This Oven Baked Salmon is brushed with garlic butter, then sprinkled with a delicious brown sugar spice mix for the perfectly baked, flavorful salmon fillet. This is hands-down the best and easiest way to prepare salmon fillet for dinner!
Ingredients
2 lemons, cut into thin slices
1 salmon fillet)
salt
Freshly ground black pepper
6 tbsp. melted butter
2 tbsp. honey
3 minced garlic cloves
1 C. chopped thyme leaves
1 m. dried oregano
Fresh chopped parsley to decorate
Directions
Preheat oven 350 degrees. Line a baking tray covered with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray. In center of foil, put the lemon slices in an even layer.
Season both sides of the salmon with salt and pepper and place over the lemon wedges.
In a bowl, whisk butter, honey, garlic, and oregano/thyme. Pour over the salmon, then wrap the foil around the salmon. Bake until salmon is cooked through, about 25 minutes. Turn the oven over and roast for 2 minutes or until the butter mixture has set.
Garnish with parsley before serving.
Enjoy!
Why can’t we just turn the salmon over instead of the oven?
Well, flipping the salmon is a lot easier than flipping the whole oven! But hey, if you manage to turn the oven over, you might just invent a new cooking technique—upside-down baking! In all seriousness, turning the salmon ensures even cooking and that delicious crispy skin. Save the oven gymnastics for a circus act!