
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
- 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.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake the salmon and broccoli for 20 minutes.
Tools Used for Garlic Baked Salmon with Broccoli
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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
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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One Pan Garlic Butter Baked Salmon with Broccoli
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 20 min
- Total Time: 30 min
- Yield: 4 1x
Description
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!
Ingredients
- 1.25 pounds of salmon
- 2 tsps of chopped garlic
- 2 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice
- 3 to 5 slices of lemon, depending on the size of salmon you get
- 2 tablespoons of light butter
- 1 tsp of chives
- â…› tsp of crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 broccoli crown head
- 1 tsp of olive oil for broccoli
Instructions
- 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.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper and preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- 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.
- 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.
- Bake the salmon and broccoli for 20 minutes.
Notes
myWW points: Blue 2; Green 10; Purple 2
Personal Points: 11Â
ÂĽth of the Salmon plus broccoli
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Seafood
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1
- Calories: 321
- Sugar: 1.59
- Fat: 19.01
- Saturated Fat: 5.81
- Carbohydrates: 5.38
- Fiber: 1.3
- Protein: 31.63
Keywords: garlic butter baked salmon with broccoli
Sharon says
I will half cook the broccoli in the microwave next time so that it will be cooked more to our liking. Otherwise, this was delicious.
Megan says
20 minutes was a little too long, IMO, for the salmon, but otherwise this was a very tasty meal.