Description
Quick, easy and so flavorful too! This delicious lemon dijon salmon cooks in minutes and is perfect for a weeknight meal!
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 salmon fillets
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 4 tsp dijon mustard
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ tsp dried dill
- Salt, to taste
- Pepper, to taste
- Paprika, to taste
Instructions
- Step: Whisk your lemon juice, dijon mustard, garlic and dill together in a bowl. Then divide your sauce in half into two smaller bowls and set them aside. (One bowl is for the raw salmon, the other is to serve with your cooked salmon.)
- Step: Place your salmon fillets on a tray and pat them dry with a paper towel. Take one of your sauce bowls and brush your sauce over the fillets. Then season them with salt, pepper and paprika to taste.
- Step: Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and spray it with non-stick cooking spray. Once the pan is hot, place your salmon fillets SKIN SIDE UP in the pan and cook for 3-4 minutes.
- Step: Flip your fillets and cook for 2-3 more minutes or until the salmon is cooked to your preferred doneness.
- Step: Remove the salmon from the pan and serve immediately with lemon wedges and your reserved sauce.
Notes
For crispier skin: Place your salmon in the pan SKIN SIDE DOWN and sear for 4 minutes. Then flip the fillet and cook for 1-2 more minutes. For salmon with no skin: Brush the sauce and season both sides of your salmon fillets. You might need to adjust the cooking time depending on the thickness of your fillets. Cut your sauce in half if you’re only making 2 fillets.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Pan Seared
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 390 kcal
- Sugar: 4 g
- Sodium: 450 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 8 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 36 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
Keywords: dairy free, dijon, easy, gluten free, lemon, pan seared, salmon, sauce