Easy baked salmon ingredients
The base of this recipe starts with a few simple ingredients: salmon filets, olive oil, and salt and pepper. From there, you can mix it up with different seasonings depending on what other flavors you’re serving. Here are some of my favorite ways to bake salmon:
This is the best baked salmon recipe
The short cooking time on high heat guarantees that the salmon will be juicy and tender. If you/your kids/roommate/partner are starving, this is the recipe to make. Pair it with a simple salad and dinner will be on the table in 15 minutes. Tops. It’s a versatile recipe. A little salt and pepper are all the basic version needs to be delicious. But the spices you can add are almost limitless, and we have plenty of suggestions on salmon seasonings for you in the recipe. While it’s an easy recipe, it’s also perfect for entertaining. Prepare the salmon then let it rest at room temperature on a baking sheet. When you want to eat, pop the baking sheet into the oven and 8 minutes later you’ll be sitting down to a beautiful dinner.
My personal fave: Get some spice rack stapes, with sweet paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, coconut sugar, and oregano. Lemon thyme: Fresh thyme leaves and a lemon. Garlicky salmon: Italian seasoning, garlic cloves, and lemon. Chili lime: Chili powder, garlic powder, and lime zest. Rosemary: Some garlic, a lemon, and, you guessed it, rosemary! Curry: Curry powder, coconut sugar, garlic powder, and lime zest.
Baked salmon recipe tips
This baked salmon recipe is super simple, but even simple recipes can turn out better if you keep a few master tricks in mind. Here are my top tips for delicious baked salmon: That’s in. In less than 10 minutes you’ve made yourself a delicious salmon dinner! Salmon is notorious for being dry. That’s because almost all salmon recipes tell you to cook it too long. While the FDA recommends cooking salmon to 145 degrees Fahrenheit, if you remove the salmon from the oven at 145, you’ll end up with dry salmon that (in my opinion) is barely worth eating. That’s because the temperature will continue to rise after the salmon has been removed from the oven, and it will end up being overcooked. If you’re new to baking salmon, the best way to tell if it’s cooked is to use an instant-read meat thermometer. If you remove the salmon from the oven when it reaches an internal temperature of 135-140 degrees Fahrenheit, it will be fully cooked by the time you eat it.
Personal favorite: sweet paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, coconut sugar, and oregano. Lemon thyme: lemon zest, fresh thyme leaves, and a squeeze of lemon when the salmon comes out of the oven. Garlicky: Lemon slices, Italian seasoning, and finely minced garlic. Chili lime: Chili powder, garlic powder, and lime zest. Rosemary: Lemon slices, minced garlic, and rosemary. Curry: curry powder, garlic powder, coconut sugar, and lime zest.
Let it rest: Once you’ve retrieved your salmon from the oven, give it a few minutes to rest. This allows the juices to redistribute, keeping it moist and tender. Here are a few other sides that go well with this baked salmon:
Sauteed Asparagus with Garlic and Parmesan Spicy Honey Roasted Carrots Best Roasted Broccoli (pictured below) Avocado Cucumber Salad Sauteed Green Beans with Garlic Simple Cauliflower Rice Perfect Basmati Rice
Steelhead – This is my personal favorite! Its high fat content means it never becomes dry, and the flavor is very mild. (It’s also not technically salmon, but it looks and tastes so similar that it’s often called Steelhead Salmon.)Coho – Medium fat with a light flavor. My second favorite!King (also known as Chinook) – Is high in fat and has a strong flavor.Sockeye – Is quite lean (ie: dry) with a strong fish flavor.Chum and Pink – Both of these are low in fat with a mild flavor.Atlantic – Best to avoid this farmed fish for environmental reasons.
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