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Pan-Seared Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce

Name: Pan-Seared Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: western
Ingredients: salmon fillets; house seasoning; avocado oil; lemon; compound butter

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5 Steps Total

Preparation

00:00:21

Season the two salmon fillets with about 1 tablespoon of house seasoning from up high so it falls evenly without clumping in one spot.

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Season from up high so the seasoning falls evenly and doesn't clump in one spot.

Ingredients:salmon fillets (2 piece)house seasoning (1 tbsp)

Tools:plate

Active Cooking

00:00:43

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Hot oil may splatter when placing fish into the pan; place gently away from you to avoid burns.

Heat a pan over medium heat, add 1 tablespoon of avocado oil, and wait until the oil starts to ripple slightly to let you know it is hot. Then place the two salmon fillets flesh side down into the pan.

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Add oil to a heated pan and wait for ripples so the fish doesn't stick.

Ingredients:avocado oil (1 tbsp)salmon fillets

Tools:Frying pan

Active Cooking

00:02:00

While the fish cooks, heat a second pan over medium-high heat, squeeze half a lemon into the pan, and watch for foaming which indicates the pan is hot and water is evaporating. Then add 3 pieces of compound butter and stir continuously until the butter melts and emulsifies into a velvety sauce. Remove from heat once most butter is melted and foaming starts.

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Do not boil the butter

use the heat only to melt and emulsify it, otherwise the sauce will break

Ingredients:lemon (0.5 piece)compound butter (3 piece)

Tools:saucepanlemon squeezerspoon

Active Cooking

00:04:12

Check the salmon by looking at the side; when the color changes halfway up indicating it is cooked on the bottom, use a spatula to flip the fish. Turn down the heat to medium so the oil and crust do not burn.

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Wait until the color changes halfway up the side of the fish before flipping, otherwise the fish will tear.

Ingredients:salmon fillets

Tools:spatula

Active Cooking

00:05:46

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Handle hot pans and plates carefully using oven mitts or towels to avoid serious burns.

Check the internal temperature with a meat thermometer until it reaches 138 degrees Fahrenheit in the middle. Remove the cooked salmon from the pan and place them onto a serving platter. Spoon the prepared lemon butter sauce generously over the top of the fish.

Ingredients:salmon fillets

Tools:meat thermometerspoonserving platter