The Best Salmon Recipe with Delicious Garlic Butter Lemon Sauce

The best salmon recipe is always the perfect choice for you who want to eat healthier. Salmon is well-known as one of the healthiest types of fish in the world. It is lean and packed with omega 3 fatty acid. Moreover, salmon is also incredibly tasty if it is cooked right.

Down below, there is the best salmon recipe, serving you pan-seared salmon with delicious and creamy garlic butter lemon sauce. If you can pull this recipe off, you will have the best salmon dish ever. Here is the recipe.

 Ingredients: 

• 6 salmon fillets (approximately 4 ounces/ 112 grams each), leave the skin on and let it sit on room temperature.
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• ¼ tablespoon salt
• ¼ tablespoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup cooking cream
• ½ cup parmesan cheese, grated
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 lemon, zested and juiced
• 3 cloves garlic, finely minced
• ½ teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped
• 1 teaspoon fresh dill, chopped
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper for taste
• 1 lemon, sliced (for garnish)
• A handful of fresh parsley (for garnish)

Cooking Instructions: 

1. Lay the salmon on a plate and season the fish with ¼ tbs salt and ¼ tbs freshly ground black pepper on both sides. Let it sit for 15 minutes.
2. After 15 minutes, prepare a non-stick pan or skillet. Pour olive oil on the pan and heat the pan over medium-high heat.
3. Lay the seasoned salmon on the heated pan skin-side down. Cook for 5 minutes straight without move the salmon or flip it over and over.
4. After 5 minutes, flip the salmon and cook the uncooked side for a couple of minutes. After that, remove the salmon from the pan immediately.
5. Set the salmon aside.
6. This best salmon recipe is using lemon garlic sauce. Now, let’s make the lemon garlic sauce. First, prepare a large mixing bowl. In the bowl, mix together heavy cream, all-purpose flour, grated parmesan cheese, 1 tablespoon lemon zest, lemon juice, minced garlic, chopped fresh dill, chopped fresh thyme, salt, and freshly ground black pepper. Use a balloon whisker; whisk all those ingredients together until everything is well-combined.
7. Reheat the non-stick pan or skillet you have just used to cook the salmon. Add in the butter and melt the butter over medium-high heat.
8. After the butter is completely melted, pour in the sauce mixture and cook until the sauce is boiling. Set the heat to low and continue simmering the sauce for 5 minutes.
9. After 5 minutes, add in the cooked salmon and continue cooking it in the sauce for another 5 minutes.
10. Serve the salmon immediately with the lemon garlic sauce spooned over the salmon. Garnish the dish with chopped fresh parsley and lemon slices.

Well, that is the instruction of the best salmon recipe for you to try. It is incredibly tasty and worth trying. You can eat it for lunch or dinner, according to your preference.