April 17, 2012

Grilled Salmon with Herb Lemon Butter

This recipe was just what I needed after the week of "junk" food on our vacation. I paired it with potatoes and fresh green beans. Finally...what dinner should look like.

Grilled Salmon with Herb Lemon Butter
adapted from Food Network.com

Ingredients
1/4 c butter, softened
2 Meyer lemons, zested
1/2 tsp dill
1/2 tsp chives
1/2 bunch thyme, finely chopped or 1/2 tsp dried thyme
1 small clove garlic, smashed and finely chopped
salt and pepper
4 (6-ounce) salmon fillets, skin-on
olive oil
Remove the salmon from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature. In a small bowl, combine the butter, zest, herbs and garlic to make a compound butter. Mix well. Preheat grill to medium hot.

Coat the fish with olive oil. Place the salmon, skin side down, on the clean, preheated grill. Cook for 8 minutes. As the salmon cooks it will turn from translucent orange to opaque pink.

Turn the salmon over and cook for another 2 to 3 minutes. Remove from the grill and top with the room temperature compound butter. The butter should act as a sauce and melt over and coat the grilled salmon.

Bring on the summer!!

4 comments:

  1. I've never had this before, but sounds good! thanks for the Food Recipes

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  2. Hi there. Food on Friday: Lemons and Limes is now open for entries. This looks like a neat one! I do hope you link it in. This is the link . Cheers

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  3. Hi - it's me again, it's Food on Friday time on Carole's Chatter. The theme this time is salmon! Yum. It would be neat if you linked this post in. This is the link . Have a good week.

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