Recipe
Lemon Butter Seared Salmon
Make this Lemon Butter Pan Seared Salmon with 5 ingredients and in 20 minutes or less. Not only that, salmon is healthy and you can’t feel bad eating something this good. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 10 mins
- Total Time: 20 minutes
Yield: 2 1x
Category: Fish and Seafood
Method: Stove Top
Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2/3 lb. salmon, skin on (we used 2 .33-lb. salmon filets)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 medium lemon, juiced
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- First, prep salmon by patting with a paper towel to remove moisture. Then, season with salt and pepper, to taste.
- Place 2 tablespoons of butter and 1 tablespoons minced garlic into a skillet and set over medium/high heat. Place salmon skin side up in the pan and sear for 4 minutes. Flip salmon and cook for an additional 3-4 minutes until barely pink in the middle.
- Once flakey and cooked, squeeze 1/2 lemon on top of salmon and sprinkle with fresh dill.
- Store leftovers in airtight container.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1/2
- Calories: 292
- Sugar: 0
- Fat: 18
- Carbohydrates: 3
- Fiber: 0
- Protein: 28
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