GARLIC BUTTER BAKED SALMON
Garlic Butter Baked Salmon is tender, flaky and packed with lots of flavors. Salmon fillets are baked with potato wedges, asparagus in an incredible buttery lemony sauce. A restaurant quality meal made in one sheet. It is perfect for a weeknight dinner.
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- FOR POTATOES
- Yukon potatoes or red/ white potatoes quartered- 700 gm /1. 5 lbs
- Olive oil-2 tbsp.
- Garlic cloves minced- 1 tsp.
- Salt- 3/4 tsp.
- Black pepper- 1/2 tsp.
- FOR SALMON
- Salmon fillets skin on or skinless-700 gm/ 1.5 lbs
- Garlic cloves minced- 1 tsp.
- Fresh parsley finely chopped-1 tbsp.
- Olive oil-1 tbsp.
- Salt- 1 tsp.
- Ground black pepper- 1/2 tsp.
- Asparagus 20, spears, woody ends removed
- FOR LEMON BUTTER SAUCE
- Unsalted butter melted-1/2 cup
- Lemon juice- 1/3 cup
- Low sodium chicken broth- 1/4 cup
- Fresh parsley finely chopped-1 tbsp.
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F | 200°C. Put the quartered potatoes onto a large baking tray and season with the minced garlic, salt and ground black pepper. Spread the potato wedges evenly and roast for 13-15 minutes or until they are about to soften.
- Remove the tray from the oven, push potato wedges to one side of the tray and place salmon fillets in the center of the tray ( see the pictures).
- In a medium bowl combine 1 tbsp. of parsley, 1 tbsp. of oil, salt-1 tsp, and ground black pepper-1/2 tsp.
- Rub each salmon fillet with the mixture.
- Add the asparagus to the other side of the baking tray. Season with salt as pepper.
- In a medium bowl combine all the ingredients for a lemon butter sauce ( melted butter, parsley, lemon juice and chicken broth). Pour the mixture over salmon fillets and asparagus.
- Return to the oven and bake for another 10 minutes or until salmon is opaque throughout.
- Serve immediately.
Nutrition
Calories: 513kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 154mg | Sodium: 970mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 2g