Baked Lemon Garlic Salmon

Baked Salmon

Great

% Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Step 1

Get ready. Position one oven rack in the center and one rack about 6-inches from the broiler. Preheat your oven to 375°F. Line a sheet pan longways with a large piece of foil, large enough to fold over the salmon. Brush the foil with extra virgin olive oil.

Step 2

Make the lemon-garlic sauce. Zest one of 3 lemons into a small bowl or measuring cup, then add the juice from 2 lemons. Add 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, 5 chopped cloves garlic, 2 teaspoons dried oregano, 1 teaspoon sweet paprika, and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper and whisk to combine.

Step 3

Prepare the salmon. Pat a 2-pound salmon fillet dry and season it well on both sides with Kosher salt. Place it on the foil, skin side down. Carefully pour the lemon garlic sauce on top, bending the foil upwards around the fish to contain the liquid. Use a spoon or a pastry brush to spread the sauce evenly across the surface of the fish. Slice half of the remaining lemon into rounds and the other half into wedges, and place the rounds on top of the salmon.

Step 4

Wrap the salmon in foil. Fold the loose end of the foil up and over the salmon, tenting it high enough so there’s an air pocket between the foil and the lemons on top of the salmon. Crimp the foil closed at the top and sides to encase the fish and trap the steam. If you didn’t leave quite a long enough piece of foil, simply tear off another sheet and crimp the two together.

Step 5

Bake the salmon. Bake in the hot oven until the salmon is almost cooked through at the thickest part (see note),15 to 20 minutes.

Step 6

Broil the salmon. Carefully remove the pan from the oven and open the foil, folding it out to reveal the top of the salmon. Turn your broiler to high and place the salmon under the broiler briefly, until the top is lightly browned and the salmon is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Watch closely as it broils to make sure it doesn’t overcook and the lemons and garlic do not burn. Remove the salmon from the oven (see note).

Step 7

Serve. Sprinkle the salmon with the parsley and serve with the lemon wedges on the side.

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