How to Make Baked Lemon and Herb Salmon in 30 Minutes

After a long day at work, I don’t want to spend another hour or more making dinner. It’s at times like these that I wish I had a house elf (sorry Hermione) to cook for me. Unfortunately, no such magical creature exists.

Instead, I typically end up making baked salmon because it’s so simple yet so good. All it takes is a few ingredients, an oven, some foil, and salmon.

Let’s get started.

Baked Lemon and Herb Salmon

• Prep Time:5 minutes
• Cook Time:25 minutes
• Total Time:30 minutes
• Servings:1-2 servings
• Easy

Ingredients

• 1 salmon fillet
• 1/2 lemon
• 1/4 tablespoon unsalted butter
• 1 clove garlic
• dried herbs
• black pepper
• salt

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 400°F.

• Step 2

  Wash fillet and pat dry with paper towel.

  

• Step 3

  Tear off a piece of foil large enough to wrap around the fillet and set on baking sheet. Place salmon in the center of foil.

• Step 4

  Mince garlic and spread over fillet.

  

• Step 5

  Sprinkle salt, pepper, and dried herbs (I used dried parsley and basil) evenly over fillet.

  

• Step 6

  Squeeze half a lemon.

  

• Step 7

  Cut cold butter into thin slices and spread over fillet.

  

• Step 8

  Wrap fillet in foil, and place in oven for 25 minutes or until salmon flakes easily with fork.

  

• Step 9

  Enjoy!

  #SpoonTip: Eat the salmon in the foil for less of a mess, AKA less to clean up.