Garlic Butter Salmon with Rice
This is weeknight salmon with no fuss: fillets cooked in a skillet with garlic butter and a squeeze of lemon, served over rice that cooks itself in the microwave while the salmon goes. It comes together in one pan in under 20 minutes and is naturally gluten-free, just double check the butter and rice packaging to be safe.
Ingredients
- 2 filletssalmon fillets, about 6 oz each, skin on or off
- 3 tbspbutter
- 3 clovesgarlic, minced
- 1 wholelemon, juiced
- 2 pouchesMicrowave rice pouch, check label for gluten-free certification
- 0.5 tspsalt
- 0.25 tspblack pepper
Method
- Pat the salmon dry and season both sides with salt and pepper.
- Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat and add the salmon, skin side down if using skin on.
- Cook the salmon for about 4 minutes per side, adding the garlic to the pan for the last 2 minutes so it turns golden but not burnt. 8:00
- While the salmon finishes cooking, heat the rice pouches in the microwave according to the package instructions. 1:30
- Squeeze the lemon juice over the salmon in the pan, then serve the fillets and garlic butter over the warm rice.
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