This baked salmon with white wine sauce features peas and radishes. It's the perfect way to utilize all those gorgeous spring vegetables - including the radish greens! Bonus: it cooks quickly so it's an excellent weeknight meal.
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This baked salmon with white wine sauce is really the ultimate of all the ultimate spring recipes, because we are using two spring vegetables instead of one: peas and radishes!
The humble radish is often overlooked. Have you been content just to think of radishes as a garnish or something on a crudité plate? Well, you're missing out if you chose the latter.
The light white wine sauce lets the delicate flavors of the salmon, peas, and radishes come through. Just a hint of mustard, and a little brightness and bite from capers and fresh dill. (If you know me at all you know I love a caper-dill combo...)
And this is ready in less than 30 minutes so you can treat yourself to something elegant on a weeknight with ease.
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Salmon with white wine sauce is a quick and easy spring recipe!
- Quick prep: Just remove radish leaves and slice radishes in half.
- Only 8 ingredients!
- Make the sauce while the salmon bakes, so it's ready in 30 minutes!
- The light white wine sauce lets all the flavors shine through.
- Radishes and peas are some of the tastiest and most vibrant spring vegetables.
- It's gluten free!
Ingredients you'll need
- Salmon: Look for salmon filets that are about the same size and thickness so they will all cook evenly.
- Peas: If you're luck enough to have fresh peas from the garden great, but I used frozen here.
- Radishes and radish leaves: You can use the traditional pink/red radishes or the lovely multicolored ones. And yes, save the leaves as we are also cooking those!
- White wine: Something light like a pinot grigio or sauvignon blanc will make a great sauce without being overpowering.
- Dijon mustard
- Capers
- Olive oil
- Unsalted butter
- Fresh dill
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Recommended tools and equipment
- Sheet pan: For baking the salmon. Choose one that won't warp like Nordic Ware or Chicago Metallic.
- Chef's knife: To prep the radishes.
- Large deep skillet: To cook the radishes and white wine sauce.
How to make baked salmon with white wine sauce
Adapted from New York Times Cooking.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
Step 1: Thaw the frozen peas
Heat the frozen peas in the microwave for about one minute until just thawed and set aside.
Step 2: Prep the radishes
Using a good chef's knife, trim the greens from the radishes and set aside.
Slice radishes in half.
Step 3: Bake the salmon
Line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper. Drizzle olive oil on both sides of the salmon filets and season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and bake to desired temperature, 8 - 12 minutes.
Step 4: Cook the radishes
While the salmon bakes, melt the butter and olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add radishes, season with salt and pepper, and cook until tender, about 8 minutes.
Disclosure: I am a member of the Lodge Blogger Network. The enamel casserole pan pictured here was provided to me free of charge. All opinions are my own.
Step 5: Make the white wine sauce
Add the white wine and dijon mustard and whisk together, then add capers and water and stir to combine.
Add the remaining butter, reduce heat to medium and simmer about 2 minutes.
Step 6: Add the peas and serve
Add the peas, dill and radish leaves and cook just until the radish leaves wilt and the peas are warmed through. Taste for seasoning.
Transfer the salmon to 4 plates and divide the vegetables and pan sauce evenly. Top with more fresh dill if desired and serve.
Tips for salmon with white wine sauce and peas
- This recipe cooks very quickly. I recommend getting all of your ingredients measured and ready before you start cooking. I like to use little glass bowls like these when I'm prepping my ingredients.
- Be sure to remove the pan from the heat as soon as the radish greens are wilted and the peas are warmed through to ensure that they both retain their beautiful bright green color.
- If you don't like dill, you can substitute parsley instead.
FAQ
Yes, yes, yes! You can cook radishes! Radishes can be sautéed, roasted, braised and more, and they complement lots of different flavor profiles. The flavor turns milder and slightly sweet. When using radishes in recipes, think of them like a carrot or a potato.
Yes, again, yes! You can eat radish greens, so don't waste them. Try wilting them just like spinach and use accordingly.
More spring vegetable recipes
- This Sugar Snap Pea Salad is topped with sliced radishes for a peppery bite.
- Radishes with Radish Leaf Butter are another simple way to use the radish greens for tastiness and to reduce food waste!
- Risotto with Peas is rich and creamy, and easier to make than you might think!
More salmon recipes
- Oven Baked Salmon with Roasted Tomatoes and Basil Yogurt Sauce is a flavor bomb in the summer!
- Oven Roasted Salmon with Citrus Herb Salsa Verde has a double whammy of orange and lemon!
- Salmon with Creamy Dill Sauce is ready in less than 30 minutes!
Recipe
Salmon with White Wine Sauce, Peas, and Radishes
Equipment
Ingredients
- 24 oz salmon four filets, 6 oz each
- 2 bunches radishes
- 3 tablespoon unsalted butter
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 ½ cups frozen peas
- ¼ cup white wine
- 2 ½ teaspoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon drained capers
- ¾ cup water
- ¼ cup chopped dill
- kosher salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Heat the frozen peas in the microwave for about one minute until just thawed and set aside.
- Trim the greens from the radishes and set aside, then slice radishes in half.
- Add the white wine and dijon mustard and whisk together, then add capers and water and stir to combine. Add the remaining butter, reduce heat to medium and simmer about 2 minutes.
- Add the peas, dill and radish leaves and cook just until the radish leaves wilt and the peas are warmed through. Taste for seasoning.
- Transfer the salmon to 4 plates and divide the vegetables and pan sauce evenly. Top with more fresh dill if desired and serve.
Notes
- This recipe cooks very quickly. I recommend getting all of your ingredients measured and ready before you start cooking. I like to use little glass bowls like these when I'm prepping my ingredients.
- Be sure to remove the pan from the heat as soon as the radish greens are wilted and the peas are warmed through to ensure that they both retain their beautiful bright green color.
- If you don't like dill, you can substitute parsley instead.
- This recipe was adapted from New York Times Cooking
Natalie
Delicious! I used mint with the radish and peas... and paired the veggies with some pan seared chicken thighs! Taste of Spring!!
Debra
Hi Natalie,
The mint is a perfect idea! And yes, I think the radishes and peas would go well as a side dish with so many different proteins. I love hearing about how you made it your own!
Thanks for reading and trying my recipes!
Debra