cajun salmon in this healthy dinner idea.

Recipe «Cajun salmon with sweet corn salsa» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 4 salmon fillets, skin on, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper, Olive oil, to grease, Salt & freshly ground pepper , 100g feta, crumbled, Salsa, 500g sweet corn, husk and silk removed , 1 tomato, diced, 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced, 1/4 red onion, diced, 1/2 avocado, flesh chopped, 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves, 1/2 lime, juiced.

Ingredients:

  • 4 salmon fillets, skin on 
  • 1 tsp ground cumin 
  • 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper 
  • Olive oil, to grease 
  • Salt & freshly ground pepper 
  • 100g feta, crumbled 
  • Salsa 
  • 500g sweet corn, husk and silk removed 
  • 1 tomato, diced 
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, diced 
  • 1/4 red onion, diced 
  • 1/2 avocado, flesh chopped 
  • 2 tbsp fresh coriander leaves 
  • 1/2 lime, juiced 

Instructions

  1. To make the salsa, brush the corn with oil. Heat a frying pan over medium-high heat and cook the corn, turning, for about 5 minutes, until the corn is tender. Stand a cob on one end and slice downwards with a knife as close as possible to the cob to remove the kernels. Combine the corn kernels, tomato, cucumber, red onion, avocado, coriander and lime juice. Set aside.
  2. Combine the cumin and cayenne pepper. Rub both sides of salmon fillets with oil. Season with salt and pepper and sprinkle over the spice mixture.
  3. Cook the salmon on a high heat, skin side first, for 3 minutes each side.
  4. Serve the salsa over the salmon and top with the feta.