Today was a very busy day! Which is one of the reasons I love this dish so much. It is super easy, no prep needed and provides us a way to get in those much needed omega-3s!
Easy Peasy Skillet Salmon w/Lemon & Butter Sauce
Savory Salmon with just the right amount of zesty lemon.
Ingredients
- 4 Salmon portions – fresh or thawed if previously frozen
- 2 TB +1 tsp Cold Grass-fed butter
- 1/2 Lemon
- Salt & Pepper – to taste
- Dill(Optional garnish)
Directions
- Pre-heat skillet on medium heat
- Once skillet is hot spread 1 TB of butter around bottom of skillet to lightly coat skillet, it may take less than the 1 TB depending on size of pan.
- Place Salmon in skillet with skin side down (or if no skin the darker side where the skin was)
- Cook for about 5 minutes then add in about 1 tsp of butter before flipping. If using salt sprinkle salt on top of salmon just prior to flipping this first time. As you flip spread some of the newly melted butter so it will be under the flipped salmon.
- IF your salmon has skin, you can remove the skin at this point with a fork or two, peeling it off with edge of fork.
- Squeeze a bit of Lemon over the salmon while it is cooking. Let it cook for 3-5 minutes and check for any pink in the middle. If there is pink you can continue to cook or flip one more time.
- Once the salmon flakes and finished cooking remove from skillet and place on plates.
- In same skillet melt the remaining butter, once butter is melted squeeze most of the 1/2 lemon. As you squeeze allow the juice to drizzle around the pan. It should sizzle. Let it sizzle for about 30 seconds then drizzle the lemon butter on the salmon.
- Garnish with pepper and/or dill as desired.
- TIPS: I only use stainless or cast iron pans. To keep foods from sticking I will heat up my pans before adding any oil. When I do add oil I make sure the oil is cold. Cold butter or cold coconut oil seems to work best at keeping things from sticking.
Nice recipe! We eat salmon very often!
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Thank you! Somehow your comment was in my spam 😦 Glad I happened to check there today!
We eat it frequently too, one of my favorite dishes!
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I check my comments daily. Some actually belong to spam and I deleted them. Others, I restored them. Good you found mine!
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Yeah I need to do that as well! Instead of just relying on the notification in the corner
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I’m gonna try that next time for sure!
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Hope you like it as much as we do! It is the one fish recipe that my one child who doesn’t care for fish will eat. It is kinda funny though as that child is NOT a picky eater but for some reason doesn’t care for fish… anyway – let me know if you enjoy it 🙂
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Wow so yummy and even I am going to try this simple but delicious recipe. Thanks and such a lovely presentation.
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Thank you for your kind words! I hope you enjoy the recipe!
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Yes.
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I have found from experience that it is super easy to remove the skin from frozen salmon — which is what I usually buy since we live so far away from the ocean. Just slide a sharp pointy knife under one of the corners, and then gradually pull back the skin with one hand, while the other keeps sliding the knife down.
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great tip!!
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