A healthy and flavorful dish of salmon baked in parchment with lemon and basil.
Parchment Baked Salmon with Lemon and Basil
The parchment pouch locks in the juices and flavors, resulting in a moist and delicious salmon fillet. This recipe is a simple and healthy way to prepare salmon. The salmon is baked in parchment, which locks in all the juices and flavors.
Ingredients
- 6 6-ounce salmon fillets
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 6 15-square inch pieces parchment paper
- 1/4 cup chopped basil leaves
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 lemons, thinly sliced
- Kitchen twine
Directions
- Place a large baking sheet on bottom rack of oven. Preheat oven to 400°F.
- Season salmon with salt and pepper. Cut two half inch slices into flesh of each piece of salmon; roll basil leaves and stuff into slits in salmon.
- Place a salmon fillet in the center of each piece of parchment paper. Drizzle each fillet with 1 teaspoon of the oil, then place lemon slices on top. Gather sides of parchment up over salmon to form a pouch, leaving no openings, and tie tightly with kitchen twine. Place packages directly on hot baking sheet in oven and cook for 13 min (thin) - 15 minutes (thicker). Transfer to plates and carefully open packages to release steam before serving.