Salsa Verde Baked Salmon in Foil
Salsa verde salmon baked in foil is a perfect quick and easy dinner which is packed full of flavour. The salmon is moist and perfectly cooked, the veggies are crisp and delicious, and the garlicky sauce is just divine.
Servings: 4 serves
Calories: 530kcal
Ingredients
- 4 skinless salmon fillets
- 1 small bunch flat leaf parsley
- 10 cloves of fresh garlic crushed
- 1 teaspoon crushed chilli flakes
- ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ¼ lbs fresh green beans ends trimmed
- 1 pint grape tomatoes halved
- 3 teaspoon olive oil divided
- Juice from one large lemon. quartered
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees (or fire up the grill)
- Whip up the salsa verde by popping the parsley, garlic, chilli flakes and olive oil into a food processor, and blend until combined but still a little bit chunky
- Bring a medium sized pot of water to a boil. Once boiling, pop in the green beans for about 3 minutes and then drain and toss in a bowl with 2 teaspoon olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste
- Cut four pieces of aluminium foil into about 14-inch lengths
- Into the foil package lay a quarter of the green beans, top with the salmon and then 1tbsp of the salsa verde mixture - spread it over the whole piece of salmon. Toss the halved tomatoes in the remaining 1 teaspoon olive oil, and then pop ¼ of the tomatoes on top of each salmon stack
- Wrap the foil packages and crimp the edges to seal. You don't want to wrap it too tightly, make sure there is room for the air inside to circulate
- Pop all of the foil packages onto a baking sheet and bake in preheated oven until salmon has cooked through, about 20-25 mins. For grilling tips, see notes (below)
- Serve and enjoy (see notes)
Notes
If you are planning on grilling this, it works just wonderfully! We have a ceramic grill and it usually takes about 10-15 mins at a high temperature. Adjust depending on the type you are using.
There will be a lovely garlic oil mixture at the bottom of each package - this is delicious drizzled over some freshly cooked pasta which also pairs well with the salmon.
There will be a lovely garlic oil mixture at the bottom of each package - this is delicious drizzled over some freshly cooked pasta which also pairs well with the salmon.
Nutrition
Calories: 530kcal | Carbohydrates: 14.7g | Protein: 47.3g | Fat: 31.1g | Saturated Fat: 4.5g | Cholesterol: 100mg | Sodium: 114mg | Fiber: 5.6g | Sugar: 3.8g