Best Salmon With Pepita Lime Butter Recipes

SALMON WITH PEPITA-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Toast pepitas (place pepitas in a small dry skillet and cook over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, until fragrant and lightly browned, 2 to 4 minutes. )
• Place toasted pepitas in a small bowl with butter, lime zest, lime juice and chili powder.
• Generously coat a large nonstick skillet with cooking spray and place over medium heat.
• Sprinkle salmon with salt and pepper, add to the pan and cook until browned and just cooked through in the center, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Remove the pan from the heat. Transfer the salmon to a plate.
• Add the butter-lime mixture to the hot pan; stir until the butter is melted. Serve the salmon topped with the sauce.
• Additional serving suggestions: Serve with wild rice and steamed vegetables.
• PER SERVING: 259 Calories; 17 g Fat; 5 g Sat; 5 g Mono; 74 mg Cholesterol; 2 g Carbohydrates; 24 g Protein; 0 g Fiber; 360 mg Sodium; 458 mg Potassium.
• Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 1 fat.
• TIP: To skin the salmon: Place a salmon fillet on a clean cutting board, skin side down. Starting at the tail end, slip the blade of a long, sharp knife between the fish flesh and the skin, holding the skin down firmly with your other hand. Gently push the blade along at a 30° angle, separating the fillet from the skin without cutting through either.

GRILLED SALMON WITH LIME BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• Prepare grill for cooking over medium-hot charcoal (moderate heat for gas).
• Season salmon all over with salt and pepper, then grill, flesh sides down, on lightly oiled grill rack (covered only if using gas grill) 4 minutes.
• Turn fillets over and grill (covered only if using gas grill) until just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes more.
• Sprinkle fillets with zest and top each with 1 tablespoon lime butter sauce.
• ***Lime Butter Sauce:.
• Purée garlic with lime juice, salt, and pepper in a blender until smooth.
• With motor running, add melted butter and blend until emulsified, about 30 seconds.
• Makes 3/4 cup.
• Cooks' Note: If you aren't able to grill outdoors, salmon can be cooked in a hot lightly oiled well-seasoned large (2-burner) ridged grill pan over moderately high heat.
• Makes 6 servings.

ROASTED SALMON WITH GINGER-LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• Lay the salmon on a rimmed baking sheet, and season with salt and pepper. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the ginger-lime butter: In a small bowl, combine softened butter, ginger, lime zest, lemon zest and lime juice. Add salt and pepper to taste, and stir well to combine.
• Transfer salmon, uncovered, to the oven to cook for about 8 minutes. Check the salmon once or twice as it cooks. Depending on the thickness of the fish, it should be fully cooked when little white juices appear on the surface - moist and yielding with big flakes when probed. It may take 10 minutes for thick fillets.
• As the salmon cooks, put 2 tablespoons ginger-lime butter in a wide deep skillet or large pot over medium heat. When butter is melted, add spinach and a pinch of salt. Put on the lid and turn heat to medium-high. (You may need to add the spinach in batches.) After 2 minutes, remove lid and stir spinach to help it wilt. When all spinach is wilted, turn off the heat.
• Transfer salmon to a platter or divide among individual plates. Smear the remaining ginger-lime butter on the fish. Surround with wilted spinach and lime wedges, and top with scallions.

SALMON WITH LIME HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425 degrees. Finely grate zest from one lime, and squeeze its juice; set aside. Cut remaining lime into 8 wedges; set aside.
• In the bowl of a food processor, combine butter, ginger, 8 sprigs cilantro and lime zest and juice. Process until the mixture is smooth. Season to taste with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper; process again. Mound butter on a piece of foil, and shape into a cylinder. Cover tightly with foil, and place in freezer.
• Brush a baking sheet with oil, and place salmon fillets skin side down on sheet. Sprinkle with salt to taste. Bake until fish flakes easily, about 8 minutes.
• To serve, remove lime butter from freezer, and cut into thick rounds. Place a fillet on each of four plates and top each with an equal portion of lime butter. Garnish each plate with two lime wedges and a sprig of cilantro, and serve.

LEMON-PEPPER SALMON II

Steps:

• Preheat the oven broiler. Lightly grease a baking sheet.
• Place salmon on the baking sheet. Mix the melted butter and soy sauce in a small bowl, and brush over the salmon. Sprinkle salmon with lemon pepper.
• Broil salmon 6 to 8 minutes, depending on thickness, or until easily flaked with a fork.