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
MY LATEST RECIPESSkillet 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
Prep Time
3 mins
Cook Time
11 mins
Total Time
14 mins
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.
Course: Dinner, Entree, Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baked salmon, honey salmon, lemon salmon, skillet salmon
Servings: 4 servings
Calories: 341 kcal
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.
Recipe Notes
The nutrition information includes 1/4 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 Facts
Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon
Amount Per Serving (1 /4 of the recipe)
Calories 341 Calories from Fat 171
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19g 29%
Saturated Fat 10g 50%
Cholesterol 77mg 26%
Sodium 353mg 15%
Potassium 694mg 20%
Total Carbohydrates 13g 4%
Sugars 13g
Protein 28g 56%
Vitamin A 1.1%
Vitamin C 3.5%
Calcium 1.7%
Iron 6.7%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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