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Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe

Name: Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce Recipe
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: European
Ingredients: 2-4 salmon fillets (180g per fillet); 1/3 cup (75g) butter; 2 tablespoons fresh Lemon juice; Lemon zest; 2/3 cup (160ml) White wine – optional /or chicken broth; 1/2 cup (120ml) Heavy cream; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; Salt; Pepper

2019-02-23

4 Stars (31 Voters)

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14 Comments

Pan seared salmon with lemon butter sauce – this recipe is so rich and delicious. The sauce is creamy and full of flavor. This recipe not recommended when you are on a diet.

DIFFICULTY

Medium

YIELDS

PREP TIME

20 Minutes

WORK TIME

20 Minutes

RECIPE CUISINE

European

INGREDIENTS FOR YIELDS

2-4 salmon fillets (180g per fillet)
1/3 cup (75g) butter
2 tablespoons fresh Lemon juice
Lemon zest
2/3 cup (160ml) White wine – optional /or chicken broth
1/2 cup (120ml) Heavy cream
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Salt
Black pepper

DIRECTIONS

1. Remove the skin from salmon fillets. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Melt butter over medium-low heat. Fry the salmon on both sides until golden, about 3-4 minutes from each side.

3. Add to the pan white wine, lemon juice, lemon zest and heavy cream. Cook the salmon in the sauce for about 3 minutes and remove from the pan.

4. Season the sauce with salt and pepper. Add chopped parsley and stir. Reduce sauce by half until thick.

5. Serve the salmon and pour the sauce over the salmon.

Notes:

• In the video you can see me cooking only 2 salmon pieces, but this recipe serves 4. You can cook 4 pieces once in a large pan or in two batches, then divide the too.

• Serve the sauce immediately.

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COMMENTS (14)

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Bob Calvert
2/24/2019
How do you keep the Salmon hot while you are finishing the sauce to pour over it ??
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Hal Smith
6/10/2020
Made this last night. Remove breasts to warm dish (or pan), cover with aluminum foil. I added the breasts back to the sauce to bring them back to warm. AND is DEEELICIOUS!!!
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Rick Bobick
3/11/2023
Pre-heat your oven to 225 F. Once you plate the salmon put the plate with salmon in the oven to keep warm Close the oven door and turn off the oven. It will keep warm until you remove the plate. Careful, it will be hot
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Stephanie Julia
1/21/2020
Made this tonight and it was SO GOOD. Everyone basically licked their plates, it was that good. The sauce is amazing and the fish was perfect.
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zachary caulkins
1/24/2020
Tried this recipe and it was easy and very tasty.
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The Cooking Foodie
6/10/2020
Glad you liked it :)
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Deidre
1/7/2021
What type of parsley do you recommend? Curly? Flat leaf? Cilantro? Thank you so much!
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Pina
10/23/2021
This was delicious, love how quickly it came together. Used half and half and plant base butter. Added some minced garlic
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Pina
10/23/2021
This was delicious, love how quickly it came together. Used half and half and plant base butter. Added some minced garlic
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Pina
10/23/2021
This was delicious, love how quickly it came together. Used half and half and plant base butter. Added some minced garlic
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Pina
10/23/2021
This was delicious, love how quickly it came together. Used half and half and plant base butter. Added some minced garlic
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Pina
2/7/2023
cooking foodie is great. cooking foodie is great.
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Paul
4/21/2022
Overall I thought mine turned out pretty good. It's very buttery, so if you're not into butter, then you can pass on this. I think I had a little too much lemon but it turned out to have a good balance of taste at the end. The wine added great flavor. Good addition to my repertoire, I have to do this a few more times to dial it in and elevate my rendition.
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