A delicious fish dish, this Basil Baked Salmon is prepped and on your table in less than a half an hour. It makes a delicious and easy weeknight meal!
Change up dinner with this yummy baked salmon fillet. It tastes great and it’s healthy for ya!
I am pretty fond of fish. My youngest daughter, not so much. So, whenever she’s not in our presence at dinner time, I’m making fish for the boys. Tonight it was baked salmon. I also do tilapia, or we go out and have some sushi. For tonight, I had the sudden urge to look for a baked salmon recipe that is not only easy preparing wise, but that doesn’t hold back on the taste either. With this not being in the actual recipe, I figured it would be a good thing to tell you to have a lemon slice on the side. It gives it that extra kick that some of us like.
As a very fortunate SAHM (stay at home mom), I’m able to be quite productive in the mornings after both kids leave for school, getting laundry done, dishes, cleaning, yada, yada, yada. And sometimes I even exercise or at least I was motivated to today and that’s 1/2 the battle, isn’t it? Because I really haven’t done anything in quite some time.
So, this morning, I’m workout ready – dressed, all set up in front of the tv, got my water, have the P90X DVD in and I hit that play button. The phone rings. Impeccable timing. “I have an errand I need to run and I’d like to take my beautiful wife to lunch.” Beautiful wife? After 5 years of dating and 21 years of marriage, this man still makes my heart melt! Funny how the only two words I heard were “beautiful wife”. “Wait, what?” “I have to go out and want to take you to lunch. Be here at my office in an hour.” Wouldn’t it figure, the one day I actually want to exercise? How can I refuse him when he makes me an offer of lunch and so skillfully uses the word beautiful?
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This Brown Sugar Honey Salmon with Caramelized Pineapple is quite delicious. Fruit is always such a great accompaniment for fish.
The combination of the flavors in the Mustard Pecan Crusted Salmon made me eat every last bite!
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Day 215 – Basil Baked Salmon
Ingredients
- 1 1 lb. salmon fillet
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 ½ teaspoon fresh basil
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F.
- In a small bowl, combine olive oil, garlic, basil, salt, pepper, and parsley. Mix well.
- Cut salmon fillet into four even pieces.
- In a 9 X 13-inch baking dish, place a sheet of tin foil long enough on each side to fold over and contain the salmon.
- Place the salmon fillets onto the tin foil. Pour marinade over each.
- Carefully fold the tin foil over the fillets, securing the sides and ends, encasing them so that the steam helps them to bake.
- Place baking dish in oven and bake for 25-30 minutes.
- Check salmon at about 20 minutes. If the fish flakes when pulled apart with a fork and is pink then it is cooked. Be careful not to overcook it.
Carefully fold the tin foil over the fillets. The steam will help to cook them.
Check salmon at about 20 minutes.
If the fish flakes when pulled apart with a fork and is pink then it is cooked. Be careful not to overcook it! No one likes overdone fish.
I cut the single large fillet up because on Day 177 with the Mustard Pecan Crusted Salmon, the fillets took too long to cook because they were too thick. I have to say that we liked this salmon recipe better than the Mustard Pecan. The flavors of the lemon and basil blended quite nicely, and it was nicely seasoned with the salt and pepper.
Yeah, I know. That didn’t sound right. But it still was really good!
Comments & Reviews
You are an inspiration! How can you manage to cook something different everyday?! Wow.
Wow!! Double Wow!! It’s great to have a love like that, cherish it. Salmon is my favorite fish. This
sounds delicious, so I’ll be making it soon.
Love this, we eat a lot of salmon and I’m always looking for new ways to prepare it. I have baked my salmon with pesto spread over it, but this looks so much more fresh. Love the colors together!
This looks like an excellent salmon dish and your husband sounds like a great man as well.
Water spoiled from my mouth. I haven’t enjoyed salmon since two months, because doctor advised me to avoid fatty food.
This sounds great, but you don’t have how much lemon you used in the marinade e recipe. I’m always looking for new salmon recipes and this sounds like a keeper. Looking forward to making this. Thanks for the recipe.
Thank you for sharing this recipie, I made this tonight, and it was amazing!! I am am going to freeze the leftover miso mixture in an ice cube tray for easy measurement in the future. For soft boiled eggs place eggs in 1″ boiling water, cover and cook for 6 minutes exactly, and they come out perfectly. Thanks again!
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Ooh, I’ll have to try this! I love fried chicken but with a toddler we have to watch what we serve at meals! Now I can have fried chicken again!
A crock pot white chicken chili? That sounds great, I’ll be looking forward to that recipe! The chicken hoisin rice bowls also sound amazing. I love getting recipe ideas from you.
Paul Brown