Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon – an easy dinner recipe made in minutes. Salmon is pan fried, broiled, and basted in a sauce made of honey, lemon, and coconut oil.
Skillet salmon recipes are so easy! Especially when you have an oven proof skillet, like a cast iron skillet.
To make this simple fish recipe:
- Preheat the broiler
- Melt coconut oil in a large cast iron skillet, or oven safe pan
- Stir in honey and lemon juice
- Add the salmon to the skillet and baste with the sauce
- Cook 4 minutes
- Baste again and sprinkle with salt
- Transfer the skillet to the oven and broil
- Rest for 3-4 minutes
- Drizzle with extra pan sauce
Skillet salmon cook time:
- On the stove top for 4 minutes.
- Under the broiler for 4 minutes.
- Resting for 3 minutes.
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Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon
Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon is an easy dinner recipe that can be made in minutes. Salmon is pan fried then broiled and basted in a sauce made of honey, lemon, and coconut oil.
Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 11 minutes
Total Time 14 minutes
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Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 4 wild caught salmon filets about 5 ounces each
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Place an oven rack 9-10 inches from the broiler. Preheat the broiler to high.
- Add the coconut oil to a large cast iron skillet (or an oven safe frying pan). Place over medium heat to melt the coconut oil (about 3 minutes). Stir in the honey. Then stir in the lemon juice.
- Add the salmon (skin side down, if applicable) to the skillet. Baste the salmon with the sauce. Cook for 4 minutes.
- Baste with the sauce again. Sprinkle the top of the salmon with salt.
- Transfer the skillet to the oven and broil for 4-5 minutes, until the tops of the salmon start to darken in spots.
- Remove the salmon from the skillet and let it rest for 3-4 minutes.
- Serve warm drizzled with some extra pan sauce.
Notes
The nutrition information includes ¼ of the sauce. It's good to have a lot of sauce for basting the fish. But, all of the sauce doesn't typically get consumed, reducing the calories of this dish.
Nutrition
Serving: 1/4 of the recipe | Calories: 341kcal | Carbohydrates: 13g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 353mg | Potassium: 694mg | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 55IU | Vitamin C: 2.9mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1.2mg
I fixed this for dinner today and it turned out really good. Baked salmon never turns out and is always dry. The only problem I had was, the sauce got a little charred and wasn’t able to use it. Next time I will heat extra sauce in a pan on top of the stove.
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Searing the salmon in a warm pan keeps the salmon crispy at the outside and moist on the inside. The high warmness and quick cooking enables to seal in the moisture specifically when you have the pores and skin left at the salmon.
It’s like I just need to buy the salmon then I can do it right away!
Awesomeee
Oh yes, Salmon is such a hit in our house! Lemon and honey? Delicious!
I was just telling my husband we need to eat more salmon. This is first on the list!