Sockeye Salmon With Lemon Butter Sauce
User Reviews
4.7
42 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
10 mins
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Servings
4
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Calories
400 kcal
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Course
Main Course
Sockeye Salmon With Lemon Butter Sauce
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Sockeye Salmon Recipe should be your weeknight thing! Sockeye Salmon is a rich flavored salmon that shines here with the lemon butter sauce.
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Ingredients
Sockeye Salmon
- 4 sockeye salmon fillet skin on or off to your taste
- 1 teaspoon salt and pepper each
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter or garlic butter
Lemon Butter Sauce
- 3 Tablespoons unsalted butter or garlic butter
- 1/2 teaspoon flour
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
- 2-4 tablespoons stock or water depending on how thick you want the sauce t be
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper
- 1 lemon sliced
Notes
- Make sure to use enough butter to sear the salmon in. This will help to keep the salmon nice and moist and stop it from sticking to the pan.
- Keep your heat medium. Butter can easily burn if too much heat is applied - and lots of butter is used in this recipe.
- You can use an instant read thermometer to check the internal temperature of the salmon to make sure it is fully cooked throughout. If you don't have one, you can check if the salmon flakes with pressure to tell you if it's fully cooked before removing your salmon from the heat.
- This is the most asked question I get. Sockeye salmon is almost always wild-caught, whereas Atlantic salmon is generally farmed salmon.
- With sockeye salmon, you will get a very deep red color given from its diet and sockeye salmon has very high levels of omega 3 fatty acids which are very good for your health.
- Generally, sockeye salmon is of better quality and tastes better with a firmer texture than farmed Atlantic salmon.
- If you want to make sure you eat only wild caught salmon King salmon is another option.
- Sockeye salmon is more expensive because it has to be wild caught rather than farmed. They also tend to be smaller. This increases its price on the market.
- Yes absolutely. This salmon is very easily grilled and can taste very nice cooked this way. to keep your salmon moist you may want to cover your salmon with foil. If you prefer to grill your salmon with this recipe you can do that and make the sauce separately to pour-over.
- Yes, baking the salmon fillet is another way to can easily cook salmon. If you prefer this method to you can adapt this recipe to it also. You could even bake your salmon in the lemon butter sauce to keep it lovely and moist and let the salmon really absorb the lemon butter sauce flavors.
- Make sure to use enough butter to sear the salmon in. This will help to keep the salmon nice and moist and stop it from sticking to the pan.
- Keep your heat medium. Butter can easily burn if too much heat is applied - and lots of butter is used in this recipe.
- You can use an instant read thermometer to check the internal temperature of the salmon to make sure it is fully cooked throughout. If you don't have one, you can check if the salmon flakes with pressure to tell you if it's fully cooked before removing your salmon from the heat.
- This is the most asked question I get. Sockeye salmon is almost always wild-caught, whereas Atlantic salmon is generally farmed salmon.
- With sockeye salmon, you will get a very deep red color given from its diet and sockeye salmon has very high levels of omega 3 fatty acids which are very good for your health.
- Generally, sockeye salmon is of better quality and tastes better with a firmer texture than farmed Atlantic salmon. If you want to make sure you eat only wild caught salmon King salmon is another option.
- Sockeye salmon is more expensive because it has to be wild caught rather than farmed. They also tend to be smaller. This increases its price on the market.
- Yes absolutely. This salmon is very easily grilled and can taste very nice cooked this way. to keep your salmon moist you may want to cover your salmon with foil. If you prefer to grill your salmon with this recipe you can do that and make the sauce separately to pour-over.
- Yes, baking the salmon fillet is another way to can easily cook salmon. If you prefer this method to you can adapt this recipe to it also. You could even bake your salmon in the lemon butter sauce to keep it lovely and moist and let the salmon really absorb the lemon butter sauce flavors.
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Overall Rating
4.7
42 reviews
Excellent
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