Lemon Garlic Salmon Pasta | The Simplified Mom

Ingredients

• Use a good box pasta, Barilla is one of my favorite
• Salt your water before adding the pasta
• Don’t cook the pasta all the way if add to a different pot, it will finish cooking in that pot
• Don’t drain or rinse your pasta, just scoop it into the pan or pot you are adding it to
• 1lb box of penne pasta or pasta of your choice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 ½-2 lbs of salmon depends on the size of the salmon you have
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 1 cup of white wine
• 2 lemons
• 1 ladle of pasta water (about 1 cup)
• 3 tbsp butter
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 cup of grated parmesan cheese
• In a large pot boil water with salt and cook pasta until al dente’. You want the pasta to be a little hard. About 3 minutes short of the cooking time.
• While the pasta is cooking, get your salmon ready. Take skin off if needed and remove any bones if needed.
• In a large skillet on medium heat add 1 tbsp of olive oil.
• Season salmon with salt and pepper.
• Add in salmon and break it up. Add in minced garlic. Stir until the salmon is almost cooked.
• Add in the white wine, zest and juice from two lemons. Mix together.
• Add in pasta and 1 cup of pasta water. Stir until combined. Cooked for an additional 2 minutes.
• Mix in 1 cup of parmesan cheese and butter and cook for 1 minute.
• Serve with additional parmesan cheese if desired.