Creamy Garlic Salmon and Shrimp is one of my all-time favorite weeknight meals. Made with tons of garlic, spinach, and cream in under 30 minutes!
I love easy salmon recipes including Pan Seared Lemon Butter Salmon, Crab Stuffed Salmon, and Creamy Lemon Salmon!
My cousin Jessica made a very similar dish to this one and when she posted it on Instagram I instantly shared the photo with my followers. It looked so good. In fact, some of them even requested a recipe. So here it is.
My recipe is a bit different. I wanted to add a lot of garlic. I was thinking of adding mushrooms but then I thought there would be too many things going on. This is already a very filling meal.
I served it with white basmati rice to soak in the garlic cream sauce. I like the sauce really thick and the longer you cook it the thicker it becomes. If you’re afraid of overcooking the salmon and shrimp you can let the sauce thicken to your liking first and then add the salmon and shrimp. I also had a glass of Chardonnay. I would certainly make this again. I’ve already made it 4 times.
Some mashed potatoes or basmati rice would be perfect to serve with this.
- 1 lb salmon
- 1/2 lb shrimp
- 1 cup spinach
- 4 garlic cloves
- 1/2 small onion
- 1 tsp red crush pepper flakes optional
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Oil for frying
- Heat some oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Season salmon and shrimp with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Cook the salmon for 3-4 minutes on each side skin side down.
- Remove the salmon from the skillet and remove any excess oil leaving about 2 tbsp in the skillet and reduce the heat to low.
- Add the onions and cook for 2-3 minutes or until translucent.
- Stir in the fresh garlic and red crushed pepper, cook for 20 seconds.
- Increase the heat to medium-high. Add the white wine and reduce by half. This should take about 3-4 minutes.
- Add the heavy cream, parmesan cheese, and season with salt and pepper.
- Place the salmon back in the skillet along with the shrimp and spinach.
- Cover and simmer for 7-10 minutes or until the sauce is thickened and the shrimp and salami are completely cooked.
- Serve immediately and enjoy!
I was looking for another way to cook salmon. So I Googled salmon recipes and this popped up. OMG!!! Can I just let you know how AMAZING it turned out?!?!?! So full of flavor. I followed the recipe step by step. My daughter said it reminded her of a meal she had at Legal Seafood. Imagine that! 🙂 I have definitely add this to my recipe book and will make over and over again. Thanks for sharing!
I was looking for another way to cook salmon. So I Googled salmon recipes and this popped up. OMG!!! Can I just let you know how AMAZING it turned out?!?!?! So full of flavor. I followed the recipe step by step. My daughter said it reminded her of a meal she had at Legal Seafood. Imagine that! 🙂 I have definitely added this to my recipe book and will make over and over again. Thanks for sharing!
I’m thrilled you and your daughter enjoyed this recipe! Nothing makes me happier than receiving comments like yours.
I added mushrooms and it was phenomenal! Thanks for the recipe hun
So happy you enjoyed it 🙂
By far, the best new recipe I’ve tried this decade. This was beyond all expectations, and now my guests think I’m some kind of brilliant cook. Good grief, I can never have them over for a meal again! Seriously, my teenage grandson and I made this together as part of our weekly “cooking with grandma” date, and it was so flavorful that even people who confessed they dislike seafood were raving about how good it is. I too added mushrooms and they were delicious. Otherwise, I didn’t — and wouldn’t — change a thing.
This comment made my day Joan! Thank you so much for the feedback. I’m thrilled you and your family enjoyed it so much 🙂
This has been the best Salmon and shrimp we have had in a long time. Thank you for the recipe. We love to try new thing .
So glad you guys enjoyed it 🙂
Hello!
After finding this recipe and reading the review, I am going to make this for my daughter and myself tomorrow! I will be back with my own review. Thanks!
This was such a flavorful and delicious recipe! We loved it very much and will try it again and again!
Hello! This turned out so amazing. It was so yummy! I didn’t have white wine so I substituted chicken broth which worked out just fine. My husband said it was restaurant quality! I will definitely be making this again.
So glad you and your family enjoyed this recipe 🙂
This is one of the best recipes I have ever prepared. I scaled the seafood back to two servings but kept the sauce amount as written. I made a few changes to make the sauce more substantial since we were not having it with a starch. I added red pepper strips and a can of artichoke hearts to the onion and garlic. Could do mushrooms too. I sautéed 8oz of spinach in olive oil in a separate pan before adding to the sauce. I also sprinkled the salmon and shrimp with Old Bay instead of salt and pepper. Other options are scallions instead of onion and adding sundried tomatoes. We loved it. The first thing my husband said this morning was “Boy that dinner was good!”.
So glad you and your husband enjoyed this recipe, Susan! I will admit that your spin on this recipe sounds 1000 times better lol I’ll def do the old bay seasoning, scallions, and sundried tomatoes next time. YUM!
I made this last night even though the my husband and son are very plain eaters and like their salmon baked almost to a crisp. Everyone LOVED it! The only thing I added was the juice of one lemon at the end and seasoned the fish and shrimp with lemon pepper because I love a creamy le on sauce. This will definitely be in rotation at my house! I wonder how it would taste if I used chicken instead of fish! The sauce is awesome!
Chicken would also taste fantastic! So glad you enjoyed this recipe Tamara 🙂