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Grilled Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce

Name: Grilled Salmon with Lemon Butter Sauce
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 4 ea. (24 ounces) skin-on Coho salmon fillets; Olive oil; Salt; Freshly-ground black pepper; 1 stick unsalted butter, softened; ½ lemon, juiced; A flame-resistant towel tied with twine and soaked in oil

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558kcal · 28% of your day

Protein: 35 g · 29% of 120 g
Carbs: 0 g · 0% of 220 g
Fat: 46 g · 70% of 65 g

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Fibre: 0 g
Sugar: 103 mg
Sodium: 205 g
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Calculated from all 3 ingredients by weight.

Serving size estimated by Ma Kitchen. The source gives no serving count, so the recipe is split into 4 servings of about 204 g, the usual size for a main dish. If your portion is bigger or smaller, set how much you eat above and the macros follow.

The cooking fat is not counted. The source gives no amount for the oil or butter this is cooked in. Calories and fat will be higher than shown.

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Ingredients

Makes

4 ea. (24 ounces) skin-on Coho salmon fillets
Olive oil
Salt
Freshly-ground black pepper
1 stick unsalted butter, softened
½ lemon, juiced
A flame-resistant towel tied with twine and soaked in oil

Ingredients for 4 servings (815 g) · the original recipe

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Method

1
Brush salmon with olive oil and sprinkle liberally with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
2
Heat a large chimney starter's worth of charcoal briquets. Once hot, disperse evenly around the bottom of the grill and reapply the grate.
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3
Quickly grease the grate with the towel. Add salmon fillets, skin side down, and cook, covered, turning often, until fish is pink throughout and flakes easily when tested with a fork.
4
Remove and keep warm.
5
Fold together lemon and butter. Melt over medium heat in a large saucepan.
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6
Drizzle butter over salmon fillets and serve warm.

Recipe from Wikibooks Cookbook, written by Wikibooks contributors. Used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; the ingredient list and method on this page are taken from that page and edited (its notes, tips and variations are not reproduced), and are available under the same licence. The macros, equipment tags and scaling are Ma Kitchen’s own and are not the source’s figures. Ma Kitchen is not affiliated with or endorsed by Wikibooks Cookbook. Copied on 2026-11-12.