Simple Grilled Salmon Fillets with Dill Lemon Butter

Simple Grilled Salmon, wild caught Sockeye Salmon. Simply flavored with butter and dill, this is an incredibly easy salmon dinner recipe.

Cuisine American

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 20

Servings

Calories 110kcal

Bring butter to room temperature. In a small bowl, combine softened butter with dill.
Spray grill with cooking spray or rub the grates with oil.
Light grill and preheat to 500 degrees and then turn down to 350
Season fillets with onion powder, lemon juice and salt and pepper to taste. And coarse ground fresh cracked pepper is good here.
Place fillets on hot grill, skin side down. Cook 20 minutes without turning. Check doneness after 15 minutes by pressing on the top of the salmon with a fork. Once the salmon separates easily, then it's done.
Transfer the salmon to plates and top with a healthy dollop of the dill butter.
Grilled vegetables are a simple side for this grilled salmon dinner.

What Temperature Is Salmon Done?

Cook 15-20 minutes without turning. Check doneness after 15 minutes by pressing on the top of the salmon with a fork. Once the salmon separates easily, then it's done.
If you'd like to test the salmon temperature with a meat thermometer, it should be cooked to 145 degrees.
PRO TIP if you start see albumin seeping out of the flakes of fish, that means the salmon is done. Albumin is the white protein that exists in the raw salmon fillet. When the salmon starts to cook, the albumin becomes semi-solid and turns white.

Grilled vegetables are a lovely and healthy side dish for this salmon recipe. Here's what to do:

Slice zucchini and summer squash about a quarter of an inch thick. Slice them on an angle.
Clean and trimmed green onions.
Thick sliced some red onion.
Half a few mini bell peppers.
In a large bowl, toss them all with some olive oil. Season them lightly with salt and pepper and let the smoky flavors from grill do the rest.
Put them on the grill at the same time as the salmon. Carefully turn them several times, watched them closely so they didn't burn and make sure you have some lovely grill marks. Easy!