Oven Baked Salmon is a delicious way to get a healthy dinner on the table fast. Pick one of these easy, yummy salmon recipes for dinner tonight; lemon butter salmon, honey mustard salmon or maple salmon!:
pictured below lemon butter + dill salmon
How To Bake Salmon
Baking salmon is one of the easiest techniques for making salmon. First, coat a baking dish or rimmed baking sheet with some oil or butter. Next lay the salmon in the pan and then cover with your salmon marinade of choice.
It really is just that easy and it cooks in just 15 minutes.
Pair that with your favorite grain or green vegetable and you’ve got yourself a super simple and delicious weeknight meal.
pictured below: honey mustard baked salmon
Baked Salmon + Meal Prep
Baked salmon is a great dish to include in your meal prep. It’s super rich in protein and will last cooked in your fridge for up to 3 days. Simply store it in an airtight container and keep it in your fridge.
I like to reheat the salmon it in the microwave. Be sure to use a microwave safe dish!
First, I cover the salmon with a damp paper towel and then heat for about 45 seconds up to one minute. Then I’ll check the salmon to see if I want to pop it in for an extra 30 seconds or enjoy it as is. All microwaves vary, so experiment a bit until you find the perfect time.
Leftover baked salmon is also delicious eaten cold. Try shredding it up to make an easy salmon salad or serve it along side some scrambled eggs in the morning. Both are absolutely delicious.
pictured below: maple baked salmon
What Type of Salmon Should You Buy?
Atlantic Farmed Salmon
Almost all salmon sourced from the Atlantic Ocean is farmed. And while Atlantic farmed salmon is affordable, delicious and widely available, it is the lowest quality salmon you can buy.
Often, Atlantic farmed salmon are raised in small spaces where they are fed a diet of protein pellets. They are also given antibiotics to resist disease and injected with food coloring to give them the rich color they would normally have, of eating their natural diet.
These practices result in salmon that are higher in calories, unhealthy fats and full of chemicals.
Wild Alaskan + Pacific Salmon
Wild Alaskan salmon is the healthiest salmon available.These fish matured to adulthood in the wild, at a natural pace, and eat a wild, marine diet, which naturally gives them their rich, orange color.
The calorie and fat content in wild salmon is lower compared with farmed salmon, which is why I always like to cook wild salmon with some good quality oil or pastured butter.
Different types of wild alaskan + pacific salmon include; king salmon (aka chinkook), sockeye (red salmon), coho (silver salmon), pink salmon (aka humpies), and chum (aka keta or dog salmon).
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Oven Baked Salmon | 3 Easy Recipes
You can swap out whatever salmon you prefer, simply adjust cooking times as needed.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces salmon
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 4 cloves crushed garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 12 ounces salmon
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon juice
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- 12 ounces salmon
- 1 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 2 tablespoons low sodium soy sauce or tamari
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/8 th teaspoon salt
- 1/8 th teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a shallow baking dish or rimed baking sheet with olive oil or butter. Lay salmon in pan.
- In a small spouted cup, combine melted butter, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper. Whisk together.
- Pour marinade over the top of salmon and bake for 15 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a shallow baking dish or rimed baking sheet with olive oil or butter. Lay salmon in pan.
- In a small spouted cup, olive oil, lemon juice, dijon mustard, honey, garlic, salt and pepper. Whisk together.
- Pour marinade over the top of salmon and bake for 15 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through.
- Serve and enjoy!
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly grease a shallow baking dish or rimed baking sheet with olive oil or butter. Lay salmon in pan.
- In a small spouted cup, olive oil, maple syrup, soy sauce, garlic, salt and pepper. Whisk together.
- Pour marinade over the top of salmon and bake for 15 minutes or until the salmon is cooked through.
- Serve and enjoy!
Comments
Sandra Baird says
came up in the vegetarian search – oops
Dani says
Thanks for the heads up! I just fixed that.
klebefolie says
That was delicious! I just made it. My Kids and I both loved it. Thanks for the recipe!
Dani says
SO happy to hear that! So glad you all enjoyed the recipe 🙂
Juliette Anne Russo says
Hello Dani: I’ve recently found your You Tube videos & and have enjoyed immensely. I am so glad you have a Gluten Free section also. My question is that I’m a one person household (me) & need to downsize recipes accordingly. I love your chicken thigh recipe but would like to use it with your roasted chicken with potatoes and onions (the Pick of the Chix recipe). Can I do this with just 4 thighs and add the small potatoes and onions at the same time and temperature as your recipe? yours calls for 450 deg for I do believe 1 hr & 30 min. Thank YOU!
Juliette
Dani says
Hi Juliette! Using chicken thighs would be just fine. If the thighs have bones in them they would cook close to the full time, so I think it would work just fine.
Debbie Simon says
love all three of these recipes ! What is the best way to defrost frozen salmon? Thank you!
Dani says
I either leave my on the counter for a bit or pull it out of the freezer the night before to defrost in the fridge.
roan says
Hi, what can i substitute for the butter? .. any suggestions?.. thanks
Dani says
You can use some good olive oil, that would be great!
Anne says
Dani I searched for dill and this recipe came up but dill is not on the ingredients list but is in the video. Just letting you know. Will write in again once I try it. Love you and your cooking show.