Pan fried or air fried salmon fillet?

Everybody loves a perfect medium-cooked fillet that's crispy and browned on the surface, but tender and moist inside. I normally pan fry the fillet so that the skin is nice and crispy but this method produces a lot of oil splatter all over the stove top. I decided to try using the air fryer since it is less greasy and healthier. Both methods produced perfectly cooked meat but the skin was not crispy using the air fryer at initial attempts. After different ways of placing the fish in the basket I finally perfected it. 

Ingredients

One 6 to 8 ounces fillet per person if serving as a main course or it can be served as a side dish.

Wash and let the fillet “drip dry” for 10 minutes.
If the fillet is moist or wet, it is more likely to stick to the pan and the skin won't crisp quite as nicely.

Just before frying, pat dry the salmon fillets with a paper towel. 

Season both sides with freshly ground salt and pepper.

Sprinkle mixed herbs on the meat-side.

Using the pan fried method

Melt a knob of butter or 1 tsp oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat.
Add the salmon skin-side down.

Fry for 2-3 minutes, then turn the salmon over and fry for a further 1-2 minutes. 
I like to turn the fillet on the side to brown it.

Using the air fryer method

Set up the Air Fryer to 12 minutes on 180 deg Celsius.

Heat up the air fryer for 1 minute to minimise the food sticking to the basket.

Place fillet skin-side down into the fryer.

I could not flip the fillet to brown the skin as it was stuck to the basket.

This is the skin that’s left behind in the basket.

This is the fillet minus the skin.

Today I am using the grill pan instead of the basket.

Heat up the air fryer for 1 minute.
Place fillet skin-side down into the fryer.

Unfortunately, I could not flip the fillet over so had to let it be.

The meat was perfectly done but the skin was not crispy at all.

Today I am trying an alternative way to fry the fillet

Place the fillet into the fryer with the skin side up

I fried it for 15 mins without turning it over

Fry for a few more mins if you want the skin to be more crispy

Perfectly fried salmon

Here I am frying salmon cutlets

Really nice fried salmon without making the kitchen oily