Name: 15-Minute Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce (Standard)
Prep time: 6 min
Cook time: 9 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 Salmon fillets; 1/2 tsp Salt; 1/4 tsp Black pepper; 1 tbsp Olive oil; 4 tbsp Unsalted butter; 2 cloves Garlic-minced; 1/2 Lemon-juiced; 1 tbsp Fresh parsley-chopped

15-Minute Salmon With Lemon Butter Sauce

A quick and reliable weeknight dinner featuring pan-seared salmon fillets topped with a simple garlic and lemon butter sauce.

Recipe tier

A quick and reliable weeknight dinner featuring pan-seared salmon fillets topped with a simple garlic and lemon butter sauce.

Total 15 min

Serves 4 servings

Steps 6

Ingredients 8

Salmon
4 4 Salmon fillets
tsp 2.5 g Salt
tsp 1.25 g Black pepper
1 tbsp 15 mL Olive oil
Sauce
4 tbsp 56 g Unsalted butter
2 cloves 2 cloves Garlic-minced
Lemon-juiced
1 tbsp 4 g Fresh parsley-chopped

Equipment

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Instructions

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Pat the Salmon ingredients dry with paper towels and season both sides with salt and pepper.
Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the salmon fillets and cook for 4 to 5 minutes per side until golden brown and cooked through.
Remove the salmon from the pan and set aside on a plate.
In the same skillet, lower the heat to medium and add the Sauce ingredients starting with the butter and minced garlic.
Sauté the garlic for 1 minute until fragrant, then whisk in the lemon juice and chopped parsley.
Pour the completed sauce over the cooked salmon fillets and serve immediately.