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By Food Network.com

The Best Baked Salmon

Cook:10min

This simple baked salmon really hits all the right notes: tangy, sweet, savory, a little spicy and crunchy. Cooking a larger piece makes for a nice presentation. Topped with buttery golden breadcrumbs and parsley, it's perfect for a weeknight dinner yet fancy enough to serve to guests.

Updated at: Thu, 31 Jul 2025 03:21:20 GMT

Nutrition balance score

Great

Glycemic Index

61

Moderate

Glycemic Load

6

Low

Nutrition per serving

Calories679.1 kcal (34%)

Total Fat25.2 g (36%)

Carbs9.5 g (4%)

Sugars5.8 g (6%)

Protein104.1 g (208%)

Sodium337 mg (17%)

Fiber0.8 g (3%)

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Ingredients

4 servings

2 tablespoonslight brown sugar

½ teaspoonpaprika

½ teaspoongarlic powder

¼ teaspooncayenne pepper

freshly ground black pepper

¼ cuppanko breadcrumbs

½ cupparsley leaves

2 tablespoonsunsalted butter

1.5 poundsskin-on salmon fillet

preferably center - cut

1 tablespoondijon

Instructions

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Notes

86 liked

8 disliked

Delicious

Easy

Go-to

Sweet

Under 30 minutes

KelCooks· 3 weeks ago

Excellent salmon! I will be making it again. Simple ingredients, yet incredibly tasty. Everyone loved this meal.

Lauren· last month

Amazing half the sugar

Amazing half the sugar

J Lewis· 7 months ago

Use less brown sugar.

Bethany· last year

Under 30 minutes

Amanda Di Leonardo· 2 years ago

I left out the sugar. Doubled the amount of fish, but not the spices & it was still a little too spicy for me. I did double the panko crumbs though. Overall delicious.

I left out the sugar. Doubled the amount of fish, but not the spices & it was still a little too spicy for me. I did double the panko crumbs though. Overall delicious.

Matt Hannula· 2 years ago

Special occasion

Followed the recipe exactly as written - it was very good and the salmon was cooked perfectly. BUT next time will remove the brown sugar or cut it down significantly (maybe 1/4 of the amount in the recipe) as it was overpowering other flavors

Leah Mamaril· 2 years ago

Really like the crust

Unity Kugan· 2 years ago

Under 30 minutes

It was good. Needed more heat to offset the sweet. It was cooked perfectly.

It was good. Needed more heat to offset the sweet. It was cooked perfectly.

Homecook· 2 years ago

Didnt put paprika, cayenne and dijon snce we dont have them. Tasted amazing! Even my 6 yo loves it. Will put more to cover everything next time

Joyce Kang· 2 years ago

Not sure how I felt about it. I used dried parsley and it definitely did not need 1/2 cup of it. The parsley was too strong, but the Dijon helped tremendously.

Katherine Gubler· 2 years ago

Lilith· 2 years ago

Special occasion

it is literally the best salmon i've ever had. i'm going to have to stop myself from making this every week. didn't add dijon, just my preference.

it is literally the best salmon i've ever had. i'm going to have to stop myself from making this every week. didn't add dijon, just my preference.

echoqueen· 2 years ago

Under 30 minutes

GwenSci· 3 years ago

It was a little odd. I don’t exactly know what was off but the flavors didn’t really mesh well.

doralee.busch· 3 years ago

Substitute munkfruit for brown sugar

Melissa Nielsen· 3 years ago

Under 30 minutes

Substituted coconut sugar for brown sugar, and gluten free panko, and it worked well.

Graham Hamstra· 4 years ago

Special occasion

I would potentially add slightly more cayenne to balance the sweet. Made it with regular bread crumbs the first time because that's what we had, sounds like it would be even better with Panko as the recipe suggests.

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