Cilantro-Lime Honey Garlic Salmon (baked in foil)

By cindyandmojo

Ingredients

• 1 lb salmon
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lime juice
• 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• 3 garlic cloves minced

Details

Servings 2
Preparation time 10mins
Cooking time 30mins
Adapted from juliasalbum.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cilantro-Lime Honey Garlic Salmon baked in foil – easy, healthy, gluten free recipe that takes 30 minutes from start to finish! Serve the salmon with rice or greens on the side!

Cilantro, freshly squeezed lime, combined with honey and garlic creates a really winning combination of flavors! The recipe is super easy. Place the salmon (1 pound) on a large piece of foil:

Mix all the sauce ingredients in a small bowl and pour over the salmon:

Fold foil sides and ends up (1 or 2 inches high) tightly around the salmon. Place the salmon in foil on a baking sheet. Do not cover salmon with foil, leave it open and bake it just like that, at 400 F:

After about 15-20 minutes of baking, carefully remove salmon from foil, separating the salmon from the skin which will remain stuck to the foil. Place salmon onto a serving plate. Carefully scoop the sauce from around the salmon and pour over the salmon:

Serve as is or with a serving of rice or greens on the side:

Yield:

Preheat oven to 400 F.

Pat dry salmon. Brush with 1 tablespoon of olive oil from all sides. Season with salt and pepper. Place the salmon on a large piece of foil. Fold foil sides and ends up (1 or 2 inches high) tightly around the salmon. Place the salmon in foil on a baking sheet.

In a small bowl, combine honey, lime juice, chopped cilantro, and garlic. Mix to combine. Spread this mixture over the salmon.

Do not cover salmon with foil, leave it open (with foil sides up) and bake it just like that, at 400 F for 15-20 minutes.

Carefully remove salmon from foil, separating the salmon from the skin which will remain stuck to the foil. Place the salmon onto a serving plate. Carefully scoop the sauce from around the salmon and pour over the salmon.

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