Description
This quick, delicious, and creamy salmon recipe is prepared in just one skillet and served with an incredible lemon garlic cream sauce, and it’s done in under 30 minutes.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 6 skin-on salmon fillets, room temperature, 4 to 5 ounces each
- salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup half & half
- ½ tablespoon all purpose flour
- ⅓ cup grated Parmesan cheese (microbial-rennet)
- 1 lemon, zested and juiced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
- ¾ teaspoon dried thyme
- lemon slices, for garnish
- fresh chopped parsley, for garnish
Instructions
- Sear Salmon: Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season fillets with salt and pepper, place skin-side down, and cook for 6 minutes. Flip and cook for 2 more minutes, then remove and set aside.
- Prepare Sauce Mixture: In a bowl, whisk together half & half, flour, Parmesan cheese, lemon juice, lemon zest, minced garlic, dill, thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Simmer Sauce: Melt butter in the same skillet over medium heat. Pour in the sauce mixture, bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer.
- Finish: Return salmon fillets to the skillet and cook for 2-3 minutes. Spoon sauce over fillets and garnish with lemon slices and parsley.
Notes
Use wild-caught salmon for a firmer texture and richer flavor. For the best sear, avoid moving the fillets in the pan until it is time to flip them.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Pan-searing
- Cuisine: Mediterranean
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 271 kcal
- Sugar: 2 g
- Sodium: 191 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 11 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 74 mg
Keywords: creamy salmon, pan-seared salmon, lemon garlic cream sauce, seafood dinner, quick weeknight meal