How To Make Cilantro Lime Salmon
This savory Cilantro Lime Salmon recipe brings out the freshest flavors of a skillet-seared salmon that’s served with a creamy cilantro and lime sauce!
Serves:
Ingredients
- 4skinless salmon fillets,about 1-inch thick
- 1tspground cumin
- ½tspground coriander
- ¼tspcayenne pepper,to taste
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1tbspolive oil
For Sauce:
- ½cupnatural sour cream
- 2green onions,ends trimmed, roughly chopped
- ½cupcilantro,packed, mostly leaves, some stem
- 1½tbspfresh lime juice
- 1clovegarlic,sliced
Instructions
Sauce:
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Add the sour cream, green onions, cilantro, lime juice, garlic, and season with salt to taste (about ¼ teaspoon).
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Process until the cilantro has been very finely minced. Set aside at room temperature while preparing the salmon.
Salmon:
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In a small bowl, whisk together the cumin, coriander, cayenne pepper, ½ to ¾ teaspoons of salt (depending on how salty you like things), and ½ tsp black pepper.
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Dab both sides of the salmon dry with paper towels, season both sides evenly with the cumin mixture, and lightly rub over the salmon.
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Heat a heavy 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
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Add oil and once the oil is shimmering, add the salmon (top side down first. Also leave space between fillets) and cook about 4 minutes, without moving, until golden brown on bottom.
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Flip and cook the salmon on the opposite side for about 2 to 3 minutes longer until the salmon has cooked through.
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Serve warm with the creamy cilantro lime sauce.
Recipe Notes
- When measuring out the cilantro, just be sure to pack it into the measuring cup otherwise you won’t get as much flavor — the cilantro really is the crowning flavor.
- For more servings, there should be enough cilantro lime sauce for about 5 to 6 fillets. Just be sure to increase the amount on the spice rub and use two skillets.
Nutrition
- Calories: 920.77kcal
- Fat: 62.44g
- Saturated Fat: 15.89g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 18.97g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 16.04g
- Carbohydrates: 3.46g
- Fiber: 0.81g
- Sugar: 1.16g
- Protein: 81.98g
- Cholesterol: 232.75mg
- Sodium: 1037.97mg
- Calcium: 89.26mg
- Potassium: 1551.34mg
- Iron: 2.11mg
- Vitamin A: 64.24µg
- Vitamin C: 19.79mg
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