Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce

Name: Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 servings.
Ingredients: 1 salmon fillet (about 2 pounds); 1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon-pepper seasoning; 1 teaspoon onion salt; 1 small onion, sliced and separated into rings; 6 lemon slices; 1/4 cup butter, cubed; DILL SAUCE:; 1/3 cup sour cream; 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 1 tablespoon finely chopped onion; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish; 3/4 teaspoon dill weed; 1/4 teaspoon garlic salt; Pepper to taste

There's nothing like fresh salmon, and my mom bakes it just right so it nearly melts in your mouth. The sour cream dill sauce is subtly seasoned with horseradish so that it doesn't overpower the delicate salmon flavor. —Susan Emery, Everett, Washington

Ingredients

1 salmon fillet (about 2 pounds)
1 to 1-1/2 teaspoons lemon-pepper seasoning
1 teaspoon onion salt
1 small onion, sliced and separated into rings
6 lemon slices
1/4 cup butter, cubed
DILL SAUCE:
1/3 cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
3/4 teaspoon dill weed
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Pepper to taste

Directions

Line a 15x10x1-in. baking pan with heavy-duty foil; grease lightly. Place salmon skin side down on foil. Sprinkle with lemon pepper and onion salt. Top with onion and lemon. Dot with butter. Fold foil around salmon; seal tightly,
Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Open foil carefully, allowing steam to escape. Broil 4-6 in. from the heat for 8-12 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
Meanwhile, combine the sauce ingredients until smooth. Serve with salmon.

Test Kitchen tips

You can freeze salmon and other oily types of fish, such as whitefish, mackerel and lake trout, for up to 3 months. Wrap fish in freezer paper, freezer bags or heavy-duty foil before freezing.

A thrifty alternative to purchased onion salt is to mix up your own. Just combine 1 teaspoon onion powder with 3 teaspoons of table salt or other fine-grained salt. The ratio works the same for garlic salt, too.

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Nutrition Facts

4 ounces cooked salmon with about 2 tablespoons sauce: 418 calories, 33g fat (11g saturated fat), 100mg cholesterol, 643mg sodium, 3g carbohydrate (1g sugars, 0 fiber), 26g protein.

Originally published as Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce in Taste of Home February/March 2004

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minky

Jan 16, 2019

How many servings does this make?
justmbeth

May 28, 2018

Good salmon recipe!
Patricia

Mar 9, 2018

Salmon was good. Really did not need to broil as the salmon was done in the 20 minutes of initial baking. We enjoyed the sauce but even 1/2 the recipe was too much. Next time I would cut to 1/4.
Tamika

Feb 15, 2018

Great recipe! My husband and I made this for valentines day dinner, it went absolutely beautifully. We added the dill sauce prior to broil... it really added a wonderful touch
Cldisme01me

Jan 31, 2018

Loved this dill sauce!!! Very easy too!!!
Metrocookbookdivany

Jan 1, 2018

This was great! I didn’t have horseradish so I substituted fresh grated ginger. Next time I’ll remive the onion and lemon slices before broiling. They got charred, but the lemon protected the salmon from drying out after 10 minutes cooking time.
PrplMonky5

Dec 16, 2017

YUM!!! I cut the toppings for the salmon into 1/4 since we were only doing 1 small piece of salmon - worked out perfectly. Only need 1 lemon - half for the slices on top, the other half I juiced for the lemon juice in the sauce. I only cut the sauce in half because I wanted to make sure we got enough. I probably would have been fine cutting it in 1/4, but I don't mind the leftover! We both completely devoured this. The salmon was good on its own but the sauce made it DELICIOUS. Well definitely be making this again!!! (For the smaller piece of salmon I cooked it for 15 minutes, then under the broiler for about 4-5 minutes and it was just a tad overdone - will lower the time next time).Update: I made this again but used lime slices and lime juice. While it was still yummy, I think the lemon was definitely better. Still a great recipe and will use it again.
Maria

Dec 11, 2017

Very tasty fish, but i wanted to use fresh dill on the sauce so I used a different recipe.
Cat

Nov 17, 2017

The best recipe I have ever used for salmon, and the sauce is perfect.
PatLagace

May 1, 2017

I love salmon and this recipe just provided me with my new favourite way to cook it. For once in my life, I didn't make any changes to the recipe or the method because it looked pretty good. Well, let me say ... it was WAY better than pretty good. The dill sauce was excellent too. Well deserving of a five star rating!