Garlic Salmon Butter Sauce Lemon

Kill your hunger with the lemon garlic salmon butter sauce recipe. It will be the best choice. Easy to cook and yet the tastiest recipes ever. This dish is cooked and served in a pan filled with salmon fillets, chicken, lemon, garlic, butter, and other ingredients which will enhance the taste!

Salmon with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe by Cooking Classy

To enjoy the delicious taste sear salmon in a skillet because it yields a perfectly crisp seared exterior while the interior stays nice and tender. When you think there’s just no time for dinner, there’s always time to sear a salmon fillet and add a bright squeeze of lemon juice.

But here we’ve got 5 extra minutes so I made this seriously delicious garlic butter lemon sauce. That said the “the secret’s in the sauce” holds true on this one.

The lemon butter sauce for salmon is made up of 4 basic ingredients (garlic, butter, fresh lemon juice, and chicken broth) and once you try it you’ll want to add it to everything.

This pan-fried lemon garlic salmon butter sauce recipe is a restaurant-worthy dish that you can make in the comfort of your own home in 20 minutes!

Garlic Salmon Butter Sauce Pan Seared Ingredients

• Salmon fillets – main ingredient. Rich in omega 3 and great source of protein!
• Salt and pepper – so the salmon isn’t bland.
• Olive oil – to help brown the salmon and prevent sticking.
• Chicken broth – to create a sauce. White wine will work great too.
• Fresh lemon – for bright flavor. It’s the perfect complement to salmon.
• Garlic – for another layer of flavor.
• Butter – for richness.
• Honey – to balance out the tartness of the lemon.
• Parsley – for a nice colorful garnish.

How to Cook Salmon in a Pan

• Let salmon rest at room temperature briefly, so it cooks evenly.
• Make the lemon butter sauce. In a small saucepan, melt 1 tsp butter over medium heat. Add garlic and sauté 1 minute. Pour in chicken broth and lemon juice.
• Let sauce simmer until it has reduced by half, about 3 minutes. Stir in butter and honey, set sauce aside.
• Dab both sides of salmon dry with paper towels, season with salt and pepper.
• Heat olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add salmon and cook until done to your liking.
• Plate salmon and drizzle each serving generously with lemon butter sauce, sprinkle with parsley.

How Long to Cook Salmon in a Pan

For this garlic butter salmon recipe, use 6-oz salmon fillets. We can cook them for about 4 minutes on the first side until golden brown then flips and cook through, about 2 – 3 minutes longer.

What to Serve with Garlic Salmon Butter Sauce

It’s enough to just served this lemon garlic salmon with rice and steamed asparagus and it all came together perfectly! If you need a few more ideas, here are some additional sides for salmon:

• Roasted vegetables
• Broccoli
• Baked potatoes
• Parmesan asparagus
• Mashed potatoes

Other Ways to Use the Lemon Butter Sauce

Love this lemon butter sauce recipe? Try it on:

• On any fish fillets
• With chicken breasts or a roast chicken
• On steak with extra herbs such as rosemary or thyme
• On boiled potatoes or other boiled or steamed veggies

If you want an even richer sauce, you can add an extra tablespoon or two of butter here but I like to keep it on the healthier side so I kept it at a minimal 3 tablespoons (plus the teaspoon to sauté the garlic) and it’s just enough.

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