Pan-fried salmon with broccoli

Get dinner on the table in 10 minutes with this simple salmon dish that gets added flavour from zesty lemon. Serve with broccoli to help you on the way to 5 a day. 

Ingredients

• 25g/1oz butter
• 150g/5½oz salmon fillet, skin on, thickly sliced
• ½ lemon, juice only, plus lemon wedges to garnish
• small handful Tenderstem broccoli
• salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation method

1. Melt the butter in a frying pan. Add the salmon skin-side down, season with salt and freshly ground black pepper and squeeze over a little lemon juice. Fry for 2-3 minutes, then turn the salmon over and fry for a further 1-2 minutes, or until cooked through. Squeeze over a little more lemon juice and taste to check the seasoning. Remove from the pan and set aside.
   
2. Place the broccoli into a pan of boiling salted water and boil for 3-4 minutes, or until al dente. Drain the broccoli.
   
3. To serve, pile the broccoli onto a serving plate and top with the pan-fried salmon. Garnish with lemon wedges.

Top recipe tip

Lemon juice is great for adding flavour to dishes, you can buy a bottle of lemon juice for as little as 60p.