Best 20 Lemon Butter Salmon Recipes

ROASTED SALMON WITH ASPARAGUS, LEMON AND BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Rub salmon all over with 1 tablespoon oil and season with salt and pepper. Arrange skin side-down on a rimmed baking sheet and roast until medium, 8 to 10 minutes.
• While the salmon roasts, prepare the asparagus: In a large skillet, heat the remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high. Add asparagus, season with salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer asparagus to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium and add butter to skillet. Cook, stirring, until foam subsides and butter is deep golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes. (Be careful not to burn). Turn off heat and stir in lemon juice, capers, peas, parsley and cooked asparagus. Season with salt and pepper.
• Divide vegetables among plates. Top with salmon and spoon over any remaining pan sauce. Garnish with parsley and serve with lemon wedges.

GARLIC LEMON BUTTER SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Combine water and lemon juice in a bowl.
• Arrange the 16 smaller pieces of butter in 2 rows on a baking dish and top with garlic slices. Place salmon fillets over each row of butter and garlic.
• Melt remaining sliced butter in a bowl with minced garlic, about 40 seconds. Spoon about half the melted butter-garlic mixture over salmon and top with lemon slices. Pour about half the lemon juice mixture into the baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Baste fillets with juices in the baking dish, then pour remaining butter and lemon juice over the fish. Continue baking until salmon is easily flaked with a fork, about 10 minutes more.

BAKED LEMON-BUTTER SALMON

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Spray a baking dish with cooking spray and place salmon fillets in the dish.
• Place butter in a microwave-safe bowl and microwave on high in 30-second increments until melted, 30 seconds to 1 minute.
• Mix lemon juice, salt, and pepper into the melted butter; pour over the salmon.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 12 to 18 minutes.

LEMON BUTTER SALMON

Steps:

• In a small skillet, saute garlic in butter; whisk in lemon juice, salt, pepper and pepper sauce. Transfer 2/3 cup to a serving bowl; set aside., Place salmon in a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Drizzle with remaining lemon butter. Broil 4-6 in. from heat 10-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve with reserved lemon butter.

ROASTED SALMON WITH LEMON-GARLIC HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• In a small mixing bowl, combine butter, thyme, rosemary, garlic, pepper, lemon zest and lemon juice.
• Arrange salmon filets skin-side-down in a baking pan.
• Gently spread butter mixture evenly over filets. If desired, garnish by arranging lemon slices (two per filet) atop filets and top each filet with sprig of rosemary. Marinate at room temperature for 15 minutes.
• Roast for 12-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily when fork-tested.

BAKED LEMON-BUTTER SALMON WITH PASTA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 390 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Lightly salt and pepper salmon fillet on both sides, and place in a 2-quart baking dish. Squeeze 1 lemon half over the salmon, then sprinkle with minced garlic and 1/2 of the butter pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until salmon is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork, about 15 minutes.
• Meanwhile, fill a large pot with lightly salted water and bring to a rolling boil. Cook fettuccine at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes.
• When salmon is cooked, break apart into large chunks (it will break apart a little further when you toss it with the pasta.)
• Add cooked pasta to the baking dish with the salmon. Drizzle pasta and salmon with olive oil, and add remaining butter pieces. Zest the remaining lemon half and add to the pasta, then squeeze juice from the zested lemon into the pasta as well. Add parsley, salt, and pepper.
• Toss everything gently until pasta is well coated in the pan juices and everything you have added in, and salmon is evenly distributed amongst the pasta. Taste and adjust seasonings if necessary. Add a touch more butter or oil if needed, if your pasta is too dry.

LEMON DILL SALMON WITH GARLIC, WHITE WINE, AND BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Mix butter, white wine, lemon juice, and garlic together in a small bowl.
• Pour a small amount of the butter mixture into an 8x8-inch baking pan until bottom is evenly coated; cover with a thin layer of dill. Place salmon, skin side down, into the baking pan. Sprinkle with remaining dill; pour remaining butter mixture over salmon. Cover tightly with aluminum foil.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 25 to 35 minutes. Sprinkle generously with almonds before serving.

SALMON WITH LEMON-DILL BUTTER

Steps:

• Place salmon, skin side down, on a broiler pan. Combine the butter, lemon juice, lemon zest and dill. Brush one-third of mixture over salmon. Broil 3-4 in. from the heat for 7-9 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork, basting occasionally with remaining butter mixture.

GARLIC-LEMON BUTTER FOR GRILLED SALMON

Steps:

• Soften one stick of butter and mix with garlic.
• Either process in blender or food processor; or if doing by hand use garlic press and whisk really well with fork.
• Gradually add as much lemon juice as butter will hold.
• Quit adding when butter won't absorb any more.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Slather this on grilled salmon during cooking and serve remainder at table.

SKILLET SEARED SALMON WITH GARLIC LEMON BUTTER SAUCE RECIPE - (4.5/5)

Steps:

• Remove salmon fillets from refrigerator and allow to rest at room temperature 10 minutes. Meanwhile prepared garlic lemon butter sauce. In a small saucepan melt 1 tsp butter over medium heat. Add garlic and saute until lightly golden brown, about 1 - 2 minutes. Pour in chicken broth and lemon juice. Let sauce simmer until it has reduced by half (to about 3 Tbsp), about 3 minutes. Stir in butter and honey and whisk until combined. Set sauce aside. Dab both sides of salmon dry with paper towels, season both sides with salt and pepper. Heat olive oil in a 12-inch non-stick skillet over medium-high heat. Once oil is shimmering add salmon and cook about 3 minutes per side, until golden brown and cooked through. Plate salmon (leaving oil in pan) and drizzle each serving generously with butter sauce, sprinkle with parsley and garnish with lemon slices if desired. Serve immediately. Recipe source: Cooking Classy

BROWN-BUTTER SALMON WITH LEMON AND HARISSA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325 degrees. Place salmon in a large baking dish skin-side-down and season with salt and pepper. (Alternatively, use a rimmed baking sheet.)
• Heat butter in a small pot or skillet over medium heat. Cook, whisking occasionally, until butter foams and browns, about 5 minutes. (The whisking will help release the brown butter bits from the bottom of the pot, and those are the bits you want.)
• Add garlic slices, letting them sizzle and brown in the butter for 30 seconds or so, then add 2 tablespoons olive oil to the pot and whisk in harissa. Give it a minute or two to sizzle and toast a bit in the butter mixture. Add 2 tablespoons lemon juice and 2 tablespoons water to the pot, whisking to incorporate.
• Season the brown butter-harissa sauce with salt and pepper and pour over salmon.
• Place in oven and roast until the salmon is just cooked through, but still nicely pink and medium-rare in the center, 12 to 15 minutes for a whole fillet, or 8 to 10 minutes for individual fillets. (If you prefer your fish well done, cook the whole fillet for 15 to 18 minutes, or individual fillets for 12 to 15 minutes.)
• Meanwhile, toss shallot with 2 tablespoons lemon juice in a medium bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add lettuce and dill and toss to coat; drizzle with a bit of olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Once salmon is just cooked through, remove from oven. Use a large serving spoon to scoop large chunks of salmon onto a serving platter or individual plates, leaving the skin behind in the baking dish. (No need to worry if you get smaller chunks too, but try to get the largest pieces you can.) Spoon any remaining brown-butter sauce from the pan over the fish and squeeze lemon over the top. Sprinkle with a bit more dill, if you have it. Serve with dilly lettuce alongside, and, if you like, potatoes or toast and aioli.

SALMON WITH THYME, LEMON BUTTER AND ALMONDS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Lay out a double layer of foil big enough to wrap fish in, and drizzle with oil. Place fish on foil. Put scallions and half the thyme in cavity of fish. Drizzle 2 tablespoons butter over fish, and sprinkle with salt to taste. Wrap fish loosely, place on a baking sheet and bake 35 minutes.
• Place a small skillet over medium heat. When pan is hot, add almonds, and stir until golden brown. Remove from pan, and set aside. In a small bowl, combine remaining melted butter and lemon juice; set aside.
• When fish is cooked, carefully peel skin from side facing you. With a knife, divide fish in three portions by making two long cuts parallel to each other and perpendicular to the backbone. Cut down to the rib bones, but do not cut through them. Remove a portion of meat by sliding a spatula over rib bones and pulling meat away; repeat with 2 remaining portions, and place on three warmed plates. Remove backbone and attached rib bones. Cut three more fillets from remaining fish, placing them on plates.
• Drizzle lemon butter over each fillet, and sprinkle with toasted almonds. Pull leaves from remaining sprigs of thyme, and scatter over fillets. Serve immediately.

SALMON WITH LEMON BUTTER AND PINEAPPLE SALSA

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. In small bowl, mix butter, lemon peel and lemon juice; set aside.
• In medium bowl, mix pineapple, cilantro, onion and chile; refrigerate until serving time.
• Line 13x9-inch pan with foil. Place salmon, skin side down, in pan; sprinkle with salt.
• Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Immediately top salmon with butter mixture. Serve with pineapple salsa.

SALMON MARINADE WITH DILL, BUTTER AND LEMON

Steps:

• In a saucepan, heat butter, lemon juice and dill weed.
• Coat 1/2 salmon with mixture.
• Sprinkle with lemon pepper and grill, skin side down.
• Brush with remaining mixture while grilling.

PENNE WITH GRILLED SALMON ASPARAGUS AND LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• Brush the salmon steaks lightly on both sides with the soy. Grill or broil until almost cooked through. Shred salmon.
• Steam the asparagus until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a plate and cover to keep warm.
• Meanwhile cook the penne in plenty of boiling salted water. Drain.
• Melt the butter in the pasta cooking pot; add the garlic and ginger. Saute 30 seconds.
• Add the lemon juice and zest. Toss the pasta, asparagus, and butter until pasta is coated.
• Add salmon and toss.

LEMON BUTTER SALMON WITH CAPERS AND ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Line a large casserole dish with foil (3 qt Rectangle).
• Brush bottom and sides of foil with Olive Oil.
• Cut Salmon into 6 equal pieces.
• Salt and pepper both sides of salmon fillets.
• Arrange salmon in the center of baking dish, leaving room around the edges.
• Wash Asparagus, and arrange around the edges of the dish.
• Bake 20-25 minutes until salmon is opaque and flakes easily.
• In a saucepan, simmer shallots, wine, and vinegar until shallots are soft.
• Add the butter, and 2 Tbsp water and stir until melted and smooth.
• Stir in Capers, Lemon Juice, Zest, and Parsley.
• Pour over salmon and serve.

SMOKED SALMON AND AVOCADO WITH LEMON CAPER BUTTER ON PUMPERNICKEL BREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl cream together the butter, the lemon juice, the capers, and salt and pepper to taste and spread the lemon caper butter on one side of each slice of bread. Layer half the bread slices with the salmon, the onion, the avocado, and the sprouts and top the sandwiches with the remaining bread slices, pressing them firmly.

LEMON-BUTTER SALMON

Steps:

• Set an oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Combine bread crumbs, melted butter, and Parmesan cheese in a bowl; stir until well blended.
• Cut lemon in half. Squeeze one half into the butter mixture. Cut the other half into 3 slices and set aside.
• Place each salmon fillet on a piece of aluminum foil and fold up the sides. Brush olive oil onto fillets, then pour butter mixture over top and place a slice of lemon on each one.
• Broil on the top rack in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.

STEAMED SALMON STEAKS WITH LEMON BUTTER AND FENNEL

Steps:

• Season salmon steaks with salt and pepper, then sprinkle with fennel seeds. Slice 1/2 of the lemon and juice the remaining half; set both aside.
• Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil. Add salmon steaks, cover, and steam until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 8 minutes.
• While the salmon is cooking, melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Remove from the heat and stir in lemon juice.
• Remove salmon from the steamer. Remove and discard skins, and arrange salmon on a plate. Pour lemon butter over top and decorate with fennel fronds and lemon slices.

SALMON WITH IRISH LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• Generously salt and pepper salmon fillets. Lightly grease grill with cooking spray or oil. Place the egg yolks in a saucepan. Cut the butter into pieces and add to the saucepan. Heat over medium-low heat while whisking the melted butter and egg yolks together. Continue whisking until the mixture turns lemony-colored and thick. Remove from the heat and stir in lemon juice. Place in a container and refrigerate until firm or serve immediately as a sauce. Grill the salmon about 5 minutes on each side or until done. Spoon sauce over fish and serve, garnished with lemon wedges and parsley.