Creamy Butter Garlic Salmon w/Spinach
This Salmon Dinner with creamy sauce is so quick and easy. Perfect for a healthy week night dinner.
Ingredients
Pan Grilled Salmon
- 3-4 Salmon pieces about a 1 lb
- 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
- 1 Tbsp Butter
- Salt
- Pepper
Butter Garlic Sauce
- 4 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Tbsp minced garlic
- 1 cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- ½ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 tsp Black Pepper
- ½ Tsp Red Pepper Flakes *Optional
- 3 cups chopped spinach
Instructions
- Heat Large Skillet over Medium-High heat with Butter.
- Pan Salmon dry. Drizzle Olive oil on each salmon piece and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Once Butter is melted, move it around the pan. Add Salmon Flesh side down.
- Put lid down and let sear cook for about 3-4 minutes.
- Flip Salmon and cook for another 3-4 minutes.
- Move Salmon to a side dish
- Add 4 Tbsp of butter to same skillet.
- Add garlic to pan- Let cook until fragrant- 1-2 minutes.
- Add Heavy Whipping Cream, Parmesan cheese, Pepper, and Red pepper (if using).
- Bring to a boil and whisk occasionally until the sauce is thickened.
- Add Chopped Spinach, stir in, and cook until all spinach is wilted.
- Move Salmon back to skillet and spoon sauce over.
- Plate and serve. Make sure to add more sauce on top!
Notes
If your sauce looks too thick, add a splash of more heavy whipping cream. If it doesn’t look thick enough, continue to heat and whisk. It will thicken.
This is a quick cooking process. If you need to keep it warm while you wait for your side to be ready, you can just put lid on It and remove from heat.