Description
Garlic Butter Salmon delivers a restaurant-quality meal that melts in your mouth faster than you can boil water. Perfectly seasoned fish with golden edges comes together in mere minutes, making dinner feel like a gourmet treat without complicated techniques.
Ingredients
Scale
Protein:
- 4 Salmon fillets
Coating and Seasoning:
- ¼ cup Plain flour
- 1 teaspoon Garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper
Cooking and Finishing:
- ½ tablespoon Olive oil
- 6 tablespoons Unsalted butter
- 2 Garlic cloves
- ½ cup Vegetable stock
- 1 tablespoon Fresh parsley
- 1 Lemon
Instructions
- Combine ¼ cup flour, 1 tsp garlic powder, salt, and ½ tsp black pepper in a shallow dish. Pat salmon fillets dry and coat them thoroughly in the seasoned flour mixture.
- Heat ½ tbsp olive oil in a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat at 375°F. Carefully place floured salmon fillets in the pan and cook for 3 minutes until a golden crust forms on the bottom.
- Flip the fillets and cook for an additional 2 minutes until golden brown on the other side. Add 1 tbsp butter and baste the salmon for 1 minute until nearly cooked through.
- Remove salmon from the pan and reduce heat to medium. Add 2 finely diced garlic cloves and sauté until they just start to turn golden, being careful not to burn them.
- Pour ½ cup vegetable stock into the pan and scrape up any browned bits. Add remaining 5 tbsp butter and whisk until the sauce becomes cloudy and slightly thickened.
- Sprinkle 1 tbsp fresh parsley into the sauce. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stirring continuously.
- Reduce heat to low and return salmon to the pan. Gently baste the fillets with the sauce for 1 minute to warm them through.
- Transfer salmon to serving plates. Drizzle with extra sauce and squeeze a lemon wedge over each fillet before serving.
Notes
- Coating the salmon in seasoned flour helps create a beautiful golden crust that seals in moisture and adds extra flavor.
- Watch the garlic carefully when frying, as it can quickly burn and turn bitter, so keep the heat moderate and stir frequently.
- For a gluten-free version, replace wheat flour with almond flour or cornstarch to maintain the crispy exterior.
- The sauce develops more depth if you use homemade or high-quality fish stock instead of store-bought broth.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Salmon
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 390 kcal
- Sugar: 0.4 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 28 g
- Saturated Fat: 13 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 7 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 30 g
- Cholesterol: 95 mg