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Choose wild salmon for extra flavor and serve with your favorite side dish. Salmon is such an easy ingredient because it hardly requires any cooking time. Whisk up the sauce and you are done. So, are you ready to learn how to make this creamy garlic salmon? Let’s get started!
What You Need For This Recipe
So, to make this main dish recipe, you need several ingredients. Put the following ingredients on your grocery list and have them ready when you start:
- Wild salmon filets
- Onion – finely diced
- Mushrooms – finely sliced
- Garlic – use fresh garlic
- Oil – I use olive oil
- Butter – you need unsalted butter this can be plant-based or regular butter
- Dry white wine (or chicken broth)
- Cooking cream
- Lemon juice – from a fresh lemon
- Fresh parsley – finely chopped
Note that the full ingredients list, including measurements, can be found in the recipe card below.
How To Make Creamy Garlic Salmon
- This recipe starts with preheating a skillet over medium-high heat. When the skillet is hot, add the olive oil. Wash the salmon and dap it dry with a paper towel.
- Make sure the salmon is dry else the oil will be everywhere. Put the salmon in the hot pan and sear. Resist the urge to move the salmon around in the pan.
- Squeeze the lemon on top of the salmon. Leave for at least 3 minutes. The fish will be released from the pan. Cook for a total of 5 minutes per side.
- Remove the filets from the pan and set them aside.
- Now melt the butter in the skillet. Add the diced onion and garlic to the pan. Sauté until soft and translucent.
- Then add the sliced mushrooms and stir until golden brown.
- Pour the white wine into the pan. Scrape the salmon bits from the bottom of the pan while stirring it with a wooden spoon.
- Now add the cooking cream, stir, and let it simmer for 30 seconds before reducing the heat until you see an occasional bubble in the skillet.
- Return the salmon to the pan and stir it in the sauce. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley. Serve your salmon dinner.
Farmed Salmon Versus Wild Salmon
You can make this recipe with farmed salmon or wild salmon. There are several differences between farmed salmon compared to wild salmon. These differences are:
- Calories – wild salmon contains fewer calories
- Color – farmed salmon is more orange in color than wild salmon and is pink
- Protein – wild salmon contains more protein
- Fats and vitamines – farmed salmon contains more saturated fats but also more vitamins A and D
Farmed salmon is fattier than wild salmon. So, if you can find wild Alaskan salmon, I would recommend it. In this recipe, I use white wine but if you do not like the taste of wine, you can easily substitute it with chicken broth.
How To Store Garlic Salmon
If you have leftover garlic salmon you have several storage options:
- Refrigerator – it is best to store it in the refrigerator. Put it in an airtight food container and you can store it for about 2 days
- Freezer – you can store this fish in the freezer but as your sauce contains cooking cream it is very likely the sauce will separate after you thaw it. If you do mind you can store it in a freezer-friendly food container. Store it for up to 1 month
How To Reheat Garlic Salmon
When you have leftover salmon, you have several ways to reheat it:
- Stovetop – it is easy to reheat the salmon on the stovetop. Preheat your skillet to medium and add your sauce. Let it simmer then add the salmon. Do not heat on high as this will dry out the fish. Heat until warm
- Oven – you can also reheat in the oven. Preheat the oven to 375℉/190℃. Put the leftover salmon and sauce in an oven dish and cover it with aluminum foil. Heat for 10 minutes and check to see if the fish is heated through
Serve Salmon With
If you are wondering what you can eat with this salmon recipe take a look at these suggestions:
- Mexican spicy rice – the creamy butter sauce works perfectly with a rice recipe. The rice can absorb some of the creamy sauce
- Garlic green beans – salmon and beans, is a great combination. Give it a try!
- Mashed potatoes – these fluffy soft slow cooker mashed potatoes are another great side dish to eat with this salmon recipe
- Asparagus with shrimp – another great vegetable recipe that works perfectly with garlic salmon
- Creamy pasta with bacon – easy to make in less than 15 minutes, so perfect for a quick meal
More Salmon Recipes
If you love salmon then check out some of our other tasty recipes for dinner or lunch:
I hope you love this salmon as much as I do. Have fun making this garlic salmon recipe!
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Garlic Salmon
An easy salmon recipe, this creamy garlic salmon dinner dish. It is really easy to make and requires less than 20 minutes.
Ingredients
- 3 salmon filets
- 10 mushrooms, sliced
- 1 onion, minced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- ½ cup dry white wine *
- 1 cup cooking cream
- 1 tablespoon parsley, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- Salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat a skillet over medium-high heat and add the oil. Sear the salmon in the hot pan. Resist the urge to move the salmon around. Squeeze the lemon on the salmon. Leave for at least 3 minutes and cook for 5 minutes on each side. Remove the filets from the pan and set aside
- Melt the butter in the skillet. Add the diced onion and garlic. Sauté until soft and translucent. Then add the sliced mushrooms and stir until golden brown
- Pour the white wine into the pan. Scrape the salmon bits from the pan while stirring in the pan
- Now add the cooking cream and let it simmer for 30 seconds before reducing the heat until you see an occasional bubble in the skillet
- Return the salmon to the pan and stir it in the sauce. Sprinkle with finely chopped parsley
- Serve the salmon
Notes
* if you do not like to cook with wine substitute the wine for chicken or vegetable broth
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Nutrition facts
Calories: 365; Fat: 21.5g; Carbs: 10.5g; Protein: 29g;
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