Salmon Pasta in Creamy Lemon Sauce

Decadent salmon pasta with a lemon cream sauce looks restaurant-worthy yet quite simple to make. Ligh and fresh lemon sauce pairs really well with flaky tender salmon.

This Creamy Lemon Salmon pasta is simple and easy to make. Pasta is tossed in a garlic parmesan lemon sauce and pan seared salmon. Makes a great recipe for date night or a quick weeknight meal. Loaded with a fresh flavor and very nutritious, this salmon pasta will surely satisfy your tastebuds.

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Ingredients

Here is the list of ingredients you need

Dry Pasta– linguine or any shape of pasta of your choice

Salmon – Fresh skinless salmon fillets. Cut into small cubes or keep the fillet whole.

Garlic – fresh minced garlic

Butter

Chicken Stock

Salt, pepper, chili flakes, and Italian Seasoning

Fresh Lemon Juice

Freshly Grated Parmesan Cheese

Salmon Pasta – Step by Step

With a bit of multitasking, you can easily pull off this recipe in less than 30 minutes. Start with placing a large pot of water to cook pasta, season with salt, and then add pasta. While pasta is getting cooked, season skinless salmon chunks. Heat butter in a skillet and pan-fry until the salmon look caramelized.

Cook dry pasta and season salmon fillets.

Drain pasta, and reserve some pasta cooking water to thin out the sauce if required.

Salmon cooks really quick. So cook it for a 1 to 2 minutes one side then flip and cook for another one minute.

You can also cook a whole skinless fillet for about 4 minutes on one side, flip and cook again for 3-4 minutes. Then shred it roughly using a fork.

Cook salmon fillets for 3-4 minutes, for salmon pasta.

In the same pan saute garlic followed by the flour. We are using just 1/2 tablespoon of flour which helps in thickening the sauce and also prevents the cream from splitting when lemon juice is added to the sauce.

Make sauce with garlic, flour, chicken stock, heavy cream and parmesan cheese.

Add cooked salmon and pasta to lemon cream sauce.

Stir in the chicken stock and keep whisking to make a smooth sauce. Lower the heat, then stir in heavy cream, parmesan cheese, and seasoning. The sauce should look smooth.

Switch off the flame. Add cooked pasta, and salmon and toss well. Add reserved pasta water for more sauce.

What to serve with Salmon Pasta?

With a good balance of protein and carbs, this is a meal in itself. You can serve some Garlic Bread or a fresh Italian Salad on the sides.

Leftover and Storage

Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 3 days in an airtight container. While reheating add a couple of tablespoons of chicken stock or cream to thin out the sauce.

Freezing might not work in this recipe, as the cream might split while reheating.