Creamy Salmon With Pasta Alfredo and Cajun Recipe

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The rich | spirit of nan food makes this scrumptious creamy Salmon Alfredo look much decadent than it really is. Perfect for guests aliases engaged weeknight nights!

The rich | spirit of nan food makes this scrumptious Salmon Alfredo look much decadent than it really is. Perfect for guests aliases engaged weeknight nights! #salmon #alfredo #pasta

Easy Salmon Alfredo Pasta Recipe

I cognize what you’re thinking. “Salmon Alfredo? Why don’t I conscionable eat a instrumentality of butter?” There’s really nary request to return that reside pinch me, ma’am (or sir). This scrumptious 30-minute easy Cajun Salmon Alfredo sounds measurement much decadent than it really is acknowledgment to only a mini magnitude of food and plain aged beverage alternatively of dense cream.

We each cognize lipid successful salmon is simply a bully benignant of fat (tell that to my thighs…) truthful this meal is practically patient food.

I conscionable tested this look again precocious (5/2014) since I wrote it a while ago, and I was judge I would request to trim nan magnitude of milk. It doesn’t look for illustration specified a mini magnitude of flour and food would beryllium capable to thicken up nan milk, but spot me. It works.

If your pasta seems a small barren astatine nan extremity aliases erstwhile you reheat your leftovers (if you don’t devour it each nan first night), you whitethorn request to adhd a mates much tablespoons of beverage aliases pasta cooking h2o to loosen up nan sauce. I urge serving this pinch a elemental greenish crockery pinch a tangy vinaigrette to opposition nan rich | pasta.

How to Make Salmon Alfredo Pasta pinch Cajun?

Cajun Salmon Alfredo pinch Cajun

Perfect Salmon Alfredo

Salmon pinch spicy Cajun spirit dresses up this comforting alfredo pasta dish.

Total Time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4 1x

12 ounces pasta of your choice
3/4 pound salmon fillet
Cajun seasoning
1 tablespoon butter
1 tablespoon flour
1/4 teaspoon ail powder
1/8 teaspoon cayenne capsicum aliases much to taste
1/2 teaspoon dried cilantro substitute dried oregano if necessary
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups beverage 2% aliases whole
1/3 cup Parmesan cheese

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Instructions

Bring ample cookware of salted h2o to a boil.
Lightly play salmon pinch Cajun seasoning. Cook connected nan stovetop 3-5 minutes per side, aliases cook successful a 400 grade oven for 15-20 minutes, until food is still somewhat uncommon successful nan center.
Cook pasta according to package directions, drain, and group aside.
While pasta and food cook, melt food successful a ample skillet complete mean heat. Add flour, and whisk until a soft paste is formed. Very slow adhd nan milk, astir 1/4 c. astatine a time, whisking perpetually until smooth. (If lumps form, usage nan backmost of a fork to crush nan lumps and operation into sauce.) Add ail powder, cayenne, cilantro, and brackish and stir. Continue cooking and stirring until condiment gets bubbly and thickens.
Add food to condiment and trim power to medium-low. Stir until food is melted.
When food is cooked, shred into astir 2″ pieces. Add food to sauce, and very mildly operation to combine. Serve complete pasta, aliases adhd cooked pasta into skillet pinch condiment and mildly flip to coat.

Author: Andi Gleeson
Prep Time: 15
Cook Time: 15
Category: Main, Dinner, Pasta and Noodles, Seafood
Cuisine: American