Lemon and Basil Garlic Butter Salmon, cooked in foil, for a delicious, easy clean-up, meal!
My baby, who really isn’t a baby anymore, loves fish! Particularly salmon. She will eat an entire filet! In fact, once I thought I would share my salmon with her, instead of making her an individual piece. She ate the WHOLE thing. Haha I went without, and learned pretty quickly that if I wanted to get some, I better make CC her own piece!
I really love this salmon recipe because it is super easy to make, uses ingredients I almost always have on hand, and is so quick and easy to clean up.
The trick to the easy clean up is a little cooking spray and foil. With all the work required to feed my family, I love anything that saves me time in the kitchen, and means less time on the clean up, so I can instead enjoy my family.
For this salmon, I simply spray the foil before I bake it. And then it lifts off really easily with no wasted flakes of fish.
But let’s get back to the salmon….it is so easy to make, and full of flavor. I love that it is simple enough that I can make it for myself on a Tuesday afternoon while my kids are at school, but nice enough, and flavorful enough, that I am more than happy to serve it to company!
I start by gathering my ingredients: Salmon, Lemon, Butter, Garlic, Basil, and Red Pepper Flakes
And of course, I also grab my cooking spray, and my pieces of foil.
I make my butter mixture, which basically consists of melting the butter, and stirring in the garlic, basil, and red pepper flakes.
Then I spray the foil pieces with cooking spray, and lay a piece of salmon on each piece.
I top the salmon with the butter mixture. And then squeeze on half a lemon, and lay a lemon slice over the top.
Then I wrap it up in the foil, so it is completely enclosed in foil, and bake it at 375 degrees F for about 15 minutes. The foil makes it steam up and the flavors meld really well. It is fantastic!
After the 15 minutes is up, I turn the oven on to broil, and broil for just a minute or two to crisp up the outside, which I like, but this is totally optional. I just like my minced garlic to roast a little for greater flavor, and to get some texture on the fish. Soooooo good!
Then I enjoy it! Honestly, it is just that easy to make. So give it a try. You won’t regret it.
Lemon Basil Baked Garlic Butter Salmon
Equipment
Ingredients
- 6 ounces Salmon (4 pieces)
- 2 Lemons
- 1/2 cup Salted butter
- 2 Tbs Garlic minced
- 1 tsp Sweet basil leaf dried
- 1 pinch Red pepper flakes more if you like it spicy
- 1 spray Cooking spray
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Lay out your foil sheets, one per filet of fish.
- Put your salmon on your foil.
- In a microwave safe bowl, combine butter, garlic, basil, and red pepper.
- Microwave 30 seconds to 1 minute until butter is melted, stir well.
- Spoon butter mixture evenly over the fish
- Squeeze half a lemon over each filet
- Wrap in foil, place on baking sheet
- Bake for 15-17 minutes, until desired doneness is reached
- Turn oven on to broil on high
- Broil 1-2 minutes to crisp up edges of Salmon
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
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