Garlic Salmon & Creamy Lemon Spaghetti
with Peas & Scallions
- Milk
- Wheat
- Fish
Now with more chicken! You asked, we listened: This isn't the HelloFresh you remember. Bigger menu. Upgraded recipes. Increased portion sizes. More variety. The best way to cook dinner just got BETTER. Garlicky seared chicken sits atop pea-studded spaghetti tossed in creamy lemon sauce—a zesty, satisfying dish that transports you straight to the trattoria. Top these loaded pasta bowls with scallion greens, lemon zest, and a final squeeze of fresh lemon juice, then twirl in that lucky fork for a 20-minute meal that can’t be beat.
Ingredients
½ ounce
Vidalia Onion Paste
4 ounce
Peas
4 ounce
Cream Sauce Base
(Contains: Milk)
1 unit
Lemon
2 unit
Scallions
6 ounce
Spaghetti
(Contains: Wheat)
1 teaspoon
Garlic Powder
10 ounce
Salmon
(Contains: Fish)
Not included in your delivery
teaspoon (tsp)
Salt
teaspoon (tsp)
Black Pepper
2 teaspoon (tsp)
Cooking Oil
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil.
Meanwhile, wash and dry produce. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Zest and quarter lemon.
Once water is boiling, add spaghetti to pot. Cook, stirring occasionally, until al dente, 9-11 minutes.
Reserve ½ cup pasta cooking water, then drain.
While spaghetti cooks, pat chicken* dry with paper towels and season all over with half the garlic powder (you’ll use the rest later), salt, and pepper.
Heat a drizzle of oil in a large pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken; cook until browned and cooked through, 5-7 minutes per side.
Turn off heat; transfer to a cutting board and tent with foil to keep warm. Wipe out pan.
Once spaghetti is drained, heat a drizzle of oil in pan used for chicken over medium-high heat. Add scallion whites and cook, stirring, until softened, 30-60 seconds.
Stir in drained spaghetti, peas, cream sauce base, onion paste, remaining garlic powder, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Cook, tossing, until sauce has thickened and everything is evenly coated, 1-2 minutes. (If sauce seems too thick, stir in reserved pasta cooking water a splash at a time.) Taste and season with salt and pepper.
Slice chicken crosswise.
Divide pasta between plates. Top with chicken, scallion greens, a squeeze of lemon juice, and as much lemon zest as you like. Serve with any remaining lemon wedges on the side.
Customer reviews
Review summary
Updated on Dec 2025- Flavor: Many loved the lemony pasta, though some wanted bolder flavors. A few found the salmon fishy; consider adding fresh garlic for extra zing 🍋.
- Ease of prep: Quick and simple to make, with generous portions that often yielded leftovers. Some wished for salmon cooking instructions when substituting proteins.
- Suggestions: Try adding Parmesan cheese or fresh herbs to boost flavor. Consider swapping peas for asparagus or reducing their quantity.
- Portions: Pasta servings were ample, often providing leftovers. A few found the salmon portion small; consider increasing for heartier appetites.
Reviews from our home cooks
This recipe was also very good and easy to make. We had the salmon and the combination with the spaghetti, lemon and cream worked out well. The only suggestion is maybe add an extra side vegetable.
Really great lemony flavor!! And as usual, more than enough for almost 3 portions! Very easy meal to prepare and just love the freshness of it
Wow, so delicious. I ended up adding fresh garlic and it was so good. Wish there was some type of herb though.
I'm beginning to see why scallions are a staple ingredient in these dishes...yum! Beautiful cuts of salmon, too.
This was a substitute salmon for chicken recipe and neither the recipe card or the online recipe included instructions for cooking the salmon. I got a particularly small lemon and needed to add a lemon from my fridge to get the desired flavor. I had to do a double take when looking up the carbs for this recipe. Good but not great.
There wasn't enough sauce so the recipe ended up kind of dry. Also it would be good to show how the sauce was made so if I want to replicate it for a future meal, I could do so
10/10 even my picky eater 8yo ate everything but the peas!
Delicious, but too many peas. Asparagus would be so much better in this.
Very good but did not have instructions to cook salmon. But it turned out well. I have cooked salmon before.
A huge amount of pasta which we were able to make into two other meals
