Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout

from recipetineats.com
20 min

A fantastic quick meal! Dill Sauce is refreshing, rather than heavy as many "creamy" sauces can be, because it is made with sour cream. The slight acidity is a great pairing with salmon or trout which are quite rich and oily. I made this with trout.

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup sour cream (1)
  • 2 tsp Dijon or hot English mustard (2)
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1 small garlic clove, minced
  • 2 1/2 tbsp fresh dill, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 – 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp milk (or olive oil, for richness)
  • 1/4 – 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp white sugar
  • 1/2 – 1 tbsp oil
  • 4 salmon or trout fillets (125g / 4oz each)
  • Salt and pepper

Directions

  1. 1

  2. 2

    Mix the Dill Sauce ingredients together (Mix well to loosen the sour cream). Adjust consistency with milk and tartness with lemon juice. Set aside for 10 minutes if you can – if using fresh garlic, set aside for 20 min.

  3. 3

    Pat fish dry with paper towel. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

  4. 4

    Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat. Place fish in skillet skin side down. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook the other side for 1 1/2 minutes.

  5. 5

    Remove from skillet onto serving plates. Serve with Dill Sauce on the side, garnished with fresh dill and lemon wedges if desired.