This one is for my seafood lovers! Food is and should always be a wild and exciting adventure. This dish comes from a night of wanting crab cakes and salmon but not being able to choose. So I thought, why not combine the two? Lemon butter goes great with seafood and so I threw that in as well and voila Crab Stuffed Salmon with a Lemony Butter Sauce!

This dish is amazing and has been a favorite among my social following! Why? Because it’s easy to make and so flavorful. A bonus? You can alter the recipe (replace the flour for almond flour) to make this more Keto friendly.

While eating this, you’ll feel as if you’re eating salmon topped with crispy and delicious crab cakes!

Ingredients:

8 oz of premium Crab Meat, like Phillips

1 quarter of an onion, finely diced
1/4 cup of red bell pepper, finely diced
2 green onion sprigs, finely diced
1/4 cup of parsley, finely chopped
4 garlic cloves, finely diced
Zest of half of a lemon
1/4 teaspoon of red pepper flakes (optional)
A pinch of cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon of Old Bay seasoning
1/2 teaspoon of mayonnaise
1/3 cup of panko breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon of butter, softened

Directions:

In a pan under high heat, saute your diced vegetables (onion, red bell pepper, green onion, and garlic). Saute until the vegetables are cooked through. Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the crab meat, cooked vegetables, and the remaining ingredients. Mix and combine until all of the ingredients are binded.

Preparing the Salmon:

Ingredients:

5-6 salmon filets (about 2.5 lbs)

Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 tablespoon of garlic powder
1/2 tablespoon of onion powder
1/2 teaspoon of dried parsley
1/4 of teaspoon of chili powder
1/4 teaspoon of oregano
1/2 teaspoon of Old Bay Seasoning
2 tablespoons of butter

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Pat your salmon dry.

With a small pairing knife, create slits (little pockets) on the side of your salmon being very careful not to pierce your knife through the opposite side.

Take your crab filling and stuff it into the slits you created on each of your salmon filets. Use your fingers to stuff as much as the filling as you can without putting too much pressure on the fish. Once stuffed drizzle with olive oil.

Now, it's time to season the salmon. Season with all of the seasonings(salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion powder, parsley, chili powder, oregano, and Old Bay Seasoning).

Now, use your leftover crab meat to create mounds of crab meat on top of each of your filets.

Bake at 400 degrees for 30 minutes or until golden.

Lemon Garlic Butter

1 tablespoon of butter