Salmon Pasta

5 from 3 votes

This Creamy Salmon Pasta is the perfect recipe for a date night meal at home. Quick and easy to make, this restaurant-style pasta with salmon will become your new favorite dinner.

Prep Time10

Cook Time20

Total Time30

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: Clean eating, High Protein

Keyword: pasta, salmon

Servings: serving

Ingredients

14 oz (400 g) linguine or spaghetti
14 oz (400 g) salmon fillets
1 tbsp butter
1 tbsp olive oil
⅓ onion finely chopped
2 garlic cloves minced
¾ cup (180 g) cream cheese or heavy cream
⅓ cup (80 ml) milk
¼ cup (60 ml) dry white wine
¾ tsp sea salt or more to taste
ground black pepper to taste
lemon zest optional
5 oz (140 g) baby spinach fresh

Instructions

Cook pasta until al dente

Fill a large pot with water and bring to a boil over high heat. Once the water starts boiling, add a pinch of salt and lower the heat. Add pasta and cook according to package direction until al dente. Once cooked, drain, drizzle with oil and set aside.

Make salmon pasta sauce

While the pasta is cooking, remove skin from the salmon fillets and dice into bite-sized pieces.
Heat olive oil in a large skillet. Add diced salmon, part of the salt and cook until the fish is tender. Do not overcook salmon, or it will get dry. Once it is cooked through, remove from the pan and set aside.
In the same skillet, add butter, chopped onion, minced garlic, salt and pepper. Sauté for about 1-2 minutes until fragrant, being careful not to burn it.
Add cream cheese, milk and dry white wine to the sautéed onion, whisk to dissolve cream cheese and cook until the sauce is smooth. This should take about 5-6 minutes. A couple of minutes before it is ready, add fresh spinach leaves into the cream. If the salmon pasta sauce has thickened too much, add a couple tablespoons of milk more.
Stir in the grilled salmon bites, followed by the cooked pasta. Gently toss sauce, salmon and pasta. Adjust with more salt and pepper if it is necessary and serve warm.

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