Quick & Easy Pan-Seared Greek Salmon with Lemon, Dill & Feta

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Quick & Easy Pan-Seared Greek Salmon with Lemon, Dill & Feta
Preparation time: 10 mins. Cooking time: 15 mins. Medium Serves: 2

Description

Transport your taste buds to the Mediterranean with this simple and flavorful pan-seared Greek salmon recipe. Featuring tender Atlantic salmon fillets cooked to perfection with fresh lemon, aromatic dill, rich olive oil, and crumbled feta cheese, it’s a quick, healthy, and delicious main course ideal for any weeknight dinner.

Ingredients

  • 2 Atlantic Salmon fillets - (Defrost overnight in refrigerator… I like Costco Frozen Atlantic Salmon. These are flash-frozen, center-cut, skinless/boneless.)
  • 3 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 tbsp cream cheese
  • fresh dill, snipped
  • 6 cloves heirloom garlic, crushed (Christopher Ranch Monviso heirloom)
  • cracked lemon-pepper (Trader Joe’s)
  • cracked peppercorn medley (Trader Joe’s)
  • dried chopped onion
  • 1 large juicy lemon, room temperature
  • 1/2 c. organic garbanzo beans
  • President Feta®, crumbled
  • 2 handfuls farfalle pasta, cooked slightly less than al dente
  • (Reserve 1/2 c. pasta water)

Method

Rinse defrosted salmon fillets under running water. Melt 3 tbsp butter + 2 tbsp olive oil in pan over medium heat. Add fillets.

Squeeze over 1 half large lemon. Dust fillets w/ half of snipped fresh dill, cracked peppercorns, crushed garlic, lemon-pepper, dried onion bits.

Sauté on medium heat until fillets are opaque on bottom (about 3-4 mins.)

Turn over and squeeze other half lemon. Dust w/ remaining herbs once again. Add garbanzo beans to pan.

Sauté for another 3-4 mins. until just opaque. Remove from heat onto warm plate. Dredge w/ remaining olive oil. Sprinkle feta crumbs on top of warm salmon fillets. Let sit.

Turn heat to low in pan. Add cream cheese and stir until melted. Add pasta, and 1/4 c. pasta water. Stir until creamy. Add more pasta water to create desired sauce consistency.

Spoon pasta onto plates dusted w/ dill. Gently place 1 salmon fillet on top of hot pasta mixture to warm.

Bon appetit!

Tags

Salmon  · Greek  · Mediterranean  · Lemon  · Dill  · Feta  · Pan seared  · Easy recipe  · Quick recipe  · Healthy  · Seafood  · Dinner  · Main course  · Olive oil  · Garlic
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