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red salmon

Pan Seared Sockeye Salmon with Orange Butter Sauce

Quick, easy, undeniably gourmet.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American, Pacific Northwest
Servings 4
Calories 55 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 4 6 oz red salmon fillets
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • kosher salt & course black pepper

Sauce

  • 1 tsp butter
  • 4 garlic cloves chopped
  • 2 tbsp orange juice
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp Birch syrup
  • orange zest to taste
  • 2 tbps parsley minced for garnish

Instructions
 

  • Remove salmon from fridge and rest at room temp (on paper towels) while assembling sauce.
  • In a small sauce pan saute garlic in tsp of butter until lightly brown (1 - 2 minutes)
  • Add juice and wine. Simmer until reduced by half about 3 minutes.
  • Whisk in butter and syrup. When butter is melted, turn off heat.

Salmon

  • Salt and pepper both sides of salmon. Heat non-stick pan with olive oil on medium-high heat.
  • Once pan is hot and oil is shimmery at salmon skin side down. Cook about 4 minutes without moving the fillet.
  • Flip salmon and cook for another 2 minutes. If you can, gently peel the skin from the fillet. It should peel right off but you don't want it sliding around in the pan.
  • Flip salmon back and add 2 tbsp butter to pan. Brown for 1 1/2 minutes.

Finishing details

  • Plate salmon and drizzle sauce. Sprinkle with garnish for color. Serve while hot.

Nutrition

Serving: 6ozCalories: 55kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 2mgSodium: 19mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 661IUVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 33mgIron: 1mg
Keyword alaska salmon, pan seared salmon, red samon, sockeye salmon