Grilled Salmon Recipe with Garlic Lime Butter
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
24 mins
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Cook Time
6 mins
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Total Time
30 mins
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Servings
6 (6 oz each) salmon filets
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Calories
355 kcal
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Course
Main Course
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Cuisine
American
Grilled Salmon Recipe with Garlic Lime Butter
Description
The Grilled Salmon with Garlic Lime Butter recipe features rich salmon fillets brushed with a butter sauce infused with smashed garlic, dill, salt, pepper, and fresh lime juice. Melting the butter and gently simmering the garlic releases a fragrant base, while dill and lime brighten the sauce.
Salmon fillets, skin-on and sectioned, are marinated briefly with the butter sauce then grilled over medium heat, placing the skin side up first. Careful flipping and continuous basting with the butter sauce ensures even cooking and flavorful, moist fish with a hint of char. The internal temperature is monitored to reach 140ºF, finishing to 145ºF off the heat for ideal doneness.
Serving with lime wedges and additional dill garnish highlights the fresh herb and citrus notes. The recipe includes precise grilling times for various fillet thicknesses, providing reliable guidance to achieve tender, juicy salmon with a lightly crisp exterior.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter 8 Tbsp, unsalted
- 4 cloves garlic smashed (NOT PRESSED)
- 2 Tbsp lime juice (from 1 lime)plus lime wedges to serve
- 2 Tbsp dill chopped, plus more to garnish
- 1 tsp salt sea salt
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 lbs salmon filet skin-on, cut into 6 portions
Instructions
- In a sauce pan, melt 1/2 cup butter over medium heat. Smash 4 garlic cloves with the flat side of a knife and add to saucepan with 1 tsp salt and 1/4 tsp pepper. Simmer 1 min or until fragrant. Add chopped dill and 2 Tbsp lime juice then immediately remove from heat.
- Arrange salmon fillets on a platter skin-side-down and spoon on 1/3 of butter sauce and brush over the tops. Let salmon marinate while preheating grill.
- Preheat grill to medium heat (350˚F to 400˚F). Oil the hot grates. Place salmon onto preheated grill, skin-side-up. Cover and grill over medium (350˚F) heat undisturbed, about 3 minutes on the first side.
- Carefully flip salmon over (it helps to have a spatula to loosen it and tongs to flip it over), brush on 1/3 of butter sauce then cover and cook another 2 minutes (or according to salmon grilling chart), until internal temperature reaches 140˚F (the temperature will continue to rise to an ideal 145˚F internal temperature off the grill).
- Transfer salmon to a platter and drizzle with remaining 1/3 of sauce in saucepan (if butter has hardened, heat on the stovetop just until melted). Garnish with fresh dill and serve with lime wedges to squeeze over salmon.
Notes
- Grill salmon fillets for about 3 minutes per side for 1-inch thickness; thinner fillets require less time.
- Using smashed garlic instead of pressed keeps more texture and milder flavor in the butter sauce.
- Monitor internal temperature to avoid overcooking; 140˚F on the grill finishes to ideal 145˚F after resting.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 6(6 oz each) salmon filets
Amount Per Serving
Calories 355 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 355kcal | 18% |
| Carbs | 1g | |
| Protein | 30g | 60% |
| Fat | 25g | 38% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 124mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 457mg | 19% |
| Potassium | 749mg | 16% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 545IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 2.1mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1.2mg | 7% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
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