Creamy Recipe • Grilled Salmon with Creamy Pesto Sauce

This velvety and versatile sauce is also delicious served with chicken or other varieties of fish. For even more flavor, additional pesto could be brushed over the salmon before grilling.

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Calories:350.5
Grilled Salmon with Creamy Pesto Sauce
Prep:10m
Ready in:20m
Serving:4 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 (4 ounce) salmon fillets
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 ounces PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed
  • ¼ cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons pesto
  • 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley

Cooking Directions

  1. Heat grill to medium heat.
  2. Brush both sides of fish with oil. Grill, skin-sides down, 10 min. or until fish flakes easily with fork.
  3. Meanwhile, cook cream cheese and milk in saucepan on medium heat 2-3 min. or until cream cheese is completely melted and sauce is well blended, stirring constantly. Stir in pesto.
  4. Serve fish topped with sauce and parsley.
Round out the meal with hot cooked rice and steamed vegetables. For added flavor, drizzle fish lightly with fresh lemon juice before serving; When salmon is done, it will appear opaque and flake easily with fork; Check salmon fillets for bones before cooking by running fingers over surface. Small bumps are usually a sign of bones - use tweezers to remove them.

Nutrition Facts

  • calories350.5
  • carbohydrateContent3.1 g
  • cholesterolContent85.8 mg
  • fatContent25.4 g
  • fiberContent0.3 g
  • proteinContent28 g
  • saturatedFatContent8 g
  • sodiumContent226.2 mg
  • sugarContent0.7 g
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