Description
This One-Pan Coconut Curry Salmon with Garlic Butter is a flavor-packed, easy dinner recipe featuring seared salmon fillets simmered in a creamy red curry coconut sauce and finished with garlic butter. Perfect for a quick weeknight meal or an impressive dinner, it’s loaded with bold spices, fresh herbs, and rich tropical taste.
Ingredients
4 salmon fillets
1 tablespoon oil (for searing)
1 can (13.5 oz) full-fat coconut milk
2 tablespoons red curry paste
4 garlic cloves, minced (2 for curry, 2 for garlic butter)
1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 tablespoon fish sauce or soy sauce
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro
Instructions
1. Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sear salmon fillets skin-side down for 3–4 minutes until crisp. Flip and cook another 2 minutes. Remove from pan.
2. In the same skillet, sauté 2 cloves of garlic and the ginger until fragrant. Add curry paste and cook for 1 minute.
3. Stir in coconut milk, lime juice, fish sauce, and brown sugar. Simmer the sauce for 5 minutes.
4. Nestle salmon fillets into the sauce. Cover and cook on low heat for 5–7 minutes until cooked through.
5. In a separate pan, melt butter and sauté remaining garlic until golden.
6. Drizzle garlic butter over salmon, garnish with chopped cilantro, and serve hot.
Notes
Use skin-on salmon for extra flavor and structure.
Taste and adjust lime juice, fish sauce, or sugar depending on the curry paste’s strength.
To reheat, warm gently over low heat to maintain sauce texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: One-Pan
- Cuisine: Thai-Inspired
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 salmon fillet with sauce
- Calories: 410
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 540mg
- Fat: 28g
- Saturated Fat: 16g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 5g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 34g
- Cholesterol: 90mg