Baked Salmon Recipe
This Baked Salmon Recipe is incredibly juicy, tender, and healthy! It's marinated in a simple lemon garlic marinade, then served with a creamy, sweet, and tangy honey lemon sauce.
Servings: 2 people
Calories: 375kcal
Ingredients
Baked Salmon
- 2 (6 oz) fillets salmon
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1/2 teaspoon salt plus more to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
Honey Lemon Sauce
- 1/4 cup olive oil mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- ¼ teaspoon salt plus more to taste (I used 1/2 teaspoon)
- ¼ teaspoon pepper
Instructions
Baked Salmon
- Place salmon into a gallon sized ziplock baggie and set aside.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper until well combined.
- Pour marinade over salmon, seal, then marinate in the fridge for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F and line a 9x13 inch baking dish with tin foil - we're making a foil packet*, so make sure there's enough foil to wrap up and over the salmon.
- Place marinated filets in tin foil, pour in remaining marinade, then loosely seal.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-30 minutes, or until easily flaked with a fork (time will vary based on thickness of salmon).
- Taste and re-season with more salt, then serve with a dollop of honey lemon sauce.
Honey Lemon Sauce
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk together mayo, sour cream, honey, lemon juice, dijon, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Taste and re-season, if desired.
- Serve with cooked salmon.
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Notes
*See video for visuals on how to make a foil packet or read how to make a foil packet here.
Nutritional information below the recipe card is just for the baked salmon fillets.
Honey Lemon Sauce Nutritional Info (serves 8):
- Calories: 326
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 38 g
- Sodum: 1,132 mg
- Potassium: 166 mg
- Fiber: 2 g
- Sugar: 22 g
- Vitamin A: 406 IU
- Vitamin C: 8 mg
- Calcium: 86 mg
- Iron: 2 mg
Nutrition
Serving: 1person | Calories: 375kcal | Carbohydrates: 3g | Protein: 34g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 657mg | Potassium: 869mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 71IU | Vitamin C: 7mg | Calcium: 30mg | Iron: 2mg