In a clean skillet melt 2 tablespoons of butter on high heat.
Next, add the Brussel sprouts and season with a pinch of salt and pepper. Sauté the Brussel sprouts until they are tender, about 5 minutes, mixing occasionally.
Remove Brussel sprouts from skillet and set aside.
Preparing the Salmon:
Season salmon pieces with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
Return the skillet to high heat and melt 2 tbsp. of butter.
Next, add the salmon and sear on both sides until golden brown, about 3 minutes a side, for a total of about 6 minutes.
Next, add the lemon juice and sauté for an additional 1 minute while spooning the liquid from the skillet over the salmon. Remove salmon from skillet and serve.
To Serve:
Place the lemon butter salmon to one side and plate and place the Brussel sprouts on the other side.
As another option, just make the lemon butter salmon part of this recipe and pair it with another one of our side dish or appetizer recipes.
Notes
Invent Your Recipe:In this lemon butter salmon recipe I am using salmon as the main ingredient. However, this easy lemon butter sauce would also work well with shrimp, scallops, chicken, or pork. For chicken and pork I would recommend cutting the meat into bite size pieces then sautéing in the sauce.You can mix up which vegetables you use with this dish. Green beans, broccoli, cauliflower, and zucchini are all great options.This recipe is mild in the spice department, with just the salt, pepper, garlic powder, and lemon juice creating the flavor profile. Feel free to change this up with some of your favorite seasonings. Some suggestions are add dill, chili powder, oregano, basil, thyme, white pepper, or cayenne pepper.