GrubDaddy: Pan-fried salmon with sweet potato chips and lentils

Here at GrubDaddy, we don't forget our roots as we started off as a food blog for bachelors and bachelorettes who wanted to make some good food on a budget that is also easy. While in Barcelona, it's not the cheapest city and there are also a ton of markets. This inspired me to make some salmon. We also had some leftover veggies, sweet potato and lentils, so we made too sides as well. Little did we know that the place we stayed in did not have an oven, hence the pan fry...and I think it tasted better.

The salmon:

What you need

Two filets of salmon

One lemon

3-5 cloves of garlic

Half a large onion

Some extra virgin olive oil

Heat the pan with some olive oil. Since we are frying the fish, make sure the bottom of the pan is liberally covered and turn the stove on medium heat. Cut half of the lemon and the full onion like this:

Since we didn't have a garlic press, cut the cloves of garlic like this:

Place the onion, garlic and lemon in the pan.

De-bone the salmon if not done already. They have little white bones that are more annoying when you eat one, so it's best to take them out. To do so, just use your hands and feel up and down the fish. If you feel a bump, it's likely a bone.

Taking the bones out of the fish should be done before putting the onion, garlic and lemon into the pan. However, once completely finished, place the salmon on top of the onion, garlic and lemon.

This will take about 10-15 minutes, or until the raw salmon turns a nice light pink. Since the salmon is on top of the pan, you can raise or lower the heat depending on speed. The flavors of the lemon, onion and garlic will seep into the salmon, however, once the salmon is cooked, the lemon, onion and garlic will be very burnt and will just need to throw away.

For the sweet potato chips:

One sweet potato

Olive or vegetable oil

This is pretty easy. Put quite a bit of oil in a pan and put on medium-high heat. Cut the potato into thin slices.

Once the oil starts to crack, put in the potato, ensuring that the bottom gets covered.

A couple minutes on each side should do nicely, just make sure to watch as if the oil gets hot and gets low, you could burn a few. These will not be the consistency of potato chips, but a nice, refreshing side.

Put on a plate with a paper towel to cool down. Put salt and pepper to taste.

For the lentils with veggies:

Lentils in a can (or not dried)

Any veggies you want, frozen or fresh. I used zucchini and mushrooms.

All we did was put the lentils, mushrooms without the stems and the zucchini in a pot, covered on medium heat, for 10-15 minutes, stirring every 2-3 minutes.