Description
This easy creamy garlic salmon recipe is a restaurant-quality dish that melts in your mouth. It features tender salmon fillets coated in a rich, luscious garlic butter cream sauce, perfect for a quick and impressive dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 Salmon fillets
- Salt to taste
- Pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons Butter
- 3 cloves Garlic, minced
- 1 cup Heavy Cream
- 1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese, grated
- 1 tablespoon Lemon Juice, freshly squeezed
- Fresh Parsley, for garnish
- Cooked Pasta or Steamed Vegetables, as needed for serving
Instructions
- Pat salmon fillets dry with a paper towel, season with salt and pepper, and let rest for 5 minutes.
- Warm a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add butter, and melt until bubbly.
- Place salmon fillets skin-side up in the hot butter and sear for about 3 minutes until golden brown.
- Flip and cook for 2 more minutes.
- Reduce heat to medium, add minced garlic, and sauté for about 1 minute until fragrant.
- Slowly pour in heavy cream while stirring, bring to a gentle simmer and cook for about 2 minutes to thicken.
- Whisk in grated Parmesan cheese gradually until melted and the sauce is smooth.
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice into the sauce, season with salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 seconds.
- Return the seared salmon to the pan, spoon sauce over, and cook for another minute.
- Garnish with fresh parsley.
Notes
- Use fresh salmon for the best results.
- Do not overcook the salmon.
- Letting the salmon rest enhances its texture.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan-Seared
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 450 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 38 g
- Saturated Fat: 20 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 28 g
- Cholesterol: 120 mg