Salmon and Asparagus
Salmon and Asparagus bathed in Lemon Piccata Sauce is irresistibly delicious and on your table in 25 minutes! This Salmon and Asparagus recipe is outrageously delicious, gloriously flavorful and deeply satisfying. Best of all, it looks impressive but is SO easy to make all in one skillet for easy prep and cleanup, perfect for all those busy nights! The salmon gets dredged in in flour and seasonings, is lightly pan fried until golden, then drenched in an intoxicating lemon, butter caper sauce. The resulting Lemon Butter Salmon truly tastes better than the finest restaurant at a fraction of the price and did I say ready in 25 minutes already? You can cook just the salmon and sauce or swap out the asparagus for whatever veggies you love or have on hand. Serve this one pot Salmon and Asparagus plain or over pasta, potatoes or rice or low carb zoodles, cauliflower rice etc. for a simple salmon recipe that will have everyone singing your praises and licking their plates.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
SALMON
- 4 skinless salmon fillets
- 2 tablespoons Danish Creamery’s Spreadable Butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons flour
- 1 tsp EACH garlic powder, onion powder, salt, lemon pepper, paprika
- 1/2 tsp EACH salt, pepper
PICCATA SAUCE
- 2 tablespoons Danish Creamery’s Spreadable Butter
- 3 tablespoons minced shallots
- 3-4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 cup low sodium chicken broth
- 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice more or less to taste
- 3 tablespoons capers drained
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- pinch of salt
- 1 bunch asparagus trimmed, halved
Instructions
SALMON
- Pat fillets dry with paper towels. Whisk flour and seasonings together in a small bowl/plate. Add salmon and season each side. Shake off excess flour.
- Heat 1 tablespoon oil with 2 tablespoon Danish Creamery’s Spreadable Butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Once hot and the butter is melted, add the salmon.
- Cook salmon for 3 minutes, or until golden brown on the bottom. Flip salmon over and cook for 2-3 minutes, or to desired doneness, then remove to a plate. Don’t wipe out the skillet.
SAUCE
- Melt 2 tablespoons Danish Creamery’s Spreadable Butter with the remaining drippings in the skillet. Add shallots and sauté while scraping up the drippings for 2 minutes or until softened. Add garlic, sauté 30 seconds.
- Whisk chicken broth with cornstarch and add to skillet along with lemon juice, capers, salt and pepper. Simmer for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add asparagus and simmer until crisp tender, 3-4 minutes.
- Add salmon back to pan and warm through, spooning the sauce over salmon. Serve with rice, pasta or potatoes.
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Notes
Don't miss the "how to make" recipe video at the top of the post!
TIPS AND TRICKS:
This Salmon and Asparagus recipe is quick and easy to make but here are a few tips and tricks to guarantee a runaway success:- Remove salmon from the fridge: Never cook salmon cold straight from the refrigerator otherwise it will cook unevenly. Instead, remove the fish from the refrigerator about 15 to 20 minutes before you’re ready to start cooking.
- Do NOT rinse and dry fillets. You should NOT rinse your fish before baking! The USDA cautions: “do not rinse raw fish, seafood, meat, and poultry. Bacteria in these raw juices can splash and spread to other foods and surfaces. Cooking foods thoroughly will kill harmful bacteria.”
- Dry fillets: Pat salmon dry with paper towels before seasoning to help the flour and seasonings stick – and since we are not rinsing the salmon, we are just drying any moisture from the packaging.
- Use a large enough skillet. Use a skillet that is large enough to comfortably hold all of the salmon without touching so each side can sear and not just steam
- Thin sauce if needed. If the sauce becomes thicker than you like, then stir in additional chicken broth a little at a time. You can also add additional Danish Creamery Spreadable Butter – yum!
- Microwave lemons. Ever since I learned this tip years ago, I use it all the time! Microwave your lemons for 15 seconds and be amazed at how much easier they are to juice (and how much more juice you get)!
- Amp up the lemon. If you like more lemon flavor, sprinkle your portion with fresh lemon zest.
- Amp up the butter. If you like a more buttery sauce (and who doesn’t?!), add additional Danish Creamery Spreadable Butter.