Baked Stuffed Salmon with Crab Meat
This Baked Salmon recipe is stuffed with real crab meat, cream cheese, and grated Parmesan. This restaurant-quality dish is easy to make in 30 minutes and perfect for weeknight dinners!
Equipment
Ingredients
- 4 salmon fillets Mine were skin on and weighed 4-5oz each.
- 4 oz lump crab meat
- 2 oz cream cheese softened
- 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
- 1/3 cup grated Parmesan Reggiano cheese
- 3 garlic cloves Minced
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika Regular paprika is fine.
- parchment paper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Combine the cream cheese, Greek yogurt or sour cream, crab meat, minced garlic, Worcestershire sauce, and Parmesan cheese in a mixing bowl. Stir.
- Drizzle the olive oil onto both sides of the salmon. Make cuts/slices into the center of each of the pieces of salmon without cutting through the entire piece.
- Sprinkle the onion powder, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste over the salmon and rub it in.
- Stuff the crab mixture into each of the slits.
- Sprinkle the smoked paprika over the crab mix.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until the salmon reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees. Use a meat thermometer.
- Optional: Broil the salmon for 1-3 minutes to crisp the edges of the salmon and the brown the crab mixture on top.
Nutrition
Serving: 1stuffed filletCalories: 300kcalCarbohydrates: 3gProtein: 31gFat: 14g
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