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Brown butter salmon with capers and sundried tomatoes in a yellow pan with a cloth napkin on a white table.
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Brown Butter Salmon With Capers And Sundried Tomatoes

This weeknight salmon gets an elegant upgrade with simple ingredients and can be ready in less than 30 minutes.
Course Main Course
Cuisine International
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 515kcal

Equipment

  • large skillet

Ingredients

  • 4 salmon fillets with skin or not, whatever you like.
  • 2 tablespoons pine nuts
  • 2 tablespoons sundried tomatoes
  • 1 stick salted butter
  • 1 tablespoon capers
  • 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
  • sea salt
  • freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  • Pat the salmon dry on both sides. Season with sea salt and freshly ground pepper.
  • Heat the olive oil in a cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add two salmon fillets to the pan (skin side down first if you like crispy skin. Please see recipe notes)
    Cook each side for 4 minutes until golden and flaky.

While salmon cooks make the sauce.

  • Chop the sundried tomatoes into medium-small pieces.
  • Place a medium skillet on medium heat. Add the pine nuts. Toast pine nuts for 2-3 minutes until they are nice and brown. Don't overdo it, pine nuts will become bitter and inedible.
  • Add the butter to the pan. Stir the butter with a spatula continuously. After 2 to 3 minutes, the butter will start to brown. Be careful not to burn the butter. If needed lower the heat.
  • Add the chopped sundried tomatoes and stir for 1 minute. Add the capers, stir brown butter sauce and serve immediately over salmon fillets.

Notes

For perfectly crisp skin:
If you like perfectly crisp skin on your salmon, don't fidget with the fish while it cooks; Press it down lightly for one minute with a spatula. The skin will start to crisp up nicely if you wait the whole 7 minutes and then turn it around—Cook the other side for 1 to 2 minutes. Then, turn salmon one more time and crisp up the skin for one more minute. Plate salmon skin side up to preserve the crispy skin and serve sauce around salmon, not on the skin.
 
Nutritional Info – Please remember that the nutritional information provided is only an estimate and can vary based on the products used.

Nutrition

Calories: 515kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 13g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 338mg | Potassium: 956mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 800IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg