Creamy Tuscan Salmon is a rich salmon dinner with a creamy sauce flavored with garlic, Parmesan cheese, basil, spinach, and tomatoes. It’s a restaurant quality meal that’s easy to make at home.

The salmon is perfectly seared and the thick sauce wonderfully coats it. I make sure there’s plenty of sauce to flavor every bite of salmon.

30 Minute Meal

I love cooking seafood at home. Not only because it is delicious, but it cooks very quickly. This salmon dish can be prepared in just 30 minutes. The salmon itself needs only about 6 to 7 minutes to cook depending on the size of the fillets and how you like your salmon cooked.

How To Tell If Salmon Is Done

I like salmon medium-rare. Salmon cooks quickly and you have to really watch it. Salmon will easily flake when it is done. I like to take a knife or fork and poke at the thickest portion to take a peak inside. It will turn from translucent to completely pink when it is well done. I like for it to still look a little translucent in the very middle.
Tuscan Salmon Recipe Tips

I prefer wild-caught salmon over farm-raised.

Cook the salmon with the skin on even if you don’t plan on eating it. It is easy to peal off once the salmon is cooked.

Use sun-dried tomatoes instead of cherry tomatoes if you wish or a combination of the two for lots of tomato flavor.

How To Serve

There’s so much sauce, you can easily serve this salmon over mashed potatoes or rice. Because it ...