Pan Fried Salmon

I decided to take step further and explore a little more with cooking. Decided to pick up some fresh ingredients from the supermarket and not use pre-made sauces and stuff like that.

I'm pretty pleased with today's experience in the kitchen. My past cooking experiences were more of assembling food than really getting down to cooking, and today I have finally gotten down to cooking almost from scratch.

So here's lunch: Pan Fried Salmon served with Potatoes and Asparagus.





Actually, it's pretty simple to prepare and also easy to present. Well, I didn't have any sauce to go with it so I didn't do the stack-your-food-up-and-draw-a-circle-with-the-sauce style of presentation. I guess this looks pretty alright for a first-time.

Ingredients:
Asparagus (5 sticks)
Potatoes (2 medium sized ones)
Half a Chorizo
Onion (Used half a white, but shallots should taste better)
Off-the-shelf Italian herbs (I cheated because I didn't have fresh herbs at home)
Shredded mozzarella
Salt, pepper, butter, olive oil

Tasting:
I wouldn't say it was exactly a success because my asparagus and chirozo got a little greasy. (Partly because I was lazy to drain it properly.) Also, it got a little salty because I absentmindedly added salt when the choizos are already naturally salted.
Salmon was decent, and I decided to not cook it totally to leave it a little like a tataki-style thing, which was,to me, really nice. I hate it when salmon gets too cooked, leaving it dry and flaky. Just a few drops of lemon juice before serving works wonders.
The potatoes were quite a surprise, because I was pretty worried they would turn out really bland. Luckily the cheese and onion gave it a nice taste when browned, and a nice crisp texture as well.

Satisfying lunch. Ingredients cost roughly 11 dollars, not too bad for the serving portion.

Who said guys can't cook?