Sear-Roasted Salmon With Lemon Ginger Butter

Submitted by PanNan

"This recipe is adapted from Fine Cooking magazine. It has a golden crust from the sear, a juicy center, and is topped with a dab of rich flavorful butter. This is very nice served on top of a bed of rice accompanied by sugar snap peas or asparagus."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 88.74 ml butter, softened
• 29.58 ml fresh lemon juice
• 29.58 ml minced fresh ginger
• 29.58 ml snipped fresh chives
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 4 (566.99 g) salmon fillets, skinned
• sea salt
• fresh ground black pepper

directions

1. Heat oven to 500°F.
2. Combine the butter, lemon juice, ginger and chives in a small bowl. Set aside and keep at room temperature while the salmon cooks.
3. Heat a large ovenproof skillet over medium high heat. Add olive oil to skillet.
4. Sprinkle salmon fillets with salt and pepper. When the oil is very hot, add the fillets to the skillet and cook until browned, about 1 - 2 minutes.
5. Flip the fish over and place the skillet in the hot oven. Roast for about 4 - 5 minutes. Check with the tip of a knife to make sure the salmon is done.
6. Remove the pan from the oven, and immediately transfer the fillets to a serving plate and top each fillet with a dab of the lemon ginger butter.

Reviews

[LifeIsGood]

Delicious salmon recipe with perfect cooking directions! I love searing salmon and then finishing it in the oven and this recipe gave the perfect directions and timing. The flavored butter was a great added touch! It gave the salmon a restaurant-like aspect. Thank you! Made for Susie's World Tour.

 

[breezermom]

I loved this! So quick and easy, and the flavored butter is perfect! I wondered about the amount of ginger and lemon juice, but it was just right. Cooking the salmon in the skillet at medium high created just the right sear without drying out the meat. Thanks for sharing! Made for CQ 2017 for the Smok'in Chefs.

 

[twissis]

Made for the Wales Region of CQ4 & the Happy Campers team. 50% of our dinner meals are now fish/seafood. I made 2 versions of your recipe for DH & I to share: 1) As written & 2) As written w/the addition of Old Bay Seasoning I favor plus dry dill very popular w/salmon here in Iceland. Both were very good, but we leaned slightly in favor of our "home-grown" method. DH was so impatient for our dinner that he didn't allow me enough time for a photo, but the salmon looked very much like your own photo. It was served w/a mixed potato medley w/extras, carrots & Naan bread. Your recipe will likely be repeated, so thx for sharing it w/us. :-)

 

[momaphet]

We love salmon and the tang of ginger lemon butter was a nice compliment to the richness of the salmon. I cooked my salmon on top of the stove as I didn't want to heat up the kitchen with the oven. I used the traditional NW method of cooking it skin side down in the skillet until the fish is mostly done, then briefly searing the top. It came out moist and lovely . Made for Culinary Quest 4 by one of the Spice Girls.

 

[Mrs Goodall]

This was great and simple. I loved the ginger, it added brightness to the richness of the salmon. Thanks for posting Nan!!! Made for Culinary Quest FP 2014.