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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
- 1/4 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!
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Nutrition
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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!
Absolutely delicious! My boyfriend raved about it. Perfect fish and very simple to make. Thanks for sharing!
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!
I made this for dinner last night, and we absolutely loved it! I cannot wait to try your other recipes.
DELICIOUS!
This was so delicious!! I dont even know if I did it well but if not doing it well came out so good I just dont imaginve if it actually comes out like the original recipe. Can’t wait to try it again.
Replaced salmon with Mahi-mahi steaks. Poured over angel hair pasta. Delicious. Add flour and more Parmesan to thicken sauce.
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 🙂
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!
Amazing we enjoyed skiing this my husband and I I’m looking forward to seeing more of your recipes