Pan-Fried Salmon with Cream-Dill Sauce

Description

Salmon tastes great pan fried, and combined with this delicious creamy sauce with mustard and dill, it turns into a gourmet meal – and it’s ready in 20 minutes to boot! You can use fresh or frozen salmon.

Ingredients

  • 4 (4 ounce) fillets salmon
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 ½ tablespoons lemon juice, divided
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • 1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
  • ¾ cup heavy whipping cream, or to taste

Instructions

  1. Season salmon with salt and pepper and sprinkle with some of the lemon juice.
  2. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Melt butter and oil together in the hot skillet. Add salmon; pan-fry for 3 minutes. Flip and cook until salmon is almost cooked through
  3. 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Sprinkle remaining lemon juice onto one side of the pan. Add mustard and dill and mix. Pour in cream
  5. mix with a spoon
  6. and tilt pan so sauce runs around the salmon fillets. Cook for a few minutes until sauce thickens. Season with salt. Serve salmon with sauce.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Servings: 4

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