I may have mentioned that I recently returned from a trip to Alaska to learn about the Copper River Salmon fishing industry. It was the most amazing trip. The sights were beautiful, the town of Cordova, AK was charming, and the salmon… OH THE SALMON… was the most delicious salmon I’ve ever tasted. I’ll be sharing all about that Alaska trip with photos galore for you to enjoy in my next post, but for now we’ll just enjoy some salmon. Unfortunately, what you see here isn’t Copper River Salmon (you’d be spotting a deep, rich hue of pink if it were). Since that Alaska trip, I’ve decided to buy Copper River Salmon only from here on out- but alas… this recipe was made and photographed before my trip, so here ya go. It’s a delicious and tender sauteed salmon (sauteed in butter!) with a quick and simple topping of brown butter, almonds and capers.
Turns out I’m kind of obsessed with everything in this recipe. The salmon- I could eat salmon every week for dinner. The brown butter- hand me a straw. Almonds- they are part of my daily diet. And capers- their salty nature draws me in, and I always add more than a recipe calls for (which is why I gave you a range in this recipe- add as many capers as you’d like!) We did bring back some salmon from Alaska- we shipped a couple of good-sized fish that my son Brooks caught fly fishing. One was a pink salmon, and one was one of those gorgeous Copper River Salmon- a Sockeye. Brooks wrote a little bit about his catches and shared a recipe for cooking salmon in a cast iron skillet here: Skillet Sockeye Salmon.
Here are a few more salmon recipes you might enjoy:
Almond- Crusted Salmon by Taste and Tell Barbecued Salmon by Recipe Girl Baked Salmon Taquitos by Recipe Girl
