How To Cook Salmon In Pan With Butter
Here you ll start by cooking the salmon flesh side down in hot olive oil.
How to cook salmon in pan with butter. Cook undisturbed for 5 minutes or until a golden brown crust forms. Remove the salmon from the pan. Choose a pan that will allow the salmon to spread out as it cooks.
Put the oil and butter in a non stick frying pan over a medium heat swirling around the pan until melted and foaming then turn up the heat. Add the butter to the pan and melt. Salmon that has to muscle out other pieces for space in a pan may not cook evenly.
While the underside of the salmon continues to cook from the heat of the pan you ll spoon the melted garlic butter over the fillets to season and cook them from the top. When you give your fillets a flip you ll also add butter and garlic to the pan. Brush a sauté pan with a thin layer of butter and heat it over medium high heat.
Carefully flip the salmon and cook for an additional 5 6 minutes or until fish is opaque and easily flakes.