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Tuscan Salmon
This creamy Tuscan Salmon is an easy 30-minute skillet dinner with flaky salmon in a Parmesan cream sauce with tomatoes, spinach, garlic, and herbs.
👥 5 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 30 min⏳ Prep: 10 min🔥 Cook: 20 min👤 Jess Rice📖 budgetbytes
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●skillet
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Gather your ingredients.
2
Portion
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First, portion salmon into roughly ¼ lb pieces, or whatever serving size you need for your family or meal prep for the week. Remove the skin if you buy skin-on salmon. Rub salmon with ½ Tbsp olive oil and sprinkle ¼ tsp salt and ⅛ tsp black pepper. Let it sit on the counter at room temperature while you prep the tomatoes.
olive oil (divided, $0.19)1 Tbsp
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Dice
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Seed and dice tomatoes. You could leave the seeds if you want to!***
6
Slice
7
Dice the onion.
onion (diced, (6 oz.) $0.70)1
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Soften
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Add remaining olive oil, butter, onion, Italian herbs, and dried basil to your skillet and sauté until onions are soft over medium-high heat, about ⏱️ 5 min.
olive oil (divided, $0.19)1 Tbsponion (diced, (6 oz.) $0.70)1dried basil ($0.22)1 tsp
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Saute
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Reduce heat to medium. Add minced garlic and tomatoes and stir, sauté for ⏱️ 2 minutes until fragrant.
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Sear
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Move veggies to the side and sear the salmon fillets in the middle of the pan.
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Flip salmon after ⏱️ 2-3 minutes and cook for another ⏱️ 2-3 minutes. Remove the salmon from the pan and set off to the side on a plate, covered.****
15
Deglaze the pan with vegetable broth.
vegetable broth ($0.13**)1 cup
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Combine
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Add frozen spinach (squeezed and rinsed).
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Stir in room temperature heavy cream and simmer for another ⏱️ 8-10 minutes.
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Finish
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Then add ¼ tsp salt, ⅛ tsp black pepper, grated Parmesan cheese, and minced parsley. Combine to melt the cheese into the sauce.
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Warm
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Add the salmon back to the skillet until warmed through. Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
calories
413 kcal
fat Content
30 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
1 g
sodium Content
722 mg
protein Content
27 g
carbohydrate Content
8 g
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