Garlic Butter Baked Salmon

This Garlic Butter Baked Salmon recipe makes tender, flaky salmon brushed with an incredible garlic butter sauce! Baked on a sheet pan with your favorite veggies, this easy salmon recipe takes just a few minutes of prep and makes a perfect weeknight dinner idea.

THE BEST BAKED SALMON RECIPE RECIPE EVER!

Garlic butter smothered salmon is, hands down, one of the easiest and tastiest seafood dinners you can make. It requires just a handful of ingredients and it comes together fairly quickly.

I almost always opt for a pan seared salmon because it yields a perfectly crisp exterior with a delicious and flaky interior. However, when I want to include a side dish together with our main dish, this Garlic Butter Baked Salmon recipe is my choice. This is especially true when I only have 30-ish minutes to get it all done.

Other times, it’s my One Sheet Pan Garlic Roasted Salmon with Brussels Sprouts – which is just as easy to make and it includes brussels sprouts!

This baked salmon with vegetables is a complete meal on just one sheet pan. Broccoli, green beans, sugar snap peas, and asparagus work best because they cook in the same time as the fish. Root vegetables should be roasted for 10 minutes prior to adding raw fish to the pan.

HOW TO MAKE GARLIC BUTTER BAKED SALMON

There are two steps to making this recipe, but both of them are super easy! First you will make the garlic butter sauce, then you’ll add it to the salmon and bake everything together.

Make the Garlic Butter Sauce

1. Melt 6 tablespoons butter; whisk in brown sugar, oregano, thyme, and rosemary. Set aside.

Bake the Salmon in the Oven

1. Preheat your oven.
2. Arrange salmon fillets and broccoli florets on a lightly greased sheet pan.
3. Rub the minced garlic over the salmon fillets
4. Pour the butter mixture over the salmon and broccoli.
5. Squeeze lemon juice over everything and season with salt and pepper.
6. Bake!

How Long Do You Bake Salmon?

Salmon is usually done baking in about 15 minutes. You can tell it is cooked through when it flakes easily with a fork. Be sure to preheat your oven so that the salmon goes into an oven that is at the right temperature for baking.

Ingredient Substitutions

If you’re missing an ingredient or TWO, don’t worry! This recipe is versatile and adaptable. No butter? Use olive oil. Can’t stand broccoli? Skip it! How about asparagus?! Can’t find brown sugar in your pantry? Grab some honey!

No need to fret – make it your own.

Just know that this baked salmon recipe is a restaurant worthy dish that you can make in the comfort of your own kitchen. AND, in 30 minutes, from start to finish.

How to Store Cooked Salmon

• Properly stored, cooked salmon will last 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator. Place completely cooled salmon in an airtight container; close and store in the fridge.
• You can also freeze cooked salmon. Place completely cooled salmon in covered airtight containers or heavy duty freezer bags. Keep in the freezer for up to 4 months.

ENJOY!

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Garlic Butter Baked Salmon Recipe

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WW Freestyle: 8

Prep Time10 mins

Cook Time20 mins

Total Time30 mins

Perfectly baked salmon in the oven! Brushed with garlic butter sauce, this recipe makes amazingly tasty salmon baked on a sheet pan with broccoli florets.

Course: Dinner

Cuisine: Italian

Servings: 4 serves

Calories: 447

Author: Katerina | Diethood

Ingredients

FOR THE SALMON AND VEGETABLES

• ▢ 4 (6 ounces each) salmon fillets
• ▢ 4 to 6 cups broccoli florets

FOR THE GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

• ▢ 4 cloves garlic, minced
• ▢ 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• ▢ 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• ▢ salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
• ▢ 1 lemon, halved, divided
• ▢ chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

Instructions 

• Preheat oven to 400F. Grease a sheet pan with cooking spray.
• Arrange broccoli florets and salmon fillets on prepared sheet pan. Rub minced garlic over each fillet. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
• Pour the butter mixture over the salmon and veggies.
• Take half of a lemon and squeeze lemon juice over everything; then, season with salt and pepper.
• Place the sheet pan in the oven and cook for 15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork and internal temperature is 145F degrees.
• Remove from oven and garnish with parsley. Serve with lemon slices.

Notes

HOW TO STORE COOKED SALMON

• Properly stored, cooked salmon will last 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator. Place completely cooled salmon in an airtight container; close and store in the fridge.
• You can also freeze cooked salmon. Place completely cooled salmon in covered airtight containers or heavy duty freezer bags. Keep in the freezer for up to 4 months.

 

WW FREESTYLE POINTS: 8 

Nutrition Facts

Garlic Butter Baked Salmon Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 447 Calories from Fat 252

% Daily Value*

Fat 28g43%

Saturated Fat 12g60%

Cholesterol 138mg46%

Sodium 838mg35%

Potassium 1170mg33%

Carbohydrates 12g4%

Fiber 3g12%

Sugar 5g6%

Protein 37g74%

Vitamin A 1160IU23%

Vitamin C 96.4mg117%

Calcium 85mg9%

Iron 2.5mg14%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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