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Cooked salmon fillets seasoned with salt and pepper, and garnished with lemon wedges and Italian parsley.

Easy and Delish Microwave Salmon Recipe

Grace Stewart
This Easy and Delish Microwave Salmon Recipe will be your go-to recipe for a quick and healthy dinner!
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Prep Time 3 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Total Time 6 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 2 people
Calories 287 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 microwave
  • 1 microwave safe dish

Ingredients
  

  • ¾ lb salmon fillet
  • ½ tablespoon olive oil
  • ⅛ ts salt
  • ⅛ ts pepper
  • ¼ ts lemon juice

Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce

  • 2 tablespoon butter
  • ½ ts lemon juice
  • ¼ ts garlic blend I used Buffy's Slayer Helper Garlic Blend; of course you can sub garlic powder!

Garnishes

  • 4 slices lemon
  • ½ ts parsley minced

Instructions
 

  • Start by making your lemon, butter, and garlic sauce. Set a pan or saucepan on medium low heat, then melt the butter. Once melted add the garlic seasoning and lemon juice and stir to combine. Keep your sauce warm while you prepare and cook your salmon.
    A pan containing melted butter and a garlic blend seasoning. A person is holding a small bowl with lemon juice above the pan.
  • Place some damp paper towels in a microwave safe dish. Add the salmon fillets, and season with the salt and pepper. Drizzle the olive oil and the lemon juice over the salmon and rub the oil and lemon juice over the fillets with your hands.
    Raw salmon fillets seasoned with salt and pepper atop damp paper towels. A person is holding a small bowl with lemon juice above the fillets.
  • Cover the fillets completely with damp paper towels.
    Damp paper towels surrounding salmon fillets.
  • Place the dish containing the salmon in your microwave.
    Damp paper towels surrounding salmon fillets in a casserole dish placed inside a microwave.
  • Cook at 100% power in 45 second intervals (check the salmon after each 45 second interval), until the salmon is flaky and fully cooked. It took me 2 minutes and 15 seconds to cook my salmon.
    Cooked salmon fillets seasoned with salt and pepper and drizzled with olive oil atop paper towels.
  • Drizzle the lemon, butter, and garlic sauce over the salmon fillets, and garnish with minced parsley and lemon wedges. Season with additional salt and pepper if you desire and enjoy!
    Cooked salmon fillets seasoned with salt and pepper and garnished with Italian parsley and lemon slices. There is a fork on the side, and one of the fillets has been cut into.

Notes

The length of time you will need to cook your salmon fillets may vary from the 2 minute 15 seconds it took me to cook mine.  It is best to check your salmon after each 45 second interval to see how your salmon is progressing.
I hope you will savor your microwave salmon!

Nutrition

Calories: 287kcalCarbohydrates: 2gProtein: 34gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 95mgSodium: 237mgPotassium: 880mgFiber: 0.5gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 117IUVitamin C: 8mgCalcium: 42mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Fish, microwave, microwave salmon, salmon
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