Buttered salmon with red onion and dill from Nothing Fancy: Unfussy Food for Having People Over (page 247) by Alison Roman

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lemons
salmon fillets
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Accompaniments: A better garlic bread (caramelized garlic on toast with anchovies); Perfect herby salad; Steamed broccoli: a love letter; Buttered turmeric rice with crushed almonds and herbs

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stephanie_frj4st on April 27, 2026

Loved this! My salmon was thick though and took almost 30 mins to get to 140… after 12 mins it was only 86! So, be mindful of the time the lower oven temp could take larger pieces longer to cook. My dad asked for the recipe and both my dad and boyfriend took seconds!
Willora on January 25, 2026

Probably my new favourite way to prepare salmon. A lot of fat, so probably not a good to everyday dish without adjustments but the flavour was phenomenal.
djnielsen64 on January 28, 2024

Simple and excellent! Will def make again!
lou_weez on July 14, 2023

This was delicious! The salmon needed longer than the recipe stated, and I didn't bother with the dill or sesame at the end.
meggan on October 25, 2021

I let my 7 yo make this and it was delicious.
westminstr on October 04, 2021

This salmon cooking method has become my go-to. I often skip the dill & sesame seeds & just brown the butter, cook the onion & lemon slices, then pour that over salmon & bake as directed. This makes it more of a pantry dinner w frozen salmon.
Mlr5 on April 27, 2021

Yum! This was super tasty...even my “sick of salmon” husband really liked it and went back for seconds! I added more capers than called for because capers are the best. It’s so bright and balanced. Will definitely be making this again. Made it again...first time I used smaller filet pieces, second time used a large filet (1.5 lbs). Both times required longer cook time than called for. Closer to 20 minutes.
TrishaCP on December 27, 2020

I liked the flavors but it didn’t need all of the butter in my opinion. The red onions were particularly good. My salmon was perfectly cooked but it was half of the size that the recipe called for.
KarinaFrancis on August 30, 2020

Absolutely delicious! Like previous reviews I cooked it a little longer (closer to 25 minutes) but it was still soft and luscious. As I was clearing up I squeezed a bit of lemon into the leftover butter in the dish and swiped a piece of bread through, cooks treat and so good.
Lsblackburn1 on April 04, 2020

Despite getting green peppercorns instead of capers and somehow the dill not making it home (social-distancing-grocery shopping is hard!), this was delicious. Had leftovers this evening turned into sandwiches with toasted hoagie rolls, left over green goddess dressing and chopped romaine. Fantastic!
stef on March 03, 2020

Made this with white fish. It cooked in 15 minutes and was delicious.
Jane on January 11, 2020

I also needed to cook it an extra 5 minutes. 15 mins at 325 is really not enough for a large piece of salmon. Delicious. A lot of butter and oil but you can leave that in the dish. I think I’d half it next time. Lovely flavors from the lemon, red onions and dill. I served it with Crushed baby potatoes with scallion, celery and lots of dill.
anya_sf on December 04, 2019

I preferred to cook the salmon an extra 5 minutes; it was still very moist. My salmon was 1.5 lbs, so I reduced the butter to 4 Tbsp and the oil to 2.5 Tbsp, but used the full amount of onion (cooking most of it), lemon, and capers. The salmon was delicious; I especially loved the lemon slices. As suggested, steamed broccoli was a great accompaniment.
Lepa on November 09, 2019

This reminded me of our family's favorite salmon dish from Genius Recipes (salt roasted and topped with a pickled onion relish). I think I like that version better than this one. This fish was a bit too greasy. I found myself wanting the salmon from Genius Recipes instead.