Salmon New Orleans is a delicious one-pan meal of tender salmon topped with sauteed shrimp, smothered in a garlic honey butter sauce. This 20-minute meal is the perfect seafood dinner for a weeknight!
Equipment
Large Skillet (a 12 inch skillet is perfect)
Ingredients
4Salmon filets
½lbShrimp, shell off and deveined
2tbspsCajun seasoning
1Lemon, cut in half
4Garlic cloves, diced
4sprigsThyme
2tbspsHoney
6tbspsButter
1tbspOlive oil
Salt and Pepper, (to taste)
Instructions
Squeeze half of the lemon on top of the salmon filets. Then season with 1 tbsp of cajun seasoning. Add remaining 1 tbsp of cajun seasoning to the shrimp. Toss to ensure all shrimp are coated with seasoning.
Add butter and olive oil to a skillet. Once butter is melted, add diced garlic, thyme, and honey. Then squeeze remaining lemon into the butter. Stir allow to cook for 3 minutes over medium low heat.
Add shrimp and cook until pink and slightly curled and cooked thoroughly. Place into a bowl with the pan sauce and set aside.
Increase heat to medium and drizzle a little more olive oil into the pan. Add salmon into the pan and cook for 10 minutes, about 5 minutes per side. Cook until flaky cooked thoroughly.
Place shrimp on top of salmon and serve with buttery garlic sauce.