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Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout

By:Nagi
Published:12 Sep '16Updated:4 Apr '23
84 Comments
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Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! Creamy Dill Sauce for salmon or trout is made with sour cream so it’s light and refreshing, and loaded with lovely fresh dill and lemon flavours.

Clocking in at just 397 calories per serving, and that’s with extra sauce for dipping your veggies in!

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

Everyone needs an arsenal of super quick meals in their back pocket. Fish with some kind of sauce is a great one because fish cooks so quickly.

Today I’m sharing a Creamy Dill Sauce which is no cook so it literally takes minutes to make. Just sour cream, mustard, lemon, garlic plus a good amount of fresh dill, and you have yourself a lovely fresh sauce. Delicious for dipping in bread and veggie sticks, and dolloping on salmon (or trout!).

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

Unlike many creamy sauces, Dill Sauce is not rich and heavy. It’s light and tangy so it goes really well with salmon and trout because they are both quite oily and rich.

Plus of course – dill. It’s one of the classic herb flavour pairings in this world. Tomato and basil. Rosemary and lamb. Salmon and dill. 👌🏼

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

I’d describe this Creamy Dill Sauce as a less tangy version of tzatziki. If you use yoghurt instead of sour cream, it would actually taste quite similar to tzatziki. I prefer to make this with sour cream because I find it smoother.

I alternate freely between salmon and trout in my cooking as I find them quite similar, though I think trout is slightly juicier (in Australia). I actually cooked 4 trouts, and I have no idea why I failed to take a single photo of all 4 of them. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Actually, maybe it was because my subconscious realised that if I only photographed 2 trouts, then I’d have half the sauce leftover to dunk bread into while I was shooting? 🤔

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

I served this with some bread and my lazy Zucchini Salad – I’ve popped the recipe in the notes. With these simple sides, this really is a complete meal you can get on the table in 15 minutes – without running around like a lunatic! – Nagi x

PS. More quick ways with salmon! Honey Garlic Salmon and Asian Glazed Salmon. Or for a variation of this creamy sauce, Salmon with Creamy Garlic & Herb Sauce. Then there’s this incredible Christmas Baked Salmon: Easy & Make-ahead, a super-easy and eye-catching Christmas (or anytime) centrepiece.

Also check out Japanese Salmon on my mother’s site, RecipeTin Japan. Don’t ask me to choose a favourite. I can’t!

PPS I made this Dill Sauce for salmon / trout, but it is also a fab dip for veggie sticks and bread. And you can thin it out more with lemon juice / milk, and use it as a salad dressing too!

Creamy Dill Sauce for Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

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Creamy Dill Sauce with Salmon or Trout - A simple, refreshing sauce that pairs beautifully with rich salmon. Dinner on the table in 15 minutes! www.recipeteineats.com

Creamy Dill Sauce with Salmon or Trout

Author: Nagi | RecipeTin Eats
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 5 mins
Total: 15 mins
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5 from 27 votes
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A fantastic quick meal! Dill Sauce is refreshing, rather than heavy as many "creamy" sauces can be, because it is made with sour cream. The slight acidity is a great pairing with salmon or trout which are quite rich and oily. I made this with trout.

Ingredients

Dill Sauce

  • 3/4 cup sour cream (1)
  • 2 tsp Dijon or hot English mustard (2)
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder or 1 small garlic clove , minced
  • 2 1/2 tbsp fresh dill , finely chopped
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 - 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp milk (or olive oil, for richness)
  • 1/4 - 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp white sugar

Fish

  • 1/2 - 1 tbsp oil
  • 4 salmon or trout fillets (125g / 4oz each)
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions

  • Mix the Dill Sauce ingredients together (Mix well to loosen the sour cream). Adjust consistency with milk and tartness with lemon juice. Set aside for 10 minutes if you can - if using fresh garlic, set aside for 20 min.
  • Pat fish dry with paper towel. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  • Heat oil in skillet over medium high heat. Place fish in skillet skin side down. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook the other side for 1 1/2 minutes.
  • Remove from skillet onto serving plates. Serve with Dill Sauce on the side, garnished with fresh dill and lemon wedges if desired.

Recipe Notes:

1. You could use Greek Yoghurt instead of sour cream. It is slightly more tangy and low fat tends to be less creamy.
Low fat is fine but will be less creamy.
2. I like to use hot English mustard for a little kick. Alternatively you could use Dijon mustard + horseradish cream.
3. I served this with my lazy zucchini salad: Use a potato peeler to make long strips of zucchini and shave some parmesan. Toss with verjuice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Verjuice is made from unfermented grapes and is a very mild vinegar which makes it fantastic for really quick salad dressings because you don't need to tone down the acidity with other ingredients. Maggie Beer was the first to commercial produce verjuice, but other brands are now available in supermarkets in the vinegar section.
4. Nutrition per serving, assuming all the sauce is consumed. There is more sauce than needed, but I always make a little extra because it's nice to dip veggies and bread into the leftovers. 97 calories of the total is for the sauce.
If you use low fat rather than full fat sour cream, it reduces to 369 calories.creamy-dill-sauce-with-salmon

Nutrition Information:

Serving: 208gCalories: 397cal (20%)Carbohydrates: 4.2g (1%)Protein: 42g (84%)Fat: 22.8g (35%)Saturated Fat: 7.6g (48%)Cholesterol: 129mg (43%)Sodium: 305mg (13%)Potassium: 832mg (24%)Sugar: 1.1g (1%)Vitamin A: 450IU (9%)Vitamin C: 5.8mg (7%)Calcium: 170mg (17%)Iron: 4mg (22%)
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84 Comments

  1. Norma says

    September 13, 2016 at 4:58 am

    Is there a recipe for the zucchini ribbons? I have a plant that just keeps on giving. I’d love to know how you cook the zucchini.

    We eat a lot of salmon and can’t wait to try the sauce recipe.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:29 pm

      Hi Norma! It’s in the notes to the recipe 🙂 N x

      Reply
      • Norma says

        September 15, 2016 at 9:32 am

        Thank you, I read the recipe but not the notes when I looked at it. Color me red faced.

        Reply
        • Nagi says

          September 19, 2016 at 7:00 am

          Oh please! Don’t be SILLY! N x ❤️

          Reply
  2. Susan says

    September 13, 2016 at 4:04 am

    I would probably use full fat Greek yogurt in place of sour cream, because I like it better, but full fat is way less tangy than lower or non-fat. The sauce sounds wonderful. BTW, I want to point out to you that if it weren’t for you conning your mother into doing a blog, she would be retired… ? (But I’m sure glad you did, because it’s wonderful to have a source for traditional Japanese recipes from someone I am confident is a wonderful cook.)

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:26 pm

      She regularly reminds me of that too!!! She declares that she is soooo busy now!!

      Reply
  3. Bam's Kitchen says

    September 13, 2016 at 3:17 am

    5 stars
    Anything 15 minutes or less is a big winner here! Actually, even if your fish is still frozen solid when you came home from work, I bet you could still get this lovely dinner on your table in less than 30 minutes. You have me craving this now!!! I just popped over to see your mom’s website and really love what I see. I can’t wait to keep in touch with her. In the fall I always get home sick for Japan. I really do and the best way to combat this is to make lots of delicious Japanese dishes.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:26 pm

      You know, you’re right, I made this the other night and just defrosted the fish in water (it was in ziplock bags) 🙂 I get home sick for Japan too!!! 🙂

      Reply
  4. Dorothy Dunton says

    September 13, 2016 at 1:05 am

    Hi Nagi! I haven’t had trout in years simply because it isn’t available here, but salmon is! I make a very similar sauce to which I add thinly sliced cucumber and onion, we use as a side for sandwiches or just as a snack! I do love fresh dill and it marries perfectly with salmon! Perfect as always my friend!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:24 pm

      Really! Trout isn’t available at all??? LOVE the sound of your sauce. 🙂 N x

      Reply
  5. Kevin | Keviniscooking says

    September 13, 2016 at 12:57 am

    I used to eat trout a lot as a kid fishing but salmon is my go to these days. Steamed, grilled, baked or broiled it’s a fantastic plump and juicy fish, but add to it this creamy dill sauce and it’s a great switch up from my routine. That homeless guy eats darn good!
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:23 pm

      He looks after the dog park, he deserves it!

      Reply
  6. Ann| Cooking Maniac says

    September 12, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    5 stars
    This look fabulous! Fish is my all time favorite go to meal. Super quick and always yummy.

    Reply
    • Nagi says

      September 14, 2016 at 8:19 pm

      ME TOO! 🙂

      Reply
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