Garlic Butter Baked Salmon with Broccoli

A delicious baked salmon that gets cooked in the oven with a luscious garlic butter lemon sauce. You’ll want to make this at least one night a week once you try it!

The best part about this meal: one pan! That's it. Hardly no clean up.  If you're wondering what this salmon tastes like, it's almost like shrimp scampi. Garlic, lemon, and butter. 3 easy and simple ingredients. This recipe will probably end up on your weekly menu rotation.

Have you ever had roasted broccoli before? It's delicious. The sides get super crispy almost like kale does when you roast that in the oven.

What Ingredients do I need for Garlic Butter Baked Salmon with Broccoli? 

In this section, you can find substitutes or suggestions for certain check here

Salmon  - Use pre-cut filets or a whole salmon filet 

Lemon Juice - Freshly squeezed lemon juice is best, but lemon juice from the bottle is fine 

Butter - Always use unsalted butter if possible so you can control the amount of salt being used. 

Chives - freshly chopped or dried chives 

Crushed Red Pepper Flakes - for spice if you don’t like spice leave it out 

Broccoli - fresh chopped broccoli 

Olive Oil - I like the Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Simply Nature which can be found at Aldi. 

How to make Garlic Butter Baked Salmon   

1. In a small saute pan, cook the lemon juice until the juice has reduced to half the amount. Add in garlic and stir. Then add in melted butter. Take off of heat once the butter is melted.
2. Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
3. Lay the salmon down in the middle of the sheet pan and pour all the garlic butter on top. Sprinkle with chives and crushed red pepper flakes. Then place a slice of lemon over the salmon.
4. Cut the broccoli off the head and lay the broccoli around the salmon. Drizzle the broccoli with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
5. Bake the salmon and broccoli for 20 minutes.

Tools Used for Garlic Baked Salmon with Broccoli 

Here are some tools that will help you with the recipes. All links will open in Amazon. Yes I do get a small earning if purchase from the link 

Sheet Pan 

Half Cookie Sheet Baking Pans by Ultra Cuisine - Aluminum Rimmed Set of 2 - Durable for Roasting, Oven-safe, Non-toxic, Easy to Clean, Long Lasting Commercial Quality – Size 13 x 18 inches

Sauce Pan 

Stainless Steel Saucepan with Glass Lid, Strainer Lid, Two Side Spouts for Easy Pour with Ergonomic Handle, Multipurpose Sauce Pan with Lid

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No Knead Focaccia Bread 

Air Fryer Bacon and Egg Toasts

Chocolate Covered Dates 

Sweet Potato and Sausage Hash 

Buffalo Chicken Taquitos 

Sour Cream Noodle Bake 

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