Seared Salmon With Watermelon Tomato Avocado Salsa

Ready in a flash, at 20 minutes or less, this Seared Salmon with Watermelon Tomato Avocado Salsa is full of incredible texture and is bursting with fresh summertime flavors! Serve over a bed of greens for an easy-to-make meal, perfect for busy weeknights, but elegant enough to serve guests.

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings servings

Calories 377

Author Kim

Ingredients

Watermelon Tomato Avocado Salsa

1 large avocado peeled, seeded and diced
1 1/2 cups tomatoes diced
1 1/2 cups watermelon diced
1/4 red onion diced
1 small jalapeno seeded and diced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro chopped

Salmon

1 tablespoon avocado or olive oil
4 6-oz. wild Alaska salmon fillets about 1 in. thick
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Instructions

Watermelon Tomato Avocado Salsa

Combine all ingredients in a medium to large serving bowl.

Salmon

Preheat oven to 500 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.
Heat 1 tablespoon oil in a large skillet over high heat. Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper.
Add fillets to pan (flesh side down) and cook for 4 mins (on one side).
Transfer fillets to baking sheet seared side up and bake at 500 degrees F. for 4 mins or until desired level of doneness.
Plate cooked fish on a bed of greens and top with Watermelon Tomato Avocado Salsa. Enjoy!

Notes

I love serving this on salad but it's also great with rice.

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