Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon with only a handful of ingredients, with maximum taste and minimal clean up!
The next time I think of salmon, I’ll think of this easy Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon!
SALMON IN FOIL
Sheet pan dinners, tray bakes and one pot meals are incredibly easy. Especially when cooking salmon! We do our best to get salmon on our dinner table at least once or twice a week and because the family is constantly asking for it, I’m constantly having to come up with new flavours!
Lemon Garlic and Butter on Salmon
Is there any better flavour combination? This combination came to me from our Facebook followers requesting substitutions for honey in this Honey Garlic Salmon video! Really, WHO DOESN’T WANT HONEY ON THEIR SALMON? Many people, it turns out.
With this recipe I decided to go with Lemon Garlic Butter because that is the flavour combination even better than the honey version!
HOW TO MAKE Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon
- Melt butter
- Mix lemon juice and crushed garlic through it
- Pour over salmon
- Bake
- Broil or grill
TO SERVE
We topped this one with parlay and dill. you can use whatever herbs you have on hand!
Drizzle extra lemon garlic butter over:
- Rice
- Pasta
- Steamed vegetables
- MASHED POTATOES
WATCH US MAKE Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon RIGHT HERE
If you loved this one, try these other takes on salmon:
Puff Pastry Salmon and Spinach Parcels
Goats cheese and smoked salmon English Muffin
Crisp Smoked Salmon and Fried Egg Stack
Lemon Butter Garlic Salmon
Ingredients
- â…“ cup butter
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice or juice of 1 lemon - adjust to your tastes
- 5 large garlic cloves crushed
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional
- 2 pound side of salmon 1kg
- 1 pinch sea salt to taste
- 1 pinch cracked pepper to taste, optional
- lemon slices
- 2 tablespoons parsley fresh chopped, divided
- 1 teaspoon dried dill
Instructions
- Position a rack in the middle of the oven. Preheat oven to 375°F | 190°C. Line a baking tray / sheet with a large piece of foil, big enough to fold over and seal to create a packet (or 2 long pieces of foil over lapping each other lengthways to create your salmon packet, depending on the width of you fillet).
- In a small saucepan, melt the butter over low-medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant (1 minute). Turn off heat; whisk in the lemon juice and brown sugar.
- Place the salmon onto lined baking tray | sheet. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Pour the lemon butter over the salmon, and using a spoon, spread evenly over the salmon. Sprinkle with parsley and dill. Arrange lemon slices over the salmon. Fold the sides of the foil over the salmon to cover and completely seal the packet closed.
- Bake until cooked through (about 12-15 minutes, depending on the thickness of your fish and your preference of doneness). Open the foil, being careful of any escaping steam, and grill / broil under the grill / broiler for 2-3 minutes on medium heat. Garnish with extra parsley if desired and serve immediately.
elena says
Love it! Very easy. Didn’t have brown sugar, parsley, or dill and it was still amazing
Audri says
Can I substitute olive oil for the butter?
juan Carlos says
exelente receta sabroso tambien agregué cebolla y champiñones
Denise Kelsey says
This was excellent! I dare say it would rival anything served at a fine restaurant. I made it on the grill instead of the oven; the only other change was that I did not broil it as I was afraid that would dry it out. Thank you for a recipe that is definitely a keeper!
Kirsten says
Wow this looks amazing!!! I love Salmon so much, I will have to try it out!! Thanks for sharing.
Kirsten
Karina says
Thank you! And you’re welcome!
Terry Sullivan says
On a cruise to Alaska we took an excursion to a camp and were served salmon with a sweet orange sauce on it that I’ve never been able to figure out but may be your honey lemon could be tweaked to have orange instead of lemon. Maybe OJ with honey but do you have any idea what spices one would add to make it excite the mouth? I don’t really love fish much but I did that day.
Karina says
Oh YUM!!! I’m going to have to play around with a recipe and get back to you in regards to the spices! Keep a look out for a new post with this one 😉 Sounds amazing!
Jennifer says
Hi! Thank you so much for this recipe. I made it tonight. I don’t love salmon, but cook it for health purposes. Well, after making your recipe tonight, I LOVE salmon! I will be making this at least once a week. And I used white wine.
Q: Is the brown sugar in the ingredient list a mistake? Couldn’t figure out what to do with it, and don’t think in needs brown sugar.
xx,
Jennifer
MAGICLOVV says
Ouuu MNIAM!!! <3
Bethany @ Athletic Avocado says
Girl you KILL it with the fast and delicious one pan dinners! This salmon looks insanely delish!
Joseph Jesus says
Would love to try this recipe, looks delicious .