Pan Seared Salmon With Garlic Butter (Print Version)

Crispy, golden salmon fillets with a velvety garlic butter sauce. An impressive yet simple dinner ready in under 25 minutes.

# What You Need:

01 - 4 (6 oz) skin-on salmon fillets

02 - 2 tablespoons olive oil

03 - Salt, to taste

04 - Freshly ground black pepper, to taste

05 - 3 tablespoons unsalted butter

06 - 4 garlic cloves, minced

07 - 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice

08 - 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

09 - Lemon wedges, for garnish

01 - Pat salmon fillets dry with paper towels. Season both sides generously with salt and pepper.

02 - Heat olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

03 - Once oil is hot, add salmon fillets skin-side down. Cook for 4–5 minutes, pressing gently to ensure even searing.

04 - Flip the fillets and cook for an additional 3–4 minutes, or until cooked through and golden. Transfer salmon to a plate and tent with foil.

05 - Lower heat to medium. Add butter to the skillet. Once melted, add minced garlic and sauté for 1 minute until fragrant, stirring often.

06 - Stir in lemon juice and parsley. Remove from heat.

07 - Spoon the garlic butter sauce over the seared salmon. Serve hot with lemon wedges.

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You get that gorgeous golden crust most home cooks think only restaurants can achieve
The garlic butter sauce comes together in literally two minutes but makes everything feel fancy

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Patting the salmon completely dry before cooking is what actually lets the skin crisp up instead of steam
The garlic only needs about sixty seconds in the hot butter or it will turn bitter and ruin the whole sauce

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Start checking your salmon a minute early if your fillets are thinner than an inch
Keep that butter sauce moving in the pan so the garlic doesn't settle and burn