Grilled Salmon Fillets with Herb Butter
If you’re reluctant to grill fish at home, for fear the fillets will stick to the grate, fear not! This recipe offers a brilliant solution: lubricate the fillets with mayonnaise before putting them on the grill. You won’t taste the mayo, and the fillets won’t stick when you turn them over.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 10 of 11 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 10 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Egg | 1 large egg (50g) | 78 |
| Lemon | juice of 1 lemon (48ml) | 12 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Dill | 5 sprigs fresh (1g) / 1 tsp dried | 4 |
| Tarragon | 1 tsp dried (0.5g) | 2 |
| Chives | 1 tbsp (3g) | 1 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Coriander | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh chives
- 1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh dill
- 1 Tbs. finely chopped fresh tarragon
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
- 8 Tbs. (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/4 lemon
- 6 skin-on center-cut salmon fillets, each about 8 oz. and 1 inch thick, pin bones removed
- 1/4 cup mayonnaise, homemade (see related recipe at left) or store-bought
- 2 tsp. ground cumin
- 2 tsp. ground coriander
- Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste