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Brown Butter Salmon With Capers And Sun-dried Tomatoes
This weeknight salmon gets an elegant upgrade with simple ingredients and can be ready in less than 30 minutes.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Servings: 4
Calories: 515 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets with skin or not, whatever you like.
- 2 tablespoons pine nuts
- 2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1 tablespoon capers
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- sea salt
- freshly ground pepper
Instructions
- Pat the salmon dry on both sides. Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
- Heat the olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add two salmon fillets to the pan (skin side down first if you like crispy skin. Please see recipe notes)Cook each side for 4 minutes until golden and flaky.
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While salmon cooks make the sauce.
- Chop the sun-dried tomatoes into medium-small pieces.
- Place a medium skillet on medium heat. Add the pine nuts. Toast pine nuts for 2-3 minutes until they are nice and brown. Don't overdo it, pine nuts will become bitter and inedible.
- Add the butter to the pan. Stir the butter with a spatula continuously. After 2 to 3 minutes, the butter will start to brown. Be careful not to burn the butter. If needed lower the heat.
- Add the chopped sun-dried tomatoes and stir for 1 minute. Add the capers, stir brown butter sauce and serve immediately over salmon fillets.
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Notes
- For salmon with perfectly crisp skin:
- If you like perfectly crisp skin on your salmon, don't fidget with the fish while it cooks; Press it down lightly for one minute with a spatula. The skin will start to crisp up nicely if you wait the whole 7 minutes and then turn it around—Cook the other side for 1 to 2 minutes. Then, turn salmon one more time and crisp up the skin for one more minute. Plate salmon skin side up to preserve the crispy skin and serve sauce around salmon, not on the skin.
- Nutritional Info – Please remember that the nutritional information provided is only an estimate and can vary based on the products used.
Nutrition Information
Calories
515kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
2g
(1%)
Protein
35g
(70%)
Fat
41g
(63%)
Saturated Fat
17g
(85%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
7g
Monounsaturated Fat
13g
Trans Fat
1g
Cholesterol
154mg
(51%)
Sodium
338mg
(14%)
Potassium
956mg
(27%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
800IU
(16%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
32mg
(3%)
Iron
2mg
(11%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 515
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 515kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 2g | 1% |
| Protein | 35g | 70% |
| Fat | 41g | 63% |
| Saturated Fat | 17g | 85% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 7g | 41% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 154mg | 51% |
| Sodium | 338mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 956mg | 20% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 800IU | 16% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 32mg | 3% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.