Pasta with Salmon & Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce
Pasta with Salmon & Creamy Blue Cheese Sauce might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This pescatarian recipe serves 4 and costs $3.85 per serving. One portion of this dish contains around 31g of protein, 21g of fat, and a total of 413 calories. It is brought to you by Marla Meridith. 1134 people were glad they tried this recipe. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 20 minutes. Head to the store and pick up cooked linguine, blue cheese crumbles, sour cream, and a few other things to make it today. Overall, this recipe earns a super spoonacular score of 99%. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Creamy Blue Cheese Pasta with Steak and Bacon for #SundaySupper, Pasta with Tomato-Blue Cheese Sauce, and Pasta Tossed with Blue Cheese Sauce.
Servings: 4
Preparation duration: 5 minutes
Cooking duration: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
Black Pepper
2/3 cup (75 g) Blue Cheese Crumbles + extra for topping
handful chopped Cilantro or Italian Parsley
8 ounces (227 g) Linguine, cooked
Garlic Salt
1 pound King Salmon (or your favorite Salmon)
Smoked Paprika
2/3 cup (145 g) Sour Cream
Equipment:
frying pan
baking spatula
Cooking instruction summary:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Add a splash of olive oil to a large frying pan. Season salmon with some garlic salt, smoked paprika & pepper. Pan sear salmon over medium high heat until cooked about 80%, about 6-8 minutes flipping one time (it should be really pink in the center.) Remove salmon from the pan, take the skin off and roughly chop or flake the fish with a fork. Heat the same pan over medium heat add the sour cream & blue cheese. Cook for a few minutes until creamy, stirring a few times with a silicone spatula. Gently fold in the chopped salmon to make the sauce. Add the pasta to the pan. Season to taste and serve with chopped cilantro or parsley.I used a spinach/chive pasta that went really well with this sauce. Feel free to experiment with your favorite pasta.
Step by step:
1. Cook pasta according to package directions.
2. Add a splash of olive oil to a large frying pan. Season salmon with some garlic salt, smoked paprika & pepper. Pan sear salmon over medium high heat until cooked about 80%, about 6-8 minutes flipping one time (it should be really pink in the center.)
3. Remove salmon from the pan, take the skin off and roughly chop or flake the fish with a fork.
4. Heat the same pan over medium heat add the sour cream & blue cheese. Cook for a few minutes until creamy, stirring a few times with a silicone spatula. Gently fold in the chopped salmon to make the sauce.
5. Add the pasta to the pan. Season to taste and serve with chopped cilantro or parsley.I used a spinach/chive pasta that went really well with this sauce. Feel free to experiment with your favorite pasta.
Nutrition Information:
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