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Garlic Lemon Butter Salmon - the easiest foil-wrapped salmon recipe ever with crazy delicious salmon in garlic lemon butter sauce. So good!
We eat a lot of salmon in our home.
First of all, salmon is very accessible and secondly, it’s healthy and loaded with omega 3, a brain food which is great for little G.
Baked Salmon With Foil
Baked Salmon with Foil is the easiest way to cook salmon in the oven.
First of all, the salmon will remain moist, juicy and flavorful.
Secondly, there is no dirty dish to clean.
It’s so easy!
This foil-wrapped Garlic Lemon Butter Salmon has become one of my favorite recipes whenever I want a quick dish for dinner.
Farmed Salmon Or Wild Caught Salmon
There are many types of salmon in the market, wild caught, farmed, in different cuts.
I always buy wild caught salmon if they are available.
Even though farmed salmon is cheaper, there are reports about unethical farming of the dish.
For this recipe, I chose a wild-caught salmon fillet which is not too thick.
This ensures that the salmon cooks evenly in the oven.
Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce
Garlic lemon butter sauce is an amazing sauce that you can make at home and it goes well with just about any protein.
My version is sweetened with honey, making this salmon dish even more tantalizing. The best thing of all, the active time is 10 minutes and the oven is doing the rest!
Side Dishes To Serve With Salmon
As salmon can be fishy, I like tomato-based side dishes that would help with the fishy after taste.
Below please find my favorites.
I also provide Recipe Pairing Ideas below, scroll down and look for them.
Frequently Asked Questions
This recipe is only 362 calories per serving.
What To Serve With Garlic Lemon Butter Salmon
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Garlic Lemon Butter Salmon
Ingredients
- 1 lb. (450 g) salmon fillet
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
- 3 dashes cayenne pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- sliced lemon , for garnishing
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F (207°C).
- In a small bowl, mix together the garlic, lemon juice, honey, butter, cayenne pepper, and salt. Whisk until well combined.
- Rinse the salmon under cold water and pat it dry with paper towels. Transfer the salmon to a large sheet of aluminum foil and drizzle the garlic-lemon butter mixture over it, coating well. Top with parsley, then wrap the salmon tightly in the foil. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the salmon is cooked through.
- Unwrap the foil, garnish with sliced lemon, and serve immediately.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Preheat oven to 400F.
In a small bowl, mix the garlic, lemon juice, honey, butter, cayenne pepper and salt together. Whisk to combine well.
Rinse the salmon with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Transfer the salmon to a big sheet of aluminum foil and drizzle the garlic lemon butter mixture on the salmon. Coat well. Top with parsley. Wrap the salmon up tightly and bake for 20 minutes, or until the salmon is cooked through.
Unwrap the foil, garnish with sliced lemon and serve immediately.
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I’m having the hardest time finding the instructions for this recipe, I found the ingredients but cant seem to find the rest… Am I missing something?
I’ve made this before and it was great. I just visited the site to make it again and I can’t find the instructions either
I mix all the ingredients in a bowl and spread on the salmon and then bake at 400 for 20-25 minutes. Couldn’t find instructions so I improvised. Taste the same!
Me too! Did you find them?
Don’t know why you all having problems with instructions, I am looking at them before noting this.
If I just want to prep this to make later tonight can I wrap it in the foil and let it set in the fridge until I am ready to bake it?
Yes, totally! But bear in mind that the moisture content in the salmon might seep out and make the salmon more watery after baking. :)
Should I adjust the cooking time for frozen salmon or thaw it first? Also, do you think fresh, uncooked asparagus and brussel sprouts would cook perfectly in the same foil, in the same time? I’m about to make this.
Hi, can I use frypan instead of oven?? No oven at home!
Yes you can!
Great easy recipe!!!! My son had 4 helpings! Parchment paper really kept in the flavor and moisture. Will make this again.
Cook at what temp?
400 F per the recipe.
Deliciously simple! Thank you!
Thanks Layne!!
Thanks for this recipe Bee. I also used parchment paper and it came out perfectly yummy, yummy,yummy!! It is an easy to prepare meal I will surely be making again and again.
Hi Marie, thanks so much for trying my garlic lemon butter salmon. Please make sure you check out my other recipes here, there are all good: https://www.666630.xyz/recipe-index-gallery/
Wrapping the salmon in parchment paper is better and healthier option. Will make this soon. Thanks for recipe
Awesome, thanks for the suggestion about parchment paper.
Hi lovely recipe :))
To Sharon why is the parchment paper healthier?thank you
Hi Jane,
I think that Sharron possibly uses parchment paper due to the Alzheimers — aluminium link?