Baked Salmon Recipe with Garlic Cilantro Sauce

Baked Salmon Recipe with Garlic Cilantro Sauce

from themediterraneandish.com
15 min

Simple Baked Salmon Recipe, prepared Mediterranean-style with a tasty garlic-cilantro sauce, tomato and lime slices. Comes together in 15 minutes! Grab the tips and serving suggestions below.

Ingredients

  • 4 to 6 garlic cloves, chopped
  • Salt
  • 1 whole bunch fresh cilantro, stems trimmed (only remove about 1 inch of the stems)
  • 1/2 cup Private Reserve extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 lime, juice of
  • 2 lb skinless salmon fillet
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1 large tomato, sliced into rounds
  • 1/2 lime, sliced into rounds

Directions

  1. 1

    Take salmon out of fridge and set at room temperature for 15 to 20 minutes or so. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

  2. 2

    In the bowl of a small food processor, add all the ingredients for the garlic cilantro sauce. Blend until everything is well combined into a sauce.

  3. 3

    Place the salmon fillet in a lightly oiled baking pan like this one. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Now spoon the garlic-cilantro sauce on top of the salmon fillet and spread evenly to coat the salmon. (You will have extra garlic-cilantro sauce, pour it into a small bowl to serve next to the salmon.)

  4. 4

    Arrange the tomato and lime slices on top of the salmon fillet.

  5. 5

    Place the baking pan in the top half of your heated oven, bake for 4 to 6 minutes per 1/2 inch of thickness (if your salmon fillet is about 1-inch thick, check for doneness at 8 minutes or so).  Test temprature with an instant read thermometer, and remove salmon from heat at somewhere between 125 degrees F and 130 degrees F, cover lightly with foil and let rest for another 5 to 8 minutes or so to finish cooking. Enjoy!