Creamy Grapefruit Salmon

This Creamy Grapefruit Salmon is an incredibly easy one pan recipe perfect for a weeknight dinner. It's a little bit tart, a little bit sweet, and full of creamy flavor!

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• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🐟 Ingredients
• 🔪How to make
• 🍚 What to serve with
• 🍣 More salmon recipes
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Wait, don't leave! Trust me, I know this recipe might strike you as a little bit strange. Grapefruit and cream and salmon aren't a combination you see every day. When the idea for creamy grapefruit salmon first popped in my head, I started doing research and couldn't find anything like it.

Trust me when I say that as a recipe developer, it's very rare to have an idea and then see that nobody's done anything like it yet. Generally, you think you have the BEST idea ever and then realize that 50 people have already done it a million times better than you even had it pictured in your mind. That immediately made me feel like this combination was wrong.

If it was a good idea, it would have already been done before, right? Well, not necessarily... The thing is, lemon cream salmon is delicious and has been done so many times. And lots of people serve salmon with grapefruit sections (and avocado... omg so good!). So why not a grapefruit cream sauce??

So, I did it and it worked and it was delicious. And now I hope you make it, too!

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

You'll fall in love with this grapefruit salmon because it's such a unique and delicious flavor combination.

If you're as much of a fan of grapefruit as I am, you'll be shocked more people aren't turning it into a creamy sauce and serving it with all kinds of things.

Plus, this recipe is so easy to make and the final dish is so pretty!

If you're looking for another easy fish recipe, try this delicious broiled tilapia or this easy sablefish with lemon garlic butter sauce.

🐟 Ingredients

You don't need many ingredients at all to make this salmon recipe. It's pretty simple and easy! Here's everything required (see recipe card below for ingredient amounts and full directions):

• Salmon, cut into 4 filets
• Salt and pepper
• Unsalted butter
• Onion
• Garlic
• Grapefruit zest
• Grapefruit juice (preferably freshly squeezed)
• Heavy cream
• Basil

🔪How to make

Like I said, this grapefruit salmon recipe is super easy to make! All you have to do is pan sear the salmon (rub some salt and pepper on it and cook it for about 4 minutes on each side) and then move it to a separate plate.

Then cook the onions and garlic in the skillet with some butter. Add the grapefruit zest and grapefruit juice and bring it to a simmer.

Pour in the cream and let the sauce thicken up a bit. Add the salmon back in and spoon the sauce over the top.

I recommend sprinkling some basil on top, too. That's it! Does it get any easier?

🍚 What to serve with

I served this salmon as is with a big side of broccoli. But you can also serve it on a bed of rice or quinoa. Anything that would soak up all that delicious sauce. I'm also not opposed to drinking it with a spoon. Here are my favorite ideas:

• Rice (brown or white)
• Quinoa
• Cauliflower Rice
• Pasta
• Farro
• Broccoli
• Asparagus
• Green Beans
• Zucchini

I may have mentioned this a time or two on my blog before, but grapefruit is one of my favorite foods in the world. I eat multiple a week and sometimes a whole one in one sitting. Pink grapefruit is the best because it has all of the glorious tartness of grapefruit, but with a little sweetness too.

I've always loved a good lemon cream sauce, but grapefruit cream sauce may be my new obsession.

Can you imagine a grapefruit cream sauce pasta dish? Maybe with some chicken? That may be next on my recipe bucket list. Guess I need to buy even more grapefruit next time I go to the grocery store.

But really, I'm always on the hunt for the next great salmon recipe. I try to incorporate salmon into my meal planning as much as possible because it's so healthy, but sometimes I get bored of the same old same old.

Luckily, salmon is almost always ridiculously easy to prepare and this creamy grapefruit salmon is no exception.

🍣 More salmon recipes

If you're like me and always looking for more delicious salmon recipes, I have so many ready for you! Here are some of the best:

• One-Pan Creamy Chipotle Salmon
• Everything Bagel Salmon
• Caesar Salad with Grilled Citrus Salmon
• Winter Salmon Tacos
• Chili Lime Salmon over Coconut Rice
• Salmon Fettuccine with Sour Cream Caesar Sauce
• Chipotle Rubbed Grilled Salmon Tacos
• Baked Dijon Lemon Caper Salmon (from Life's Little Sweets)

If you're looking for an easy weeknight dinner that's healthy and also a little bit out of the ordinary, I hope you'll try this creamy grapefruit salmon!

If you love grapefruit as  much as I do, check out my Grapefruit Scones recipe. If you want to add it to more savory dishes, I love these Grapefruit Shandy Mussels with Grapefruit Linguine.

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