Baked Salmon With Cilantro
- by: kusinera
- Rating:
- Category: Main Course
- Level: Easy
- Total Time: 0 hr 35 mins
1/4 cup butter or margarine, slightly softened
1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
1/2 teaspoon grated lemon peel
1 pound salmon, snapper or other medium-firm fish fillets, about 1 inch thick
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon lemon juice
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1.) Heat oven to 425°. Line rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with aluminum foil; spray foil with cooking spray. Mix butter, cilantro and lemon peel. Cover and refrigerate butter while preparing fish.
2.) Cut fish into 4 serving pieces. Place fish, skin side down, in pan. Sprinkle with salt and cumin. Drizzle with lemon juice.
3.) Bake uncovered 15 to 20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with fork. Carefully lift fish from skin with pancake turner. Top each serving of fish with some cilantro butter mixture.
| Yield: | 4 servings | |||
| Prep Time: | 0 hr 5 mins | |||
| Cook Time: | 0 hr 30 mins | |||
| Ready In: | 0 hr 30 mins | |||
| Category: | Main Course | |||
| Main Ingredient: | Fish | |||
| Cooking Method: | Baking |
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| Recipe Tags: | baked | salmon | cilantro | fish |
Chef's Note & Story
For easy entertaining, just double this recipe. Serve the salmon on a bed of angel hair pasta or skin-on mashed potatoes on a pretty serving platter. Garnish the platter with cilantro sprigs and slices of lemon.
