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 and Creamy Lemon Salmon!
Probably the easiest creamy garlic salmon and shrimp recipe you’ll ever make! Restaurant quality meal that also happens to be my all-time favorite salmon recipe.
Whether you’re on the lookout for a quick and simple meal or a meal that will impress your entire family, this is the recipe you want to try! I love serving this creamy salmon and shrimp over jasmine rice or creamy mashed potatoes.
Although some fettuccine would be marvelous as well! Go ahead and add as many veggies as you’d like. Mushrooms, green peas, and zucchini would make great additions.
Ingredients You’ll Need for Creamy Garlic Salmon and Shrimp:
- Salmon
- Shrimp
- Spinach
- Garlic
- Onions
- Red Crushed Pepper
- White Wine
- Heavy Cream
- Butter
- Parmesan Cheese
- Salt and Pepper
- Oil
Can I use frozen spinach instead of fresh?
Yes, just make sure you thaw and squeeze dry the frozen spinach before adding it to the cream sauce.
What are some sides I can serve with this?
Cheese garlic biscuits and honey roasted carrots are a perfect accompaniment.
More salmon recipes you should check out:
Creamy Garlic Salmon and Shrimp
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- 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 salmon 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 🙂
DELICIOUS!
I made this for dinner last night, and we absolutely loved it! I cannot wait to try your other recipes.
Tried this recipe last night. My wife said I can make it any time I want! Really good – thanks for posting.
So glad you and your wife enjoyed this recipe, Gerry!
This looks fantastic. Will try it this weekend! Just a heads up though that in the Instructions #10 it says shrimp & salami 😂
Hahaha! Thanks, Jenn!
This is the best salmon recipe I have ever tasted this is my second time making it I can’t get enough I made some fettuccine noodles on the side
I bought some shrimp and salmon and had no idea what to do with it. I found this recipe this recipe and was amazed at how delicious it was.
I always suggest using a local wine for your recipes. I used 14 Hands Pinot Gris. And I am glad I did. The wine really brings out the flavor. Thank you for this recipe, I’ll definitely add it to my great recipes list.
(Warning do not use too large of shrimp, they don’t cook thoroughly in the time listed.)
Glad you enjoyed the recipe, I’ll give the 14 hands Pinot a try next time. Thanks!