Description
This Citrus Baked Salmon in Foil with Asparagus could not be easier to make. Succulent tender Salmon on a bed of asparagus covered in a lemon garlic butter sauce then topped with lemon slices and baked in a foil packet for one complete dinner with no mess!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb. asparagus
- 4 (4oz.) salmon filet
- 8 slices of lemon
- salt & pepper to season
Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce:
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons raw honey
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1/4 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
- 1/8 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Create a pocket with 4 sheets of tin foil. Place on a baking sheet.
- Evenly distribute asparagus spears among the 4 packets. Season with salt & pepper.
- Place salmon on top of the asparagus.
- In a small bowl, add garlic, mustard, butter, honey, lemon zest, smoked paprika, thyme red pepper flakes, pepper and salt. Stir together.
- Pour mixture over each salmon and gently rub in.
- Next place two slices of lemon on each salmon.
- Close the foil packet up.
- Bake for 20 minutes. Turn broiler on HIGH.
- Open foil packets up on the top to expose salmon and place back under broil uncovered for 1 minute.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 foil packet
- Calories: 300
- Sugar: 9 g
- Sodium: 199 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 2 g
- Carbohydrates: 12 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 34 g
- Cholesterol: 8 mg
