Name: Easy Salmon Recipe Lemon Butter Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: For Easy Salmon:; 6 oz skinless salmon; 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp garlic; 2 tbsp dry white wine; salt; cracked black pepper; For Cream Sauce:; ¼ cup unsalted butter; 2 tsp minced garlic; 2 tbsp dry white wine; ½ cup cream; 2 tbsp freshly squeezed lemon juice; 1 tbsp fresh chopped parsley

How To Make Easy Salmon Recipe Lemon Butter Sauce

Drizzle this baked salmon recipe with a creamy and fragrant lemon butter sauce. The slight mix of sweet and smoky flavor adds a fuller taste to this dish.

Preparation: 10 minutes

Cooking: 15 minutes

Total: 25 minutes

Serves:

Ingredients

For Easy Salmon:

6ozskinless salmon
2tbspfreshly squeezed lemon juice,divided
1tbspolive oil
1tbspgarlic,minced
2tbspdry white wine,optional
salt,to season
cracked black pepper,to season

For Cream Sauce:

¼cupunsalted butter
2tspminced garlic
2tbspdry white wine,can substitute with 1 tsp dijon mustard
½cupcream,heavy, whipping or thickened
2tbspfreshly squeezed lemon juice
1tbspfresh chopped parsley,divided

Instructions

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Lightly grease a baking dish.
Pat the salmon dry with a paper towel. Combine lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and wine together in a small bowl.
Rub salmon with the mixture and arrange in baking dish. Season with a good pinch of salt and pepper.
Bake for 10 to 12 minutes, or until salmon is opaque throughout.
While salmon is baking, melt butter in a small pot over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant.
Pour in the wine and let cook for 2 to 3 minutes until just starting to reduce. Add in cream and cook until sauce thickens slightly.
Take off the heat and stir through lemon juice and parsley.
Pour the sauce over the cooked salmon in the dish to mix through the natural pan juices released from the salmon while baking.
Serve and enjoy!