Easy One-Pan Salmon with Compound Herb Butter
Description

    ½    cup softened butter
     2    T. fresh dill, chopped
    ½     tsp. garlic, minced
  2-3    tsp. lemon juice
           Salt and pepper, to taste
     1    lb. salmon
     2    T. olive oil

Instructions

Prepare the herb butter by combining butter, dill, garlic, lemon, salt and pepper and form into a roll using plastic wrap. Wrap tightly and refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or freeze up to six months.

Season the salmon with salt and pepper on both sides. Place salmon skin side down on parchment-lined sheet pan and brush with olive oil. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes, until the fish is no longer opaque and the thickest part flakes by fork. Optional: For a little more char, broil for 1-2 minutes. Top warm salmon with sliced compound herb butter.

Notes

Swap out the dill in the compound herb butter recipe with 2 T. of your favorite herbs. The butter acts as a sauce and pairs well with other meat and veggies, too. A chive butter on steak? Yes, please! A basil, parsley and mint butter atop a chicken breast or veggies for a Mediterranean flair? Yum!

Source

Recipe adapted from NDSU Extension

Find more herb recipes at www.ag.ndsu.edu/fieldtofork and navigate to the “Resources” section and then “Herbs.”