Garlic butter salmon
Garlic butter salmon, from above
Non vegUnited States

Garlic butter salmon

Crisp skin, a butter bath and garlic. Salmon, but make it a little bit dramatic.

20 minTime
30 gProtein each
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Grandma's wayPan seared salmon basted in garlic butter.
The original
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30 gproteinsame
0 gfibresame
20minutessame

Garlic butter salmon.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

4 servings
Salmon4 fillets, skin on, about 150 g each
Olive oil2 tsp
Butter3 tbsp
Garlic5 cloves, finely chopped
Lemon juice2 tbsp, plus wedges
Flat leaf parsleya small handful, chopped
Black pepper½ tsp
Saltto taste

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Pat the salmon very dry and season both sides with salt and pepper.
  2. 2Heat oil in a heavy pan on medium high and lay the fillets in skin side down. Press each gently for 10 seconds, then leave them alone.
  3. 3Flip, lower the heat and add butter and garlic.
  4. 4Tilt the pan and spoon the foaming garlic butter over the fish again and again.
  5. 5Off the heat, add lemon juice and parsley, swirl and spoon over. Rest for 2 minutes.
Serve it like this

Plate skin side up so it stays crisp, spoon the garlic butter around, not over, and add a lemon wedge. Serve hot.

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What goes with Garlic butter salmon: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Dinner rolls150 min
Bread or rice Burger buns150 min
With a main Chicken caesar salad35 min
On the side Roast potatoes70 min
On the side Mashed potatoes30 min
To drink Strawberry lemonade12 min
Something sweet Chocolate peanut butter cups45 min
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