Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Cream Sauce is one of the quickest and tastiest salmon recipes. It is a one skillet dish that comes together in 20 minutes.
This salmon recipe is perfect for weeknight dinners when you don’t have time to cook fancy meals! Serve it with Instant pot mashed potatoes, roasted asparagus, steamed broccoli, cacao e pepe or any salad of your choice.
Oven baked salmon recipe
It is a ridiculously easy 20 minute salmon recipe, salmon is baked and then drizzled with a creamy lemon garlic butter sauce. It takes about 5 minutes to make the sauce. I like to do it while salmon is baking. The combination of pan juices from salmon and creamy sauce creates a fantastic salmon dish!
Best part is that you will need simple ingredients you most likely have in your kitchen to make this quick and healthy dinner!
INGREDIENTS FOR BAKED SALMON WITH LEMON BUTTER GARLIC CREAM SAUCE
- Salmon fillets – use the salmon fillets of the same size as this guarantees that they will be evenly cooked.
- Old-style Dijon mustard – can be left out or subbed for regular Dijon mustard.
- Garlic – use the MINCED garlic as it is more flavorful and you won’t feel pieces of raw garlic. It will be fully cooked.
- Cream – I recommend to use heavy cream for a better result. However, even half and half will work really well.
- Butter – the recipe calls for butter, but olive oil can be used also.
- Lemon – salmon pairs really well with lemon and helps to balance all the flavors.
What temp Should Salmon Be Cooked to
Bake salmon (uncovered) in the preheated oven at 425°F/ 220°C with the rack in the center of the oven.
How long to bake salmon at 425
Baking time will depend on the thickness of salmon fillets. It usually takes 6 minutes per ½-inch (1 cm) thickness of fillet.
½-inch (1 cm) thickness:
- MEDIUM DONE: 4 minutes
- WELL DONE: 6 minutes
0.7 inch (2 cm) thickness:
- MEDIUM: 10 minutes
- WELL DONE: 13-15 minutes
Don’t over bake salmon because it will be dry!
How to know when salmon is done
The salmon’s internal temperature should reach 145°F/ 61°C in the thickest part. Use an instant thermometer to check the doneness. If you don’t have it, check with a fork. Flesh will fall apart and will easily flakes once it is cooked.
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BAKED SALMON WITH LEMON BUTTER CREAM SAUCE
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 4
Description
Baked Salmon with Lemon Butter Cream Sauce is one of the quickest and tastiest salmon recipes. It is a one skillet dish that comes together in 20 minutes.
Ingredients
FOR THE SALMON
- Salmon fillets ( skinless) - 5, about 150 g/ 5 oz each
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice- 2 tablespoons
- Olive oil- 1 tablespoon
- Garlic cloves (minced)- 1
- Old style Dijon mustard- 2 tablespoons
- Ground black pepper- ½ teaspoon
- Salt, to taste
LEMON BUTTER GARLIC SAUCE
- Unsalted butter- ¼ cup
- Garlic cloves (minced)-1 ½ tablespoons
- Heavy cream or half and half- ½ cup
- Freshly squeezed lemon juice- 1-2 tablespoons, optional
- Parsley ( finely chopped)- 1 tablespoon
- Ground black pepper- ½ teaspoon
- Lemon slices, for serving
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 425°F /220°C with the rack in the center.
- In a medium bowl combine lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and Dijon mustard. Mix well.
- Place salmon fillets into the skillet, pour the mixture over salmon fillets and rub. Season with ground black pepper and salt. Bake for 10-15 minutes in the preheated oven.
- In the meantime, melt butter in a medium saucepan over low-medium heat. Add the minced garlic and saute until fragrant, about 20 seconds.
- Pour in heavy cream and bring to a boil. The sauce should thicken a little bit.
- Take off the heat and stir in lemon juice if using. Garnish with parsley and season with black pepper and salt to your liking.
- Pour the sauce over the baked salmon and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, steamed broccoli, scalloped potatoes, roasted asparagus or over homemade pasta.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Salmon recipes
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 261 kcal
- Fat: 27 g
- Saturated Fat: 16 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 72 mg
Keywords: baked salmon, creamy salmon, salmon recipes, salmon
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I loved it! (Wife...not so much due to cream). Worthy of guests.
Would put it over linguine.
Thanks, Greg! I am very happy you like it!
Made it today and it was fantastic!it is easy, simple and elegant! Definitely a keeper. Thanks for sharing !
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Thank you, Valerie! I hope you will try more delicious salmon recipes on the blog)).
This dish was a winner hands down. We served it over quinoa. It was so easy to make! We will be serving this often in the future!
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Thank you Freida! Glad to hear that this baked salmon was a success 🙂. Hope you will try other salmon recipes on the blog))).
This looked like grain mustard not Dijon is this correct? Looks very nice will have to try, more fancier than my pan fried salmon with lemon juice squeezed over 😁 thankyou
I used Dijon Old Style Mustard. It is characterized by its grainy texture. It goes really well with this baked salmon. You can get it online))).
So good
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Hey Denise! Thank you for your feedback! I am glad you liked this salmon recipe!!
I did it ! Easy and delicious, thank you!
Hey, Karina! Thank you for sharing your experience! I am happy you enjoyed the recipe!!!
Really loved this recipe, company worthy!..will certainly be making this often..thx!
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Hey, Karen!Thank you for your good feedback. I am glad you enjoyed the recipe and thank you for sharing your experience!
Wow! This was so tasty. I cut it in half as it was just my husband and I but I would serve this to company. I served it over bucatini with steamed asparagus and it was soooo good! And bonus…. So quick and easy! Thank you!
Hey, Stephanie! I am glad you liked this salmon recipe and thanks for sharing your experience!
Can this be made in the air fryer? My oven broke so I’ve been using that for now
Hey, Linda!
Yes! You can cook salmon in air fryer for 12-15 minutes.
OMG! This was delicious and so easy. Plus, it's low carb. Thanks for the recipe.
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Hey Kay! Thank you for your kind words! I am glad you enjoyed this salmon recipe!!!
This was incredible! Super easy to make and my boyfriend ate it so fast. I served it with garlic feta mashed potatoes and asparagus. So perfect
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Hey, Erin! I am glad you and your boyfriend enjoyed this baked salmon. And thank you for sharing your experience!!!