Description
Simple ingredients yield delicious results in this easy Lemon Garlic Baked Salmon recipe, which can be made in 30 minutes or less! Salmon fillets are drizzled with a citrusy garlic butter, topped with fresh lemon slices, wrapped in a foil packet, and oven baked until tender and flaky.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¼ pounds salmon (skin on, cut into 5 fillets)
- 5 tablespoons salted butter (melted)
- 2 garlic cloves (finely minced)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice (divided)
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
- 5 lemon slices
Instructions
- Step 1: Preheat the oven to 375℉.
- Step 2: Whisk melted butter, garlic, basil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Step 3: Place a large sheet of aluminum foil on a large baking sheet. Layer a piece of parchment paper that is slightly smaller than the foil on top. Place salmon fillets on the paper with a slight gab between each one.
- Step 4: Pour half of the lemon-basil sauce over salmon fillets. Reserve the remaining sauce for later. Top each fillet with one lemon slice.
- Step 5: Close paper and aluminum foil around salmon to make a packet. Bake salmon for 14-16 minutes without undoing the foil packet.
- Step 6: Open the foil packet, pour the remaining lemon-basil sauce over fillets and return salmon to oven under a High broil for 5-7 minutes. (Make sure you tear off or fold down any parchment paper that might be sticking up so it doesn’t burn!)
- Step 7: Watch salmon closely while broiling. Once it starts to brown slightly, remove from the oven and serve immediately with additional fresh lemon juice and basil, if desired.
Notes
For the best flavor and texture, completely thaw previously frozen salmon in the refrigerator overnight and pat dry before seasoning.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Seafood
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 fillet
- Calories: 226 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 369 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 7 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 1 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 19 g
- Cholesterol: 78 mg
Keywords: lemon baked salmon, foil packet salmon, garlic butter salmon, healthy seafood dinner