Best Salmon Piccata

Best Salmon Piccata is a classic Italian recipe, typically made with chicken or veal, and cooked in a flavorful lemon and wine sauce. Only this time, it’s made with salmon, and it’s DIVINE!  The salmon is moist, juicy and lemony-delicious. An easy, seafood dinner with salmon that’s ready in minutes. This recipe makes salmon taste like a million bucks!

 

Tell Us About This Salmon Piccata…

A delicious meal, this is a simple, no-fail recipe for salmon piccata. And, this Mediterranean-style recipe for salmon has a lemon-flavored sauce that will make the salmon taste exquisite!

As you know, fish cooks up quickly, and therefore, making a salmon piccata dinner is never complicated. It’s become the easiest dinner to make during busy weeknights, and it’s elegant enough for a small dinner party, a date night, and holidays.

It happens to make this the BEST salmon piccata recipe out there! Plus, the best part? Both salmon and its velvety lemon-wine sauce are made in one skillet!  🙂

If you love recipes for piccata, then try our Mom’s Best Chicken Piccata, and our Veal Piccata with Lemon and Capers, which we like to keep on rotation. 

 

Why is this the Best Salmon Piccata?

• This recipe is simple, and it’s made with a handful of ingredients.
• Our salmon piccata is made on a stovetop and in one large skillet.
• You can serve it all by itself, or with a side of our angel hair pasta with lemon sauce and maybe some crusty bread to complement and complete the meal.
• The lemon sauce is very light. Not heavy and without any creams added.
• This recipe for salmon cooks up very quickly, making dinner super quick and easy.

As part of the Mediterranean diet, simple seafood dinners like this one make dinner easy and healthy.

Recipe Tips

• This recipe will make 4 servings. And, if you want more servings, you can easily double the recipe.
• If you can, try to purchase salmon at a fish market.  Ask the fishmonger to remove the skin from the salmon, leaving the salmon perfectly skinless on all sides.
• The sauce is created with 4 simple ingredients to give flavor to the salmon, and they all work perfectly together.
• Sometimes I like to add a splash of chicken broth to the sauce for additional flavor and to create plenty of sauce, enough to go over the salmon and extra for a side dish to soak up, like creamy polenta or mashed potatoes. (Note: vegetable broth will work too.)
• As always, the flour is used to help keep in the moisture of the salmon and not dry it out while it’s cooking.  It’s also used to help thicken the sauce.
• Before starting, always sprinkle the tops of each salmon with a little sea salt.  Then dredge in flour.
• I rarely measure my seasonings, so you can sprinkle additional herbs de Provence on the salmon as you like.

 

Ingredients You Will Need:

For this salmon piccata recipe, you will need only a few fresh ingredients: salmon, a couple of lemons, some white wine, a little flour, and a few capers.  Below is the list of the following ingredients needed:

• salmon – anywhere from 1 to 2 pounds and sliced into 4 pieces
• all-purpose flour (or GF)
• extra virgin olive oil
• white wine
• lemon – about 2 lemons juiced
• capers
• butter
• small lemon – to slice as a garnish
• seasonings – some sea salt, herbs de Provence, and fresh cracked black pepper
• optional:  1/4 cup chicken or seafood broth
  

How to Make the Best Salmon Piccata?

First, we used the classic method of dusting salmon in flour and pan-searing them in butter and olive oil, then making the lemon sauce. Plus, our full recipe card is located at the bottom. But first, let’s run through our two easy steps for making this dish before you start.

Step 1: COOK THE SALMON: Heat the skillet, and add the olive oil.  Lightly season the salmon with sea salt.  When olive oil is hot, lightly flour all the sides of the salmon and add each one to the skillet.  Add some seasonings and cook the salmon for a few minutes on each side.

Step 2:  MAKE THE SAUCE: Next, add in the capers, lemon juice, and white wine. Finally, add in the butter, and a slice of lemon over each salmon and simmer the salmon for a few minutes more, until it’s fully cooked.  Then serve.

Now your salmon piccata is ready to serve alone, or with your favorite spaghetti or steamed rice!

What to Serve with Salmon Piccata?

There are so many options to serve as a side with our salmon piccata. Here are some ideas for you to choose from:

• Easy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
• How To Cook Rice Easily
• Asparagus Au Gratin- Lightened!
• Angel Hair Pasta with Lemon Sauce
• Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes
• Creamy Polenta
• Broccoli Rabe Steamed and Sauteed
  

Storing Leftovers

• Leftovers should be stored in an airtight container and kept chilled in the refrigerator. Best to consume seafood within 3 days. After 3 days, discard leftovers and make a new meal.
• You can freeze leftovers, but only for up to 1 month. After that, we recommend you make it fresh again.

A Delicious Seafood Meal…

The Best Salmon Piccata is a simple, no-fuss dish with a velvety sauce that is both juicy and tasty. Salmon always turns out moist, juicy, and delicious.  

This recipe will feed a family of four. It’s a delicious and healthy dish.  I hope you’ll try this recipe for salmon piccata and enjoy it as much as we do!

Boun Appetito!

Don’t forget! If you try our Best Salmon Piccata, let us know and leave a comment below with 5 stars ⭐! We’d love to hear from you. Snap a photo, and share it on Instagram and Pinterest. And, thank you!

More Delicious Recipes for Salmon! 

• Baked Salmon with Dijon Basil Pesto
• Easy Baked Salmon
• Skillet Salmon with Chili Sauce
• Pan-Seared Salmon with Zesty Tomato-Onion Relish
• Pasta with Smoked Salmon in a Creamy Sauce
• Pan-Seared Salmon with Teriyaki Ginger Sauce
• Grilled Salmon Over Chilled Tomato Arugula Salad
  

Happy and Healthy Cooking! 🙂

Thanks for stopping by!

xo Anna and Liz