Ina Garten's Panko-Crusted Salmon | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network

Panko-crusted salmon is one of my favorite ways to prepare salmon. It's delicious salmon, and it's got a great crust with lemon zest and mustard. It's fantastic, and the best part of it is I can make it in advance and just throw it in the oven before dinner, so I can have fun with my friends. So I've got four salmon fillets, and then I'm going to make a crust with panko. Panko's like great Japanese breadcrumbs, and they're really crusty. You can buy them in a specialty food store, a grocery store in the Asian section. My seafood shop has it. I need two-thirds of a cup of panko, two tablespoons of parsley, lemon zest. That should be about a teaspoon. Half a teaspoon of salt, half a teaspoon of pepper, and I'm just going to drizzle it with two tablespoons of olive oil. Just stir it up, and this is going to go right on top of the salmon. This looks great. You can really smell the lemon zest and the parsley. It looks great. Okay, next are the salmon. So I'm going to sprinkle it with salt and pepper. Make sure it's really well seasoned. Pepper. And next some mustard. So the salmon and mustard and panko, they're going to be great together. I'm just going to brush the mustard right on the salmon. It gives it lots of flavor, but it also helps the panko adhere. And now the panko. So I'm just going to spoon it on and just sort of press it down so it adheres to the salmon. This is really one of my favorite ways to prepare salmon. So good. Okay, that's done. So I've got a really hot pan. I put in two tablespoons of vegetable oil, and I'm just going to cook the salmon. Skin side down. How gorgeous does that look? This is a great way to do it because when you sear it, you get the skin really nice and crisp, and then you put it in the oven and roast it, and it makes it moist and delicious. So I'm going to sear it for three to four minutes in this pan, and then I'm going to take the whole pan, put it in the oven, 425, for about five to seven minutes, and then let it rest. Panko-crusted salmon, a delicious recipe that can be made ahead and cooked really fast.