Oven Baked Basil Tomato Salmon in Foil
A quick, easy, and healthy salmon dish seasoned with baked sweet cherry tomatoes, fragrant garlic, and fresh basil.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- olive oil
- 1.5-2 lbs salmon fillets (4 fillets salmon fillets )
- 4-5 cloves garlic chopped
- 20 cherry tomatoes (5 per fillet), sliced in half
- salt
- pepper
- 1/2 lemon
- 8 large leaves of fresh basil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Take out 4 pieces of aluminum foil and lay them out in a row. Sprinkle some olive oil in the center of each piece of aluminum foil, then put one salmon fillet on top of it, skin down.
- Top each salmon fillet with some of the chopped garlic ( divide it evenly). Sprinkle some salt and pepper on top of each fillet as well.
- Then top each salmon fillet with 2 large leaves of basil, 5 sliced cherry tomatoes, and a sprinkle of lemon juice. Fold up each side of the aluminum foil up to cover the top of the salmon until it is completely wrapped up.
- Cook the salmon for 15- 20 mins, until cooked through. ( Cook time will depend on the size/thickness of fish).
- Then, open up the top of each aluminum foil packet and broil the top of the fish for 1-2 minutes.
Notes
*Optional to broil it for 1-2 minutes at the end. Be careful with the fresh basil burning when you broil it. I like to hide mine behind some tomatoes.
Nutrition
Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 6g | Protein: 35g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 94mg | Sodium: 85mg | Potassium: 1052mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 2g | Vitamin A: 540IU | Vitamin C: 28mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg