Salmon & Shrimp with Lemon Caper Sauce

pasta with shrimp and salmon with lemon and pasta

4.46 from 11 votes

Salmon & Shrimp with Lemon Caper Sauce has a beautiful presentation, and looks fancy for company, but it's so easy to prepare, you can make it quickly for just a weeknight meal.

Prep Time2

Cook Time20

Total Time22

Course: Seafood

Cuisine: Seafood

Keyword: cream sauce, easy, lemon butter, lemon caper cream sauce, lemon salmon, pretty presentation serve over pasta, Salmon & Shrimp with Lemon Caper Sauce, salmon with lemon caper butter quick, Salmon with Lemon Caper Sauce, shrimp, skillet recipe, whipped potatoes or rice

Servings: -6 servings

Calories: 547kcal

Author: Michaela Kenkel

Equipment

Ingredients

4-6 - 5 ounce Salmon Fillets
24-30 Shrimp peeled and cooked (I buy them that way)
1 Tablespoon Olive oil
Caper Sauce:
2 Tablespoons butter
1 clove minced garlic
2 Tablespoons capers
1 Tablespoon cornstarch mixed with 1 tablespoon water
2 Tablespoons white wine
juice of 1/2 lemon (about 1 Tablespoon) *Save the rest for garnish if desired
1 cup cream
1 cup chicken broth

Instructions

In a skillet, over medium heat, melt butter with garlic.
Add wine and cook off alcohol for a couple of minutes.
Whisk in the cornstarch mixture.
Add wine, lemon juice and capers.
Whisk in broth, it will begin to thicken.
Add cream and stir.
Pour into bowl and set aside.
In a skillet over medium heat, drizzle olive oil, add Salmon Fillets.
Cook for 6-7 minutes and flip them. Cook on that side for 6-7 minutes more.
If you want to add the shrimp, do so in about the last 2-3 minutes. They are just getting warmed up.
Plate your fish, and while the skillet is still warm, add the sauce back in, and give it a stir to get it hot again.
Pour over the fillets, serve the remaining sauce on the side.

Notes

Serve over pasta, rice or whipped potatoes.

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