This salmon with basil pea pesto is so easy to make for a weeknight dinner. It'll be a go-to on your dinner rotation!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time10 minutesmins
Total Time15 minutesmins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Keyword: pesto, salmon recipes
Ingredients
For the pea pesto:
1 ½cupspeasfresh or frozen (I used frozen here)
6-7large basil leaves
⅓cuppine nuts
⅓cupfreshly grated Parmesan
1clovegarlic
½lemonsqueezed
salt and pepperto taste
2tablespoonsolive oilplus more to reach desired consistency
For the salmon:
4salmon fillets
½lemonsqueezed
salt and pepper
Instructions
For the pesto:
Process all of the ingredients in the food processor. Add more olive oil (or water) to reach the desired consistency. That's really it.
For the salmon:
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
Sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper. Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium-high heat until it's pretty hot (when a drop of water starts sizzling on the pan). Place the salmon fillet face down (or skin-side up) for two minutes. When the salmon moves freely when you shake it a little bit, flip it so it's skin side down.
Immediately place in oven for 5-7 minutes depending on its thickness. When you take it out of the oven, squeeze the other half of your lemon on it.