Lemon garlic salmon tray bake - easy & healthy!

Lemon garlic salmon tray bake - easy & healthy!

from recipetineats.com
11 min

Recipe video above. A tasty salmon tray bake recipe that's as simple as it is healthy. Salmon infused with an assertive lemon garlic marinade cooks in just 11 minutes alongside parmesan asparagus and blistered cherry tomatoes. No stove splatter - yay! Green beans would also work great, or thin broccolini stems (and the florets go crunchy!). Shower with parmesan and squeeze of lemon for an easy finishing touch.

Ingredients

  • 4 x 180g/6 oz salmon fillets, skin on or off, doesn't matter (Note 1)
  • 1 tsp lemon zest (1 lemon)
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 tsp dijon mustard (Note 2)
  • 2 garlic cloves, grated using microplane (Note 3)
  • 1/2 tsp cooking salt / kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper
  • 3 bunches asparagus, woody ends snapped or trimmed off (Note 4)
  • 200g/ 7 oz cherry tomatoes (or grape tomatoes, 1 Aussie punnet)
  • 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/4 tsp each salt and pepper
  • Olive oil spray
  • Parmesan, finely grated
  • Lemon wedges or slices, optional
  • Parsley, finely chopped, optional
  • Crusty bread or toast, for serving

Directions

  1. 1

  2. 2

    Lemon garlic paste – Mix the marinade ingredients in a small bowl. Slather onto the top and sides of the salmon. If time permits, marinade for 1 hour. Otherwise, proceed with recipe.

  3. 3

    Preheat oven grill / broiler to 280°C/525°F or as high as yours goes. Place the oven shelf 20 cm /8" from the heat source.

  4. 4

    Prepare tray – Toss the asparagus and cherry tomatoes with the olive oil, salt and pepper. Spread out on a large tray then clear space for the salmon. Place salmon on the tray leaving a bit of space between each. Spray surface of salmon with oil.

  5. 5

    Cook – Grill/broil for 11 minutes or until the salmon is done – the flesh should flake, the internal temperature should be 50°C/122°F (Note 5).

  6. 6

    Serve – Transfer salmon and vegetables to plate. Grate parmesan over the vegetables. Squeeze lemon juice over the salmon, sprinkle with parsley. Eat!