This salmon recipe is simple to make and perfect for a weeknight meal or elegant enough for a party. The creamy shrimp sauce goes perfect with the baked salmon.
This week, for lunch, I made this Salmon with Shrimp Sauce for my sister and she just loved it! As I’ve mentioned, my sister is visiting from Colombia and one of the things I love about having her here is that we share the same enthusiasm about food. We are having a great time together and a lot of my childhood memories are coming back including many of our favorite dishes that we shared growing up together. I will make all of those dishes for everyone soon 🙂 so keep coming back for more recipes!
Salmon with Shrimp Sauce (Salmón con Salsa de Camarones)
Ingredients
- 4 6 oz Salmon fillets
- Salt and pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
- 3 tablespoons butter
- ¼ cup chopped onion
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ cups milk
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 pound shrimp peeled, deveined and cut into pieces.
- ¼ teaspoon ground cumin
- ½ tablet fish bouillon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400° F.
- In a large baking dish place the salmon fillets. Season each fillet with paprika, salt and pepper.
- Place the baking dish in the oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through.
- make the sauce: In a medium sauce pan over medium heat melt the butter, add the onions and cook for about 3 minutes or until translucent.
- Add the flour to the onions and stir. Cook for 2 minutes. Add the milk and bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer.
- Add the shrimp, salt, pepper, cumin and fish bouillon and cook for 5 minutes. Add the heavy cream and cook for 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat. Spoon shrimp sauce over the salmon and serve immediately.
Nutrition
I like to served this baked salmon with coconut rice, patacones and avocado. Buen provecho!
I you love salmon like me, here are more delicious and easy salmon recipes to try:
Baked Salmon with Cilantro and Garlic Sauce
Grilled salmon with Avocado Salsa
Baked Salmon Filets with Cumin and Achiote
Joan Nova
Looks delicious. I think a glass of champagne would go lovely with this meal.
Liz
Miam! This is a lovely recipe, I love salmon and shrimps!
Kim
I hope you have a wonderful visit with your sister. This is a beautiful recipe and looks very pretty. Very fitting to serve a pink dish for you two girls!!
Nora
Your sister is very lucky - that looks fantastic!
Ben
Oh my! That sounds so good! This is a seafood feast.
Jenn AKA The Leftover Queen
Wow, this is a gorgeous dish! I am so glad you and your sister are having such a great time in the kitchen!
Natasha - 5 Star Foodie
Fantastic dish! I'm loving the yummy shrimp sauce!
Sophie
What a tasty meal & what an appetizing picture, Erica!!
Erica
Thank you all for visiting!
Allison Arevalo
Salmon and shrimp? OMG, that sounds fantastic. I love that your recipes are so different everything else I read. I always enjoy checking out your posts.
Anna
Wow that looks really delicious, what a wonderful combination.
Erica
Thank you everyone for the nice comments!
Oysterculture
another wonderful and tasty dish to add to the ever growing list of recipes I want to try from your site.
Primary Work at Home
Wow looks so yummy! Thank you for sharing.
Anonymous
My whole family loved this. I will make it again.
Nicole
wow what a great dish I would love to try. I like to impress people when it comes to me cooking and you sure are helping me haha thanks.!
Dave J.
First result for "shrimp salmon", and glad I found it. Nothing hard, but nicely put together, thanks!
Torrey M
My boyfriend is Columbian, and I am definitely cooking this tomorrow for Valentine's Dinner!!! Sounds yummy!!!
Dianna
Wow, does this look delicious!!! I love salmon and shrimp and to combine it with a wonderful sounding sauce is heaven! Can't wait to try it and will be off searching for the freshest seafood I can find! Thank you for posting such a beautiful and delicious sounding dish!!!!!
Jimena
I just finish making this!! It looks beautiful, smells divine and it taste delicious!!! Thank you!!!!!
Dianne
This was a wonderfully simple recipe and so delicious. The cumin in the sauce was really nice against the paprika on the fish. Yummy!
Anonymous
I'm sorry I know this maybe a stupid question but what is the shrimp sauce made of or where can I get it from