Protein-packed, ready in 30 minutes, and guaranteed to make you feel like you’re dining by the sea in Spain. Juicy, pan-seared salmon meets the bold and rich flavor of high-protein Sturdy Marinara Sauce in this weeknight hero recipe. It’s fast, ultra-easy, and delicious.
Each serving brings you around 40g of protein and just 430 calories. Got 25 minutes and a pan? Cool. Let’s cook.
What You’ll Need
- 1/2 tbsp Sturdy Marinara Sauce
- Salt and freshly cracked pepper
- Salmon fillets (about 1 lb / 450g)
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 yellow onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 cup white wine (optional)
- Lemon slices
- Fresh parsley
How to Make It
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Fillet your salmon into four even portions, pat them dry, and season both sides with salt and pepper.
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Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a nonstick pan over medium-high heat. Once it’s hot, lay the salmon in, seasoned-side down. Give it about 3 minutes per side, then pull it out and set it aside.
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Toss your onion and garlic into the same pan. Stir and scoop up all those golden bits left from the salmon.
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Sprinkle in your smoked paprika and stir fast. Don’t let it sit or it’ll get weird and bitter.
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Pour in the white wine if you’re using it and let it simmer for 1 minute until the alcohol cooks off.
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Add that 1/2 cup of Sturdy Marinara Sauce. Stir it up, drop the heat to low-medium, and let it simmer for 3–4 minutes.
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Slide the salmon back in and let it hang out in the sauce for 1–2 minutes. Just enough to warm through and soak up the flavor.
- Throw on some lemon slices and a sprinkle of fresh parsley. Serve it up while it’s hot.
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