Recipe

How to Make Baked Lemon and Herb Salmon in 30 Minutes

By Jocelyn Hsu at University of California – Berkeley

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

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Step 1

Preheat oven to 400°F.

Step 2

Wash fillet and pat dry with paper towel.

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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.

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Step 5

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

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Step 6

Squeeze half a lemon.

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Step 7

Cut cold butter into thin slices and spread over fillet.

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Step 8

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

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Step 9

Enjoy!

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

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