Name: Buffalo Salmon
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1/4 cup hot sauce such as Frank's Redhot; 1/3 cup panko (Japanese bread crumbs); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 (2-pound) piece salmon fillet with skin

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Buffalo sauce's relationship with chicken wings is so strong that a spicy dalliance with salmon certainly isn't going to end things forever. Then again, this fiery fish works so well that we're thinking it might just open up a whole new world for the condiment.

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