Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon

Cooked salmon in a cast iron skillet with honey and lemon slices

5 from 3 votes

Honey Lemon Skillet Salmon is an easy dinner recipe that can be made in minutes. Salmon is pan fried then broiled and basted in a sauce made of honey, lemon, and coconut oil.

Prep Time3

Cook Time11

Total Time14

Course: Dinner, Entree, Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: baked salmon, honey salmon, lemon salmon, skillet salmon

Servings: servings

Calories: 341kcal

Author: Amanda Finks

Ingredients

3 tablespoons coconut oil
3 tablespoons honey
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 wild caught salmon filets about 5 ounces each
1/2 teaspoon salt

Instructions

Place an oven rack 9-10 inches from the broiler. Preheat the broiler to high.
Add the coconut oil to a large cast iron skillet (or an oven safe frying pan). Place over medium heat to melt the coconut oil (about 3 minutes). Stir in the honey. Then stir in the lemon juice.
Add the salmon (skin side down, if applicable) to the skillet. Baste the salmon with the sauce. Cook for 4 minutes.
Baste with the sauce again. Sprinkle the top of the salmon with salt.
Transfer the skillet to the oven and broil for 4-5 minutes, until the tops of the salmon start to darken in spots.
Remove the salmon from the skillet and let it rest for 3-4 minutes.
Serve warm drizzled with some extra pan sauce.

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Notes

The nutrition information includes 1/4 of the sauce. It's good to have a lot of sauce for basting the fish. But, all of the sauce doesn't typically get consumed, reducing the calories of this dish.

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