Salmon with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce

Pan Seared Salmon with Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce is one of the tastiest, easiest recipes you’ll ever try! Tender salmon fillets are pan seared until perfectly golden brown then covered in a simple, vibrant and rich lemon butter sauce. A reader favorite!

pan seared salmon fillets on a serving platter topped with a garlic lemon butter sauce. Served with a side of asparagus.

Easy Pan Seared Salmon Recipe
I love to sear salmon in a skillet because it yields a perfectly crisp seared exterior while the interior stays nice and tender. When you think there’s just no time for dinner, there’s always time to sear a salmon fillet and add a bright squeeze of lemon juice.

But here we’ve got 5 extra minutes so I made this seriously delicious garlic butter lemon sauce. That saying the “the secret’s in the sauce” holds true on this one.

The lemon butter sauce for salmon is made up of 4 basic ingredients (garlic, butter, fresh lemon juice and chicken broth) and once you try it you’ll want to add it to everything.

This pan fried salmon recipe is a restaurant-worthy dish that you can make in the comfort of your own home in 20 minutes!

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Pan Seared Salmon Ingredients