MISO-CRUSTED SALMON WITH FENNEL SALAD

Miso-Crusted Salmon with Fennel Salad image

Provided by Food Network

Yield Serves 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

2 tablespoons white miso paste
1 tablespoon tahini
1 tablespoon sugar
1/3 cup water
4 7-ounce pieces fresh salmon or ocean trout
2 small fennel bulbs, very thinly sliced
1 cucumber, shredded
1/4 cup lime juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce
2 tablespoons sugar
1/2 cup cilantro leaves

Steps:

Place the miso, tahini, sugar, and water in a saucepan and stir over low heat for 2 minutes or until thickened. Heat a nonstick frying pan over medium to high heat. Add the salmon, skin side down, and cook for 3 minutes or until crisp. Brush the salmon with miso sauce, turn, and cook for 1 minute.
For the fennel salad, combine the fennel, cucumber, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, and coriander leaves. To serve, place the fennel salad on plates and top with the salmon. Serve with the remaining miso sauce.