Broiled Turmeric Salmon With Corn and Green Beans

Published July 19, 2022

Broiled Turmeric Salmon With Corn and Green Beans
David Malosh for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Simon Andrews.
Total Time
20 minutes
Rating
5(728)
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This meal marries charred flavors with bright summer vegetables, and no grill is required. Broiling salmon skin side up creates crispy skin without drying out the delicate flesh. Alongside your salmon, blister green beans and corn, then toss them with lime juice, raw corn and red onion for a balance of crunchy and tender, sweet and scorched. Turmeric and red-pepper flakes bring earthiness alongside the sweetness of the fish, corn and green beans, but garam masala, cumin or jerk seasoning would also work well.

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Ingredients

Yield:4 servings
  • 3tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
  • 1teaspoon ground turmeric
  • ½teaspoon red-pepper flakes
  • 4(6- to 8-ounce) skin-on salmon fillets, patted dry
  • Kosher salt (such as Diamond Crystal)
  • 1pound green beans, stem end trimmed and beans halved crosswise
  • Kernels from 4 ears of corn (about 4 cups)
  • ½small red onion, thinly sliced
  • 3tablespoons lime juice (from 2 limes)
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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Heat the broiler to high and set a rack in the upper third in the oven. In a medium bowl, stir to combine 2 tablespoons oil with the turmeric and red-pepper flakes. Season the salmon all over with 1 teaspoon salt, then toss to coat in the spiced oil.

  2. Step 2

    On a sheet pan, toss the green beans, half the corn kernels, 1 tablespoon olive oil and a sprinkle of salt. Spread into an even layer, then nestle the salmon among the vegetables, skin side up.

  3. Step 3

    Broil until the green beans are blistered and charred in spots, and the salmon’s skin is crisp and the flesh is opaque and flakes easily with a fork, 6 to 10 minutes. Halfway through broiling, check the vegetables; if any are burning, give them a stir so they’re no longer in direct contact with the broiler.

  4. Step 4

    Meanwhile, in a large bowl, stir together the remaining corn kernels, the red onion, lime juice and 1 teaspoon salt.

  5. Step 5

    Transfer the salmon to a platter or plates, then scrape the charred vegetables into the bowl of raw corn and onion. Stir to combine and season to taste with salt. Spoon the vegetables alongside the salmon and drizzle everything with a little olive oil.

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Perfect summer meal! Everyone enjoyed this. Very refreshing. The crispy salmon skin was a great treat. The skin began to char in my oven at about 3 minutes, I might put the tray in the middle of my oven next time while broiling so I can fully cook it longer and keep the skin from becoming completely black. Probably depends on your individual oven.

Flavors are great. Cooking was tricky as my salmon started burning a bit too quickly. Might be best to put in 400 oven for 5-8 min, then broil at the end.

Very tasty. I used haricots verts from Trader Joe's---next time I'll broil the veggies for a couple minutes to get the char and a more tender bite, and then I'll add the salmon to the pan.

Made with corn and asparagus (in season). Loved the turmeric with the salmon. Forgot to cook skin side up but plan to fix that next time. Still, was delicious.

The turmeric does something magical to the salmon skin here -- a big payoff for modest effort. That said, next time I will broil the veggies for a few minutes first and then add the salmon so that the veggies end up more carmelized.

this meal is delicious. it's worth ur time, but it does take more time than the recipe says. I've made it 4x and never had the salmon cook properly in 10 minutes.

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