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!
HOW TO MAKE GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE FOR BAKED SALMON
- Mince 4 garlic cloves.
- Melt 6 tablespoons butter; whisk in brown sugar, oregano, thyme, and rosemary. Set aside.
A ONE PAN BAKED SALMON RECIPE
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 BAKE SALMON IN THE OVEN
- Arrange salmon fillets and broccoli florets on a lightly greased sheet pan.
- Prepare the butter sauce.
- Rub the minced garlic over the salmon fillets and pour the butter mixture over the salmon and broccoli.
- Squeeze lemon juice over everything and season with salt and pepper.
- In terms of how long to bake salmon: You should bake salmon in a preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until salmon is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork.
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.
MORE BAKED SALMON RECIPES
- Honey Mustard Salmon
- Panko-Crusted Salmon with Tuscan Tomato Sauce
- Tomato Pesto Salmon and Rice Recipe Baked in Foil
- Salmon Cobb Salad with Spinach and Feta
ENJOY!
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.
- 4 (6 ounces each) salmon fillets
- 4 to 6 cups broccoli florets
- 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
- 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.
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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.
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The other day, we had dinner at a restaurant with salmon dishes and it wasn’t tasty. But we really like salmon,
I tried it and it was excellent.
I re-read several times, because I could not believe that everything was so simple and was looking for a catch.
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If I substitute the brown sugar for honey how much honey should I use? Trying to make this tonight.
Hi!
Anything under a cup of brown sugar can be replaced by honey, equally. So use about a tablespoon of honey, or to taste.
How much sugar? Just a pinch?
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You’ll need a tablespoon of light brown sugar. At the top of the post click on “Jump To Recipe” and that will scroll you down to the recipe card; there you’ll find all the instructions, ingredients, amounts of ingredients, nutritional analysis, etc…
Do you put salmon skin side down?
Excellent recipe….was delicious!
Can I use frozen salmon for this recipe? If so, should I thaw it first?
Yes and yes. Pat dry with paper towels
Thank you for this fabulous recipe. Made it for dinner and devoured every bit.
We loved it, I especially enjoyed the roasted brocolli. I didn’t have lemons so I used limes. 🤤
Made this for me and my gf this weekend. So simple yet so perfect!
Very happy to hear that you enjoyed it! 🙂 Thank YOU!
Found your recipe and decided to try it. I initially made a small batch (good for two) and since it came out so good, I had to cook another batch. My husband says it’s a keeper. For some reason, 15 minutes was too long. I also used a cast iron skillet to bake it in and used fresh herbs and it came out perfect.
Delicious!! We did asparagus and broccoli. Everything cooked perfectly together.
You guys!! This is coming from a beginner chef and I became a pro in less than 40min!!! This recipe is easy and super tasty.
Adjustments: added a pinch of garlic power, black pepper, salt before I added the garlic sauce
Enjoy!
Oh I am a huge salmon fan! I would eat this recipe every day! Thanks for sharing!!
I can’t wait 2 try these recipes!! I’m so excited 😆
I cook salmon around once a week, but always struggle with how to spice it up. Thank you for this! I now have a sauce to try out the next time I make it! 🙂
I cannot wait to make these! DELICIOUS!
Yum, I’m going to try this. We usually have salmon once a week! We usually grill, but now that summer is over, I’ll try this recipe.
Garlic butter gives this salmon a delicious flavor! 5 stars!!!
Garlic butter makes everything better! So much flavor on this salmon!