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Grilled Salmon with Lemon-Butter Sauce

Ingredient Amount Calories
Lemon 65g 19kcal
Lemon juice 43.2g 10kcal
Carrots, raw 366g 150kcal
Onions 30g 12kcal
Butter without salt 28g 201kcal
Garlic 6g 9kcal
Olive oil 26.6g 235kcal
Parsley fresh 7.69g 3kcal
Capers, canned 7.5g 2kcal
Fish, salmon, Atlantic, wild, raw 453.592g 644kcal

Recipe Tags:

South Beach Diet

Recipe Tags:

Food

Recipe Instructions:

Ingredients
Lemon Butter Sauce
2 tbsp Unsalted Butter (*read notes)
3 tbsp Lemon (lemon juice)
Salt and Black Pepper (to taste)
2 tbsp Parsley (or cilantro fine chopped)
2 Garlic (garlic cloves fine chopped)
Grilled Salmon
1 lbs Salmon (two fillets of about 0.5 lb each)
1-2 tsp Olive Oil
Garnish Or Side (optional)
2 Green Onion (sliced lengthwise into small ribbons and dipped in cold water)
5-6 Carrots (whole carrots, **cauliflower, or asparagus. check notes)
1 Lemon (round slices)
1-2 tbsp Capers (optional)
Directions
1. Pat dry Salmon fillets with paper towel. Drizzle olive oil over fillets and flip to generously
coat both sides. Season skin side with salt and black pepper. On preheated grill, grill the
salmon skin side down for 3-4 minutes. In meantime, season the top side. Then flip with wide
spatula and grill additional 3 minutes. Remove grilled salmon on a plate. Additional Notes:
While salmon is grilling, cut a lemon into 4 thick slices, season with salt and black pepper,
place on grill to get some char. Cooked lemon has concentrated flavor and it taste grate with
grilled fish and veggies. You can also grill carrots if you prefer.
2. In a medium sauce pan, heat 1/2 tbsp butter. Add garlic and let it perfume the sauce for 20-
35 sec. Don't let garlic burn. Add lemon juice and remaining butter. *Let the butter just melt
and create a creamy sauce. Switch-off heat, remove from heat and add chopped
parsley/cilantro, and season with salt and black pepper.
3. Divide salmon among two serving plates. Pour lemon-butter, divide equally. Garnish with
scallion ribbons, carrots, and grilled lemon (if using). Sever immediately!.

Nutrition Facts
Portion Size 517 g | ml
Amount Per Portion 642
2686
kcal
kilojoules
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 40g 51%
Saturated Fat 16g 78%
Sodium 320mg 14%
Total Carbohydrate 25g 9%
Dietary Fiber 6.7g 24%
Sugar 11g
Protein 55g 109%
Vitamin D 0mcg 0%
Calcium 117mg 9%
Iron 3mg 17%
Potassium 1824mg 39%
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contribute to a daily diet. 2000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Vitamins
Nutrient Amount DV
Vitamin A 1667.8 mcg 185%
Thiamin [B1] 0.669 mg 56%
Riboflavin [B2] 0.999 mg 77%
Niacin [B3] 19.796 mg 124%
Pantothenic acid [B5] 4.432 mg 89%
Vitamin B6 2.203 mg 130%
Cobalamin [B12] 7.236 mcg 0%
Floate [B9] 109.431 mcg 0%
Vitamin C 43.702 mg 49%
Vitamin D 0 mcg 0%
Vitamin E 3.596 mg 24%
Vitamin K 97.234 mcg 81%
Betaine 0.76 mg 0%
Choline 23.882 mg 4%
Carbohydrates
Nutrient Amount DV
Total carbohydrate 24.9 g 9%
Sugars 10.7 g 21%
Dietary fiber 6.7 g 24%
Carbohydrate 24.7 g 0%
Net carbs 14.2g
Aminoacids
Nutrient Amount DV
Alanine 2.947 g 0%
Arginine 2.902 g 0%
Aspartic acid 5.005 g 0%
Cysteine 0.639 g 0%
Glutamic acid 7.485 g 0%
Glycine 2.263 g 0%
Histidine 1.409 g 0%
Isoleucine 2.234 g 0%
Leucine 3.877 g 0%
Lysine 4.347 g 0%
Methionine 1.375 g 0%
Phenylalanine 1.89 g 0%
Proline 1.715 g 0%
Serine 1.954 g 0%
Threonine 2.341 g 0%
Tryptophan 0.533 g 0%
Tyrosine 1.612 g 0%
Valine 2.471 g 0%
Minerals
Nutrient Amount DV
Calcium 116.53 mg 9%
Copper 0.69 mg 77%
Fluoride 6.41 mcg 0%
Iron 3.04 mg 17%
Magnesium 97.32 mg 23%
Manganese 0.39 mg 17%
Phosphorus 539.48 mg 43%
Potassium 1824.22 mg 39%
Selenium 83.8 mcg 152%
Sodium 320.05 mg 14%
Zinc 2.04 mg 19%
Other
Nutrient Amount DV
Water 389.69 g 0%
Ash 8.087 g 0%