Baked Salmon {Easy Recipe}

A close up of four pieces of salmon, cooked and ready to eat.

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4.59 from 12 votes

Baked Salmon {Easy Recipe}

This quick, healthy and simple Baked Salmon recipe is a light but delicious midweek dinner for the whole family.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Family Food

Servings:

Author: Sarah Rossi

Ingredients

2 tbsp Olive oil
1 Garlic clove Peeled and crushed
1 Lemon
4 Skinless salmon fillets
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper To season

To serve:

2 tbsp Finely chopped parsley

Metric - Imperial

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 180℃/350F Fan, 200℃/400F or Gas Mark 6.
Mix the olive oil with the garlic and the zest of the lemon.
Place the salmon fillets in a baking dish, then drizzle over the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Bake in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the salmon flakes apart when you press it and looks opaque. Serve with the remaining lemon cut into wedges and chopped parsley.

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Notes

Servings: This is a really good recipe to scale down- if you want to cook for less people just reduce the recipe accordingly, it's the perfect supper for nights on your own.

Salmon: It’s best to use fresh skinless and boneless salmon fillets from the supermarket or fishmonger for this so we don’t have any fiddly work to do. This recipe serves 4 people - if you want to serve for more than this it may be more economical to buy a side of salmon. If you do decide to do this then you can follow this recipe, however you should increase your cooking time to around 20-30 minutes.

Skin: If your salmon has skin on it and you know you won’t eat it, bake it on some foil, skin side down, and when you gently lift the cooked salmon from the tray it should leave the skin behind on the foil!

Be careful not to overcook: If you’re not sure, keep checking the salmon. It shouldn't have that telltale white residue coming from it. If you notice this on the fish, remove it from the oven straight away.

Gluten free recipe

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