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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.
Don’t know why you all having problems with instructions, I am looking at them before noting this.
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Do I leave the skin on when baking? Should I use cooking spray on the foil to avoid sticking?
Yes, you can leave skin on and yes you can use cooking spray.
Will Real Lemon work? I would like to try this,but I have no fresh lemon.
Yes, it should work.
Hello! My salmon is 2.5 lbs, stupid question maybe but do I cook for 20 min as listed on your recipe
Or double the cooking time?
I’m making the recipe for 4. Do you wrap each salmon separately or altogether?
All together. You may separate them into two parcels if you like.
Good Evening, can I marinate this overnight?
I won’t marinate it overnight as lemon will make fish mushy.
I’m following this recepie tonight. We’ll see how it goes,it smells amazing I can say that so far ?
Awesome let me know how you like the garlic lemon butter salmon.
Can I substitute fresh tuna?
I think so, you can try and let me know how it goes. :)
Is it necessary to wrap the salmon or can it just be baked on top of sliced lemons?
You can just bake without wrapping with aluminum foil.