Description
This creamy garlic parmesan salmon is a delicious and quick recipe that combines tender salmon fillets with a rich cream sauce, perfect for a weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 1/2 pounds salmon (4 fillets around 5–6 ounces each)
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- to taste salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream or half and half
- 3–4 garlic cloves (minced)
- 1/2–1 cup grated Parmesan reggiano cheese
- 1/4 cup diced sundried tomatoes
- 2–3 cups fresh spinach (defrosted and drained if using frozen)
- 1/2–1 teaspoon Italian seasoning (optional for the cream sauce)
Instructions
- Decide how you will prepare the salmon and follow the instructions below for how to make it using an air fryer, oven, or a skillet on the stove.
- Place a saucepan or skillet on the stove at medium heat. Add the butter and allow it to melt.
- Once the butter has melted add in the flour and stir. This will create a roux that will thicken the cream sauce.
- Add in the heavy cream, garlic, and grated Parmesan reggiano. Stir until combined.
- Add the spinach and sundried tomatoes and stir. Cook until the spinach has wilted and the cream sauce is smooth.
- Add the optional Italian seasoning and taste the sauce repeatedly. Add salt and pepper or adjust the spices if necessary to suit your taste.
- Drizzle the salmon with olive oil and sprinkle the spices throughout. Rub the spices into the salmon.
- Spray the air fryer basket with cooking oil. Place the seasoned salmon in the air fryer basket.
- Air fry the salmon for 10-12 minutes at 370 degrees. Use a meat thermometer and test that the inside of the salmon has reached 145 degrees.
- For oven cooking, preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Drizzle the salmon with olive oil and sprinkle the spices throughout.
- Add the seasoned salmon to a piece of foil large enough to hold the salmon and to wrap and cover it. Bake for 10 minutes. Unwrap the salmon so it is no longer fully covered. Bake for another 2-5 minutes.
- For pan searing, place a skillet on medium-high heat with olive oil to coat and prevent sticking. When the pan is hot, add the seasoned salmon skin side up. Allow it to cook for 4 minutes without moving it.
- Monitor the sides of the salmon to determine the perfect time to flip. When the color of the side of the salmon has lightened about 3/4ths of the way up, it’s time to flip.
- Flip the salmon and cook skin side down for another 4 minutes. Remove the salmon from the pan.
- Serve the salmon drizzled in cream sauce.
Notes
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Air Fryer, Oven, Skillet
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet with sauce
- Calories: 400
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 30g
- Saturated Fat: 15g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 6g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 100mg