Description
Easy, delicious and flavorful lemon and garlic baked salmon!
Ingredients
1 (2 lb) wild caught piece of salmon*
1/2 cup olive oil
6 garlic cloves, crushed
1/2 cup lemon juice
Zest of 1 lemon
1 cup chopped parsley
2 teaspoons lemon pepper
Instructions
Sauce Directions:
In a small saucepan, heat garlic in olive oil until golden. Add lemon juice to the garlic. Simmer over medium-low heat until it thickens a bit, about 5 minutes. Add parsley and stir. Sprinkle lemon pepper over the flesh side of the salmon.
Oven Directions:
Lay the salmon flesh side up on a foil lined baking sheet. Broil 3-5 minutes, or until the salmon just begins to brown. Pull the foil up around the salmon, and then pour the garlic sauce over the salmon. Lightly close the foil to create a tent over the fish. Bake at 400 degrees for about 30-40 minutes, or until the fish is cooked to your satisfaction. (Salmon can technically be eaten raw, and just like beef everyone has different ideas of what “done” looks like. For us, if the salmon easily flakes with a fork, we call it done!)
Grill Directions:
Grill salmon until golden. Flip fish skin side down in casserole or foil. Pour garlic sauce over, making sure the foil holds all the oil, and finish cooking to your satisfaction.
Notes
We also use frozen salmon from Costco, which is way more cost-effective since we don’t live near a coast! Just thaw the salmon you want to use, and then follow directions as usual.