Salmon in Cream Sauce

This delicious Salmon in Cream Sauce features flaky, tender salmon bathed in a rich, zesty cream sauce. It’s simple enough for weeknight dinners but elegant enough for special occasions.

We love fish, and one of our favorite types is salmon. It’s incredibly versatile and perfect with a variety of flavors, from simple bites to fancier dishes.

Recipes like air fryer Tuscan salmon, garlic butter herbed salmon in foil, and air fryer salmon bites are always in our rotation, and now, so is this salmon in cream sauce.

This recipe features perfectly cooked salmon with a zesty cream sauce that has just a bit of heat, along with the flavors of ginger, garlic, and maple. Pair it with these easy sauteed vegetables with rice for a complete meal that’s a big winner.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Limited Ingredients: It only takes a handful of simple kitchen staples to make this recipe.
• Super Easy: It only takes a few simple steps and about 15 minutes to make this dish.
• Complex Flavor: The simple ingredients in the sauce combine to create a complex flavor profile that’s sweet, savory, aromatic, and spicy. It’s the perfect complement to the fish.
• Customizable: It’s easy to tweak this recipe to create different variations.

Key Ingredients

We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.

• Salmon: Large salmon filets cook to tender, flaky perfection in the pan along with the sauce.
• Ginger: Ginger gives the sauce a warm, earthy flavor.
• Maple Syrup: Maple syrup adds sweetness and depth that balances the other flavors in the sauce.
• Soy Sauce: Soy sauce adds a salty umami flavor to the sauce.
• Hot Sauce: A touch of hot sauce adds heat to the sauce.

Variations

• Mild: Omit the hot sauce for a mild version of this sauce.
• Fish: Any firm fish works well with this sauce. Choose your favorites to make different dishes every time!
• More Lemon Flavor: Add lemon zest to the sauce for a stronger citrus flavor.

How to Make Salmon in Cream Sauce

This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.

1. Combine all the sauce ingredients except the cream in a bowl. Then, brush it on the salmon filets.

2. Fry the salmon skin-side up on medium-high heat until it gets a nice golden color.

3. Flip the fish and pour in the cream. Then, cook until the fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.

4. Serve over rice with your favorite vegetables.

Expert Tips

• Sear the salmon on medium-high heat to immediately begin getting good color on the fish without drying it out.
• Reduce the heat to medium before adding the cream. DO NOT let the cream come to a boil, or it will curdle and separate.
• Be careful not to overcook your salmon. As soon as it flakes easily, remove it from the heat.

Salmon in Cream Sauce FAQs

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