Oven Baked Salmon
Recipe: #115
September 12, 2011
Categories: Salmon, Brunch, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Sunday Dinner, Oven Bake, Gluten-Free, Heart Healthy, Low Carbohydrate, No Eggs, Salmon Dinner, more
"This lovely oven baked salmon cooked in olive oil, parsley and lemon juice is a favourite of our house-hold. It's easy and quick for a week night meal or a weekend treat. Bake at 350% F (U.S.) Or gas marked 4, 180 C (Europe) for 45 minutes."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (226.8 g)
- Calories 388.3
- Total Fat - 29.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 4.7 g
- Cholesterol - 60.5 mg
- Sodium - 734.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 7.1 g
- Dietary Fiber - 1.1 g
- Sugars - 2.2 g
- Protein - 24.8 g
- Calcium - 28.6 mg
- Iron - 0.9 mg
- Vitamin C - 38.2 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Run the salmon under cold water and pat dry with paper towels, set aside.
Step 2
In a large oven-proof baking dish add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and place the salmon in the dish.
Step 3
Sprinkle the salmon with the remaining 3 tablespoons of olive oil.
Step 4
Add in this order. The lemon juice, black pepper, kosher salt, dried parsley and lemon slices. Add the 3 teaspoons of butter if using.
Step 5
Cover with foil and bake in a preheated 350% oven for 45 minutes or until cooked through and tender.
Step 6
Serve with long grained rice and steamed asparagus.
Tips
No special items needed.