Name: Dill Sauce for Salmon
Prep time: 5 min
Total time: 5 min
Cuisine: Sauce
Ingredients: 1/3 cup sour cream; 1/3 cup mayonnaise; 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill (or 2 teaspoons dried*); 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon dried dill; 1/4 teaspoon sugar; 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt

Want to dress up your fish? This lusciously creamy dill sauce for salmon transforms it into a restaurant quality meal.

Looking to dress up your fish? Try this Dill Sauce for Salmon! This lusciously creamy sauce adds a burst of tangy, herbaceous flavor to everything it touches. It’s fantastic on anything, of course: like carrot sticks, fries, or as a sandwich spread. But it’s most at home with a piece of savory, perfectly seasoned fish: it compliments the rich, buttery notes of salmon perfectly. This one takes dinner from blah to magnificent in just 5 minutes!

Ingredients in this dill sauce for salmon

Dill sauce is a natural pairing with salmon: this delicate herb is often paired with fish in Scandinavian cuisine. Its citrusy, subtle licorice flavor is infused throughout this creamy sauce, which has a simple mix of lemon and herbs. This dill sauce has a bit of richness for drizzling on fish: you’ll only need a small amount for big impact. (Contrast that to our Greek yogurt-based Dill Sauce, which is better used as a vegetable dip or on a falafel sandwich.) Here are the ingredients you’ll need:

Sour cream
Mayonnaise
Finely chopped fresh dill
Lemon juice
Garlic powder
Dried dill
Sugar
Kosher salt

Ready to make it? Jump down to the recipe below.

Fresh vs dried dill

The flavor of this dill sauce for salmon is best with both fresh dill and dried dill! Fresh dill has a unique flavor that’s hard to replicate with only the dried version. However, buying fresh herbs can be expensive and it’s not always possible to access fresh dill. If you can’t find it, use 2 teaspoons dried dill instead (then skip the added dried dill in the recipe).

Why does this dill sauce use fresh dill and dried dill? They’re both essential to the flavor. Fresh dill infuses a light, citrusy, herby flavor whereas dried dill gives a darker complexity. Don’t leave out the dried dill either! The flavor is lacking without it.

Ways to serve this dill sauce for salmon

This dill sauce for salmon works with just about any way you want to cook this fish! Here are a few of our top methods for how to cook salmon, which pair excellently with this sauce recipe:

Baked: Try it with Easy Oven Baked Salmon
Pan Seared: It’s great on Easy Pan Seared Salmon
Broiled: Broiling is quick and easy; try Quick Broiled Salmon
Grilled: It’s great on Easy Grilled Salmon
Poached: This sauce brings Poached Salmon to life!
Sandwich: Try this Salmon Sandwich with Dill Sauce

More salmon sauces

Want more ideas for sauces for salmon? There are loads of ways to accessorize this popular fish. Here are some of our top sauces for salmon:

Add bright green Chimichurri Sauce
Go for citrusy Lemon Caper Sauce
Mix up homemade pesto for Pesto Salmon
Make a creamy mix of Remoulade Sauce

12 Sauce for Salmon Ideas

Chimichurri Sauce

Lemon Caper Sauce

Pesto Salmon

This dill sauce for salmon recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free.