Baked Salmon with Lemon Garlic Butter & Crispy Parmesan Panko
Oven Baked Salmon dripping with garlic butter and topped with Crispy Parmesan Panko on your table in 25 minutes! This Baked Salmon recipe is epically delicious and one of my top Favorite Recipes of 2017! It is not only bursting with flavor and SO juicy and tender but the easiest, most satisfying meal that tastes totally gourmet! All you need are a few ingredients, a big piece of foil, and a baking sheet and you're ready to make this salmon recipe. In addition, the broccoli cooks alongside the oven baked salmon so you get both your main dish AND side dish in one pan! You will be blown away by this restaurant quality baked salmon in foil at a fraction of the price!
Servings 6 -8 servings
Ingredients
Salmon
- 1 wild Alaskan salmon fillet with or without skin (3-4 pounds)*
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4-6 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley (or 1 teaspoon dried)
- 1 tsp EACH salt, onion powder
- 1/2 tsp EACH dried dill, paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Panko Parmesan Topping
- 2/3 cup panko
- 2 tablespoons melted butter
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Line a jelly roll pan with foil that extends 2” past the pan edge on each long side (so you can fold the sides up). Lightly spray foil with nonstick cooking spray. Place salmon in the center of the foil (skin side down if it has skin) and fold up all the sides snugly around the salmon. Push foiled salmon to one side of the pan.
- Add 2 tablespoons butter and the 4-6 minced garlic cloves to a medium bowl and microwave until butter is melted. Whisk in all remaining Lemon Butter Sauce ingredients and pour evenly all over salmon.
- Whisk together the Parmesan Panko Topping until butter is evenly absorbed. Pat Topping evenly all over salmon.
- Add broccoli to open space in pan next to salmon and toss with olive oil, salt and pepper. Spread broccoli out in a single layer next to the salmon.
- Bake uncovered at 400 degrees F for 12-15 minutes (depending salmon thickness), or until salmon flakes easily with a fork. Broil approximately one minute or until panko is golden.
- Garnish with fresh parsley if desired and additional salt and pepper as needed.
Notes
*I purchase mine at Costco without skin for a reasonable price.