Grilled Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce

Name: Grilled Salmon with Lemon Dill Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 salmon fillets, skin-on; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1/2 cup thickened cream; 2 cloves garlic, minced; zest and juice of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp fresh dill, chopped; 1 tbsp butter; salt and pepper to taste; steamed greens to serve

Pan-seared salmon fillets with a bright lemon and dill cream sauce. Starting the salmon skin-side down in a hot pan and leaving it undisturbed renders the skin properly crisp instead of leaving it soft and rubbery.

Total time

25 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

Ingredients

4salmon fillets, skin-on

2 tbspolive oil

1/2 cupthickened cream

2 clovesgarlic, minced

zest and juice of 1lemon

2 tbspfresh dill, chopped

1 tbspbutter

salt and pepperto taste

steamed greensto serve

Instructions

Season salmon with salt and pepper.

Heat olive oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Cook salmon skin-side down for 4 minutes until crispy.

Flip and cook another 2-3 minutes. Remove and rest.

In the same pan, sauté garlic 30 seconds. Add cream, lemon zest and juice. Simmer 3 minutes.

Stir in dill and butter. Season. Spoon sauce over salmon and serve with steamed greens.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

237

Protein

5.2g

Fat

23.1g

Carbs

3.2g

Fiber

0.6g

Sodium

25mg

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