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quick 5 ingredient dinners

Lemon Butter Salmon

Salmon, lemon, butter, and garlic create a quick 5 ingredient dinner that looks like it came from a nice restaurant. Takes less effort than ordering delivery and tastes infinitely better. Sauce comes together in the same pan.
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Calories: 380
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 4 salmon fillets
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 lemons one sliced
  • one juiced
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Method
 

  1. Step 1: Season salmon generously with salt and pepper
  2. Step 2: Heat pan over medium high heat add 1 tablespoon butter
  3. Step 3: Add salmon skin side down if applicable cook 5 minutes until golden
  4. Step 4: Flip cook 3 to 4 more minutes until flakes easily
  5. Step 5: Remove salmon to plate
  6. Step 6: Same pan reduce heat to low add remaining butter and garlic
  7. Step 7: Cook 1 minute until fragrant add lemon juice
  8. Step 8: Pour sauce over salmon top with lemon slices serve immediately

Notes

— Don't move salmon while
searing for crispy skin
— Salmon is done when it
flakes easily with fork
— Sauce comes together fast —
have everything ready before
removing salmon
— Add fresh dill or parsley
if you have it