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Baked Salmon
Baked salmon, I recently decided, is my go to dish for entertaining. If our guests like fish, I will more than likely have salmon on the dinner menu! Why? It is really easy to prepare, requires few ingredients, and presents beautifully. It also tastes really good! It can be pricey, but if you balance it out with inexpensive veggies and other simple sides it works out. My signature menu for a weeknight meal with family is probably baked salmon, sauteed spinach, salad and white rice. It is a meal my aunt has made many, many times throughout the years, and I love how balanced, healthy, and tasty it is! I switched it up a bit for the last minute dinner I hosted earlier this week in RI, and it was a hit!
Baked Salmon
Serves 8-10
Ingredients:
3 lbs Atlantic salmon
1 tbs kosher salt
2 lemons
2 cloves of garlic
1 tbs olive oil*
3/4 cup white wine
good solid sprinkling of black pepper
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F. Wash and dry your fish. Spread 1 tbs olive oil on the bottom of a baking pan. Place fish on top and sprinkle with salt. Slice your lemons and garlic into thin slices and place all over the top of the fish. Sprinkle with black pepper and then pour the wine all over the fish. Bake for about 30 minutes** until the fish is cooked through and the lemons turn slightly brown on the edges. Enjoy!
Notes:
*The olive oil is only so that the fish doesn’t stick to the pan. It makes it easier for cleanup, but if you prefer just use a piece of aluminum foil instead.
**You may have to bake the fish a bit longer if it is very thick.
P.S. Sorry this posted so late! We’ve been on the road all morning. I already miss RI, but it also feels good to be home.
I love salmon and this is a pretty similar recipe to what I use for baked salmon. I love the lemon flavor so much paired with the fish! I can’t wait to try out your salmon recipe soon!
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Mmmmm, salmon is one of my favorite proteins ever. It pairs so well with lemon. I also love it in an orange teriyaki glaze, blackened, or with a smokey barbecue sauce.
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This sounds delicious! I love salmon, but I hardly ever get to eat fish anymore. I’ll be sure to make this over winter break
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Yum. Sounds simple and versatile. I wonder if parchment paper would be a great substitute for the olive oil/tin foil as well. I use it all the time an as long as you keep your oven temps under 400 degrees it usually works great.
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Yum! Salmon is one of my favorite things to eat!!! This looks so good!
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Mmmmm… I make salmon the same way! So yummy! In the summer, I add sliced tomatoes on the top, too!
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this sounds like a CLASSIC…i love the thought of baking all of that flavor into the salmon!
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This sounds so flavorful! Salmon sounds so plain to me all the time but this looks like its just bursting with taste. Thanks!
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I love how simple and pretty baked salmon is. I totally agree – some spinach and rice and you’ve got a perfect meal!
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it makes me sad that you would encourage people to buy atlantic salmon instead of wild.
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