Garlic Butter Baked Salmon Recipe

Garlic Butter Baked Salmon Recipe

Perfectly baked salmon in the oven! Brushed with garlic butter sauce, this recipe makes amazingly tasty salmon baked on a sheet pan with broccoli florets.

Ingredients

FOR THE SALMON AND VEGETABLES

• 4 (6 ounces each) salmon fillets
• 4 to 6 cups broccoli florets

FOR THE GARLIC BUTTER SAUCE

• 4 cloves garlic, minced
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
• 1 lemon, halved, divided
• chopped fresh parsley, for garnish

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Grease a sheet pan with cooking spray.
3. Arrange broccoli florets and salmon fillets on prepared sheet pan.
4. Rub minced garlic over each fillet. Set aside.
5. In a mixing bowl whisk together melted butter, brown sugar, oregano, thyme, and rosemary.
6. Pour the butter mixture over the salmon and veggies.
7. Take half of a lemon and squeeze lemon juice over everything; then, season with salt and pepper.
8. Place the sheet pan in the oven and cook for 15 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork and internal temperature is 145F degrees.
9. Remove from oven and garnish with parsley.
10. Serve with lemon slices.

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